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Cons to the "one-stick" method?

HuumanCreed said:
I'm still trying to find my style. I do public land hunting only and that's why I plan on one sticking due the benefit of mobility, did not scout much last year, basically visit a place one to decide if it was (to the best of my ability) good. I am hoping to be able to scout more next year, that would give me more time to preset if I wanted to. I dont plan to go in blind, no where skill enough for that and I dont have that many days to hunt anyway to waste scaring all the wild life lumbering around the wood. Plan is to have 4-5 spots. Check the wind for that date, and pick the best one based on my ability and spend the day there. Not really planning to move around. Its not the best plan, I know.
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You would be surprised what you can find just going for a walk and going slow when you get to areas where deer tend to be. Shot my last two bucks on the ground just out for a walk. I could of shot a ok 8 last fall but I let him go 30 yards on the ground walking back to my truck after walking 3 miles in. I got alittle too close to the buck I was going after and blew him off his bed so just spent the rest of the day searching for new stuff. Don't know until you give it a try. It is actually fun. Why I like going to Nebraska Sandhills so much. Mostly just ground pound it.
 
2Sloe said:
Ha! Ha! I hunt in the swamp with 100 year old oaks blown down all over the place. Sometimes, it’s like dominoes. One goes and take out 10 or 15 of it’s closest neighbors. I started out with this tiny light and early one morning I got trapped in bunch of them in knee deep water and absolutely could not find my way out and the trunks were to big around to crawl over and I couldn’t see far enough with that tiny light to plot a path out. Had to wait until daylight to find my way out. Soooo…I bought this one:
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If that one hits you in the eyes you won’t be seeing anything for a week! Ha! Ha! Ha! I can plot my path for the next 50 yards with that thing. I put the red insert into it and I see deer walking to my stand, close up, all the time, they look at the light and then walk off like they didn’t see a thing. If they can’t smell you, they aren’t concerned the least little bit. It’s kind of freaky actually.
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You sir may have just helped them make a sell. I try to stick to head lamps for simplicity and because I can drop it in my dump pouch but a light like that with your glowing recommendation (pun intended) might just make me buy one!
 
Fl Canopy Stalker said:
You sir may have just helped them make a sell. I try to stick to head lamps for simplicity and because I can drop it in my dump pouch but a light like that with your glowing recommendation (pun intended) might just make me buy one!
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It appears that it IS a headlamp. I'm thinking I may pick one up as well.

@2Sloe Can you post an actual pic of yours so we can see more detail?
 
bowhuntr09 said:
It appears that it IS a headlamp. I'm thinking I may pick one up as well.

@2Sloe Can you post an actual pic of yours so we can see more detail?
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It is a head lamp. That’s what I was saying is I like headlamps better than hand helps. Looking back I guess my response read kind of funny. $75 is a little steep for a head lamp but after reading up it might be worth it
 
2Sloe said:
OK, this light is absolutely the brightest spotlight you will find. Fits my specific needs perfectly, but won’t fit everyone’s needs. It is a large light compared to most of the micro headlights and it takes a bit to get used to it on your head, but once you get past that it’s great. Obviously as a large light it is heavier, although it feels light for its size. 10.3 oz. is what it weighs. Here are some pics of the light on a scale, tape of the pack which is 3”x3”. Depth of the pack is 1”. I think they make a smaller one, but I wanted what I knew would work for me. Also a pic of the beam from one side of my house to the other. Friend of mine has had his about 5 years and it still works great. I have had mine for 2 seasons. Rarely have to charge it. I can get some night pics if you would like.
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Do you have any experience with the micro or 3 watt light?
 
I just had to look it up cuz all my flashlights are measured in lumens. 10w = 900 lumens! Dang that's bright. I think my zebra maxes out at 600 lumens on turbo mode and it only lasts for 30 seconds before it automatically steps down to 400 to save the single AA battery.
 
gcr0003 said:
Tie a stopper knot on the end of your rappel rope no joking
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In all seriousness.....why? Unless u climb higher than the full length of ur rope, wouldnt the stopper be part of the excess laying on the ground? My rappel rope is 35ft so add 3-4 foot to compensate for my height and bridge length and I'd have to be 40+ foot up for the stopper to even do anything. The end of the rope would have to be 5-6 feet off the ground to stop/catch u before u hit. I tend to hunt low in the canopy and rarely go 20ft and the last 10-15 foot of my rappel rope never really leaves the pouch. (I don't drop the whole rope.to the ground...leave it in the pouch and it auto feeds as u rappel)

Not trying to argue....I just don't understand the logic and was seeing if maybe u know something that I don't
 
Weldabeast said:
In all seriousness.....why? Unless u climb higher than the full length of ur rope, wouldnt the stopper be part of the excess laying on the ground? My rappel rope is 35ft so add 3-4 foot to compensate for my height and bridge length and I'd have to be 40+ foot up for the stopper to even do anything. The end of the rope would have to be 5-6 feet off the ground to stop/catch u before u hit. I tend to hunt low in the canopy and rarely go 20ft and the last 10-15 foot of my rappel rope never really leaves the pouch. (I don't drop the whole rope.to the ground...leave it in the pouch and it auto feeds as u rappel)

Not trying to argue....I just don't understand the logic and was seeing if maybe u know something that I don't
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Good practice and doesn’t cost you anything. Some people don’t have 40ft of rope and if they don’t pay attention and climb higher then normal they could get in a situation where they run out of rope. Not sure why you would make an argument against being safe. It’s not about catching you if you fall it’s about not running off the end of your rope. More serious for drt or SRT but the same concept applies when rappelling too.
 
gcr0003 said:
Good practice and doesn’t cost you anything. Some people don’t have 40ft of rope and if they don’t pay attention and climb higher then normal they could get in a situation where they run out of rope. Not sure why you would make an argument against being safe. It’s not about catching you if you fall it’s about not running off the end of your rope. More serious for drt or SRT but the same concept applies when rappelling too.
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Not arguing...I take safety pretty serious
 
gcr0003 said:
It’s not about catching you if you fall it’s about not running off the end of your rope. More serious for drt or SRT but the same concept applies when rappelling too.
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I figured that's why you mentioned it to me.
Thanks
 
I get it....redundancy
But unless u got a real short rope and climb real high it's exactly that.... redundant. I speaking of rappelling because I have experience with that....I don't know anything about srt/dry.
The only stupid question is the 1 u don't ask :)
 
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