Daisy Chain

[boyne bowhunter]

Oh man! Your going to have me making all kinds of cool stuff! I need a better gear hanger too!


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I just girth hitch my hanger thru the single loop and hang my pack off the best height loop to tension it. Add a Clipter to hang my bow off and a couple keychain carbiners in loops around the tree and I can hang my quiver and binocs where I need them.

 

[PJC]

I just girth hitch my hanger thru the single loop and hang my pack off the best height loop to tension it. Add a Clipter to hang my bow off and a couple keychain carbiners in loops around the tree and I can hang my quiver and binocs where I need them.

Love it. G2 style.


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[PJC]

I just girth hitch my hanger thru the single loop and hang my pack off the best height loop to tension it. Add a Clipter to hang my bow off and a couple keychain carbiners in loops around the tree and I can hang my quiver and binocs where I need them.

Where do you keep your clipper and your keychain carbiners so they are quiet, don’t tangle and are easy to find when you set up?


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[boyne bowhunter]

I wrap it all together and tuck it into a pocket of my pack. Haven't had any tangling issues with the amsteel.

 

[PJC]

I had no issues and have used it all year on many different sized trees. In about 60 sits I think I have sat in 50+ different trees.

I made my daisy chain about 5.5 ft long which takes about 11 ft of amsteel. It's basically doubled upon itself the whole way including the end buries. I made the loops just big enough to fit over the post so it fits more options. Best other advice I can give is to do the multi loop end first so you only have to pull the doubled rope through once while making the single loop. I actually made the one I used this season twice from the same rope. After using it several times I felt I could make the loops smaller so I undid all the splices and started over using smaller loops. The process is pretty simple.

Not following what you mean by the multi loop end.


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[PJC]

So all your doing is making a bunch of Brummell splices but instead of burying the end like in a loop end of a rope, you just keep making them. Then what do you do with the two ends when finished?


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[kenn1320]

So all your doing is making a bunch of Brummell splices but instead of burying the end like in a loop end of a rope, you just keep making them. Then what do you do with the two ends when finished?


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Watch the vid in the link, you bury them

 

[PJC]

Watch the vid in the link, you bury them

Ok. I see. I don’t plan on having the one end attached permanently to my stick but rather put the first loop created by the first splice slip over my versa button.


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[kenn1320]

Ok. I see. I don’t plan on having the one end attached permanently to my stick but rather put the first loop created by the first splice slip over my versa button.


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Same diff, just splice a loop and bury both ends. One of the links has a vid that shows how to splice loop without pulling whole daisy back through.

 

[boyne bowhunter]

So all your doing is making a bunch of Brummell splices but instead of burying the end like in a loop end of a rope, you just keep making them. Then what do you do with the two ends when finished?


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I have a single loop spliced and buried in one end that is always attached. The other end is a series of loops that ends in a buried end as well. Those are my adjustments.

 

[Islandshooter]

Ok. I’ll read the thread you linked for me to try to figure this out. Good times.


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Watch G2Outdoors video on splicing Amsteel, he shows using a knitting needle cut like a fid. Cheaper than the Amsteel fid set.

 

[kenn1320]

Watch G2Outdoors video on splicing Amsteel, he shows using a knitting needle cut like a fid. Cheaper than the Amsteel fid set.

And might be better. I bought a 7/16 fid and no way your getting 7/16 into the hole in the fid. On top of that, the hole is maybe 1" deep. I use an old aluminum arrow for my 1/4" stuff and slide the bury way into it, don't need tape that way.

 

[Kurt]

So what makes the daisy chain amsteel better, worse, different than the versa strap.

 

[PJC]

Quiet, light, easy to use, easy to pack, no adjustment of a buckle. Can girth hitch them together to drag out your kill.


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[boyne bowhunter]

I don't have a versa strap but it looks like @ckossuth has developed a very practical solution. I used the amsteel daisy chain because the versa strap wasn't available at the time and I wanted this type of solution as opposed to the supplied strap and hardware. I suspect the amsteel version is slightly lighter. I have used my amsteel daisy chain all season. with little evidence of wear but I think the versa strap will wear better and have a narrower dead zone so it will be slightly more adjustable.

 

[Kurt]

Alright. Thanks.

 

[Phaco]

Making a daisy chain with 7/64ths amsteel

 

[Craig S]

Think I’m going to like this setup!

 

[g2outdoors]

Nice paint job!

 

[Gamover06]

I see 7/64 comes up a lot is it really strong enough? isn't the working load 160 pounds?