Hallelujah!!!!!! Call him back and tell him how refreshing it is to speak with a government official that doesn't speak or conduct business in overly bureaucratic terms.
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Curious about spurs
- Thread starter Greybeard60
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Inconsistent bureaucrats
When I look at the holes @ flinginairos made in the tree in his video it is less damage than a climber or WE steps
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When I look at the holes @ flinginairos made in the tree in his video it is less damage than a climber or WE steps
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Tornadoes kill trees..... Spurs, not so much!
How do they work on some of those big gnarled bark trees in the Midwest?? I’ve noticed a lot of those trees are even tough with sticks. They seem to slip and kick out easier.
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Spurs work better than sticks or stepps in this situation. This is where I hunt.
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Good to know thanks. I was curious how they worked on those trees. It was my first time in Illinois last year and was a learning curve with the trees. The bark was so hard and deep grooved I had a hard time getting sticks to bite.
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I tore up a white oak in my front yard with the WE Stepps. I used my XOP sticks today to climb that tree purposely to limb it up.
I like the WE Stepps they are very solid under foot. It is the design of them.
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I’ve been using the WE stepps for a few days now. I like them a lot. I think their a little more difficult on softer bark trees. They cam over tight but seem to dig in and loosen when you step on them.
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One it depends on how much you weigh. Secondly, take your we steps I’d you have not and leave each one cammed on tree for a few days. Then do it again on a bigger tree. The ropes need to stretch. They do dig in and hold.
You can climb just fine with them but the pine tar is gonna get everywhere. I would recommend picking a different tree nearby thats not a pine and climbing it. If a pine is the only tree you can hunt out of I would use sticks or something else that doesn't penetrate the tree. I'm not 100% sure when it is but I think after the first frost the tar will leave the tree so they're not as messy to climb. I know I've used my ez hanger in early season and there will be a line of tar coming down the tree form the hole but later on in the season theres no tar at all. Not to mention the bark on a pine can be pretty noisy when trying to move around the tree for a shot. Its not worth it to me, ill get in a different tree.
Mineral spirits work well for cleaning your spurs.
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Oil will also loosen it. If I get it on my hands I'll wash them with a bit of canola and clean that up with dawn.
Mineral spirits are the absolute best when it comes to pine tar. And a lot of mineral spirits!
I had to soak an entire dump pouch full of bolts after saddlepalooza... fabric and all.
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I had to soak an entire dump pouch full of bolts after saddlepalooza... fabric and all.
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Last year while hunting a pine tree I saw a clear drop under my screw in hook. Not thinking I touched it. Dammit man! Everything got sticky. Forgot about it and rubbed my eye. Glued my damn eye shut. I was like you stupid #!&^%%... Every time I blinked it would grab. Sometimes...Lots of times, I'm glad I'm not filming.
I cut my teeth hunting 40,000 acres of IP land, so I'm used to it. Kinda like skeeters. Sucks, but can't imagine life without it.
I got some in my mouth one time. Don't remember what but I used my teeth to hold something so I could free up my hands and some was on there. I went from calm to pissed real quick lol. I try to stay out of em as much as I can but most of the time they seem to be the only good tree to get in.
Random side note here. I quit holding things in my mouth. I was holding a maglight in the middle of the night striper fishing on the beach and chipped my front tooth and its in a spot they can't fix it. I don't know what I'd do without headlamps anymore.
Bwahahahaha y’all holding stuff in your mouth!!! Why does that sound so wrong?!?!?!
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