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Accessing bow while climbing

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If you decide to get a bow sling make sure you get one that has straps to secure around cables and the string. Before i bought a primos bow sling (which is the best on the market imho) i used a cabelas one and it didnt have the straps. Needless to say bows don’t really work after it drops from 20+ ft.
 
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MCDM said:
If you decide to get a bow sling make sure you get one that has straps to secure around cables and the string. Before i bought a primos bow sling (which is the best on the market imho) i used a cabelas one and it didnt have the straps. Needless to say bows don’t really work after it drops from 20+ ft.
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Oh man that sucks, I keep telling my wife I need another bow, I would hate to do that in the middle of the rut and be SOL!
 
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I just talked my wife into a new bow. I think she was surprised I bought a used one. I had a shoulder injury this spring but it healed up. I had told her that I couldn't pull back 70 pounds any more. So I got a 60 pound bowtech.

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Has anybody used the bow snatcher? It seems like you could probably easily attach it to the back of you saddle or belt and it would be there if you needed it and out of the way.
 
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One time while hunting at my NY camp I had a doe catch me hauling the bow up into the tree. The bow was about 3 ft off the ground and rotating on the string. She saw it and was transfixed on it. I wasn’t going to shoot her so I thought I’d mess with her. I began to swing it back and forth like 10 or 15 ft side to side. She watched it like a tennis match her head going back and forth. I continued to swing it as I raised it higher and higher. She watched it all the way up. I grabbed the bow knocked an arrow and drew on her all the time her watching me. Finally after about a minute she trotted off but not even alarmed.
 
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From a DIY standpoint, a shoulder sling is pretty cheap and easy. The big question for me is always how I fit it into the overall system.

If I'm carrying climbing sticks in my pack, I can't carry much on the exterior of the pack because it'll pull the zipper open. Carrying sticks on a sling or using stepps, it's not an issue.

I like clipping my platform in the molle webbing on the rear of the saddle. That means if I'm attaching my bow in a vertical orientation on my pack, I have to really attach it high up to prevent the bottom cam from hitting the platform (I suppose a soft basket like on the Kuiu would help with that).

With a shoulder sling, if it's being carried on the side, it's sort of in the way when climbing. If you swing it around your back and pack, then it's better. Still pretty easy to take the bow out of a shoulder sling for a shot. Slip the loop off the top cam, and tilt the bow to remove the loop from the other side. Easier than bowsnatcher or Kuiu? I don't know.

Now that I've DIY'd the shoulder strap I'll try DIY'ing the Kuiu style and see which I like better. The only thing I am not a huge fan of with the Bowsnatcher is that it seems like the bow could swing around more when ducking or crawling through certain areas because it isn't secured on the bottom.
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That looks pretty sweet, love the DIY! I'm using my sling because it also protects my bow a little. That looks like it would come off pretty easily, or am I wrong? Last year I carried my bow in my hand and I didn't climb with it, just pulled it up when I got set up at height. With the sling I guess I could climb with it easy enough. I only think I would want it on my pack if I was doing some really long hikes or riding a bike in. Both of which would require a better backpack that I will probably wait for since I have plenty that does the job, just nothing fancy, lol.
 
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donnieballgame said:
That looks pretty sweet, love the DIY! I'm using my sling because it also protects my bow a little. That looks like it would come off pretty easily, or am I wrong? Last year I carried my bow in my hand and I didn't climb with it, just pulled it up when I got set up at height. With the sling I guess I could climb with it easy enough. I only think I would want it on my pack if I was doing some really long hikes or riding a bike in. Both of which would require a better backpack that I will probably wait for since I have plenty that does the job, just nothing fancy, lol.
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Yea, it comes off fairly easy when you want it to. The piece of paracord stretching from one end to the other is tied with a taughtline hitch. So its kept tight enough that the paracord loops can't slip off when carrying. To remove you can loosen the taughtline hitch, or I've also found there's enough stretch in the paracord that if I grab the bow to and put slack in the strap, I can stretch the loop off the top cam and then rotate the bow to get the other loop to drop off.

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