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DRT climbing

Treehopper2

Treehopper2

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I’ve been using the DRT climbing method on and off for a few years now and really like the simplicity of this method but the throw ball and line drive me crazy in the woods getting tangled up on everything.
After trying this method two different times I just about gave up on it but luckily I found a solution on an arborist forum on how to get the rope in the tree with out a throw ball and line.
I have been working with it and about 20’ is about as high as I can get but I shoot a long bow and try to stay around 15’ so it works out for my needs but if you like to go higher it probably won’t work for you.
It is really nice only packing in 40’ of rope to get to hunting height.
DRT climbing takes practice but I feel it’s a safe reliable method without a bunch of metal making noise but it’s definitely not for everyone.
I put a few pictures of the way you coil the rope up to throw over the limb once it’s over the limb it un-coils and falls back down to you.
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Treehopper2 said:
I’ve been using the DRT climbing method on and off for a few years now and really like the simplicity of this method but the throw ball and line drive me crazy in the woods getting tangled up on everything.
After trying this method two different times I just about gave up on it but luckily I found a solution on an arborist forum on how to get the rope in the tree with out a throw ball and line.
I have been working with it and about 20’ is about as high as I can get but I shoot a long bow and try to stay around 15’ so it works out for my needs but if you like to go higher it probably won’t work for you.
It is really nice only packing in 40’ of rope to get to hunting height.
DRT climbing takes practice but I feel it’s a safe reliable method without a bunch of metal making noise but it’s differently not for everyone.
I put a few pictures of the way you coil the rope up to throw over the limb once it’s over the limb it un-coils and falls back down to you.
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I think I saw this same video and I wanted to share but I never did post it. I need to try it out!
 
Nice. I'll have to check that out but my issue with DRT is that most trees around here are 35 feet (if I'm lucky) or taller to the first limb. I love DRT and wish it were more useful around here. It is great on those huge trees where nothing else will work. I made a throwball launcher that uses a bicycle pump and can launch the throwball 50 feet. It is good for presets and also good to shoot straight through limbs to hit just the one you want.
 
Nice. Are you DRT climbing on 9mm Canyon Elite? (I believe that is what I am seeing). If so, are you just tying a Blakes hitch? I've been using 75 feet of 11.4mm Predator.
 
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On that one, how many tries to not have your rope on the other side of those other limbs.
I got some rope to mess with DRT. But weather and time haven't lined up yet. I plan to set some Paracord pre sets at the farm I hunt. But who knows where it will lead me. I like bigger trees.
 
@Treehopper2 i can’t seem to find the video short on YouTube that was great showing how to do this. Do you have a good one you learned from?
 
NMSbowhunter said:
Nice. Are you DRT climbing on 9mm Canyon Elite? (I believe that is what I am seeing). If so, are you just tying a Blakes hitch? I've been using 75 feet of 11.4mm Predator.
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Yes that is canyon elite and I’m not recommending it for anyone but it works for me.
I rapell very slow to not damage the rope from friction.


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Treehopper2 said:
Yes that is canyon elite and I’m not recommending it for anyone but it works for me.
I rapell very slow to not damage the rope from friction.


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I wouldn't see a problem using it. The only issue might be that ropes with larger diameter seem to be easier on the hands. I have a 56 foot piece of Arbormaster 12mmI picked up at Wesspur in the odd lengths sale section and use it a lot for practice and it is very nice to climb on due to the larger diameter. I just wondered how that 9mm rope worked. I have 40 feet of Canyon Elite on hand I bought for 1 sticking (haven't done that yet) but I have used it for 2TC and rappel.
 
MattMan81 said:
On that one, how many tries to not have your rope on the other side of those other limbs.
I got some rope to mess with DRT. But weather and time haven't lined up yet. I plan to set some Paracord pre sets at the farm I hunt. But who knows where it will lead me. I like bigger trees.
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I’m not sure how many throws it took on this tree but I don’t think any tree took more than three tries today but some days I just don’t have it lol


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NMSbowhunter said:
I wouldn't see a problem using it. The only issue might be that ropes with larger diameter seem to be easier on the hands. I have a 56 foot piece of Arbormaster 12mmI picked up at Wesspur in the odd lengths sale section and use it a lot for practice and it is very nice to climb on due to the larger diameter. I just wondered how that 9mm rope worked. I have 40 feet of Canyon Elite on hand I bought for 1 sticking (haven't done that yet) but I have used it for 2TC and rappel.
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I agree the larger diameter helps but I had some canyon elite laying around so I tried it and I like it a lot.
It holds the knot well and has less bulk but again I’m not a rope specialist so I would not recommend this to anyone you would need to do your own testing and research.
I even tried Oplux last year and it is definitely not the rope for DRT nothing wrong with predator that’s what I started on and it works great with a throw ball and line but for my application I needed something different.
 
You might want to pick up a leather friction saver to add to you style reduce friction as well as not eat into the cambrium of the tree. They are fairly light and I can't imagine drt without some form of a friction/ cambrium saver.
 
cedar paul said:
You might want to pick up a leather friction saver to add to you style reduce friction as well as not eat into the cambrium of the tree. They are fairly light and I can't imagine drt without some form of a friction/ cambrium saver.
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I agree I’ve been looking into them.

At the moment I’m just going slow to not burn the rope going up or coming down.

It does surprise me how quick I can get it over a limb tied in and to hunting height even taking my time.

But again it’s usually only 15-17’ up


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It really doesn't add much time to have a friction saver already on your rope pull up enough (10-15') over the branch tie a slip knot under the friction saver work it up over the branch pull to release your slip knot and finish tying in. You might already know this technique so forgive my explanation if so.
 
cedar paul said:
It really doesn't add much time to have a friction saver already on your rope pull up enough (10-15') over the branch tie a slip knot under the friction saver work it up over the branch pull to release your slip knot and finish tying in. You might already know this technique so forgive my explanation if so.
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I’ll research them more

Thank you


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