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Hunting with Spurs on...?

Yes I take them off. Like huck said, practice a little bit and its not bad. I just raise my knee a big, put the spike into the tree and undo my buckles.
 
redsquirrel said:
Yes I take them off. Like huck said, practice a little bit and its not bad. I just raise my knee a big, put the spike into the tree and undo my buckles.
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Ah I didn't think about stabbing the spike in the tree!


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huck72412 said:
Not hard. Basically the same motion as when you take them off. If you drop one, you better hope you're hunting with a good friend!
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I think that's what made it the most difficult for me. I had no way down if I dropped those suckers.


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Cajunshooter said:
I think that's what made it the most difficult for me. I had no way down if I dropped those suckers.


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Sometimes I tie them to my bow rope after I hang them on a bow hook. That way if I were to drop one I could just pull it back up.
 
huck72412 said:
Sometimes I tie them to my bow rope after I hang them on a bow hook. That way if I were to drop one I could just pull it back up.
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I've got to figure out something like that.


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Autumnrider said:
How but putting the spurs back on, is it tuff? What if you drop one?
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huck72412 said:
Not hard. Basically the same motion as when you take them off. If you drop one, you better hope you're hunting with a good friend!
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Huck is the official expert, but its not as easy as he says. That is why most of the guys who spur up are rappeling down.
 
redsquirrel said:
Huck is the official expert, but its not as easy as he says. That is why most of the guys who spur up are rappeling down.
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Nah!!! I'm no expert. If you've been on spurs 20 times you've been on spurs 20,000. Everything gets easier with practice. Getting into a deeper sitting position in the saddle makes a difference when putting them on or taking them off. It helps with balance and also helps getting the spur into the tree near your eye line.
 
Not so easy to put back on in the tree . It can be done , but just so much easier to repell back down .

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huck72412 said:
Nah!!! I'm no expert. If you've been on spurs 20 times you've been on spurs 20,000. Everything gets easier with practice. Getting into a deeper sitting position in the saddle makes a difference when putting them on or taking them off. It helps with balance and also helps getting the spur into the tree near your eye line.
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I actually sort of did this one time by accident. I hooked up my tether then sat down, reached down and strapped on my steps platform at arms length. I then noticed that made for a pretty deep squat with feet on the steps. That made it easier to reach my spurs but I felt like I was doing something wrong. I'll have to try that again.

Man I read over and over that this was going to take practice and I believed it. I just never thought it would take this much practice.


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I have thought about this a lot. What are the disadvantages to leaving them on? Seems like it would be an easy way to move around and relieve fatigue with little pressure


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noxninja said:
I have thought about this a lot. What are the disadvantages to leaving them on? Seems like it would be an easy way to move around and relieve fatigue with little pressure


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The biggest disadvantages I saw were, 1) I would hit the spikes against my Ameristeps which made a clanking noise, 2) I would some times get them hung up on the Americsteps and it would take some squirming to get them lose. I also tried keeping them stabbed into the tree to use to move around the tree instead of using my steps but then because I had been on the for a while moving around, it would make it almost impossible to pull the spikes out of the tree to move because they were buried so far in.

That's all I can think of.


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I am doing either bolts or Stepp ladder steps (depending on location) for a platform this year, so they would make lots of noise. Also, the metal on metal contact would dull my spikes horribly.


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noxninja said:
I have thought about this a lot. What are the disadvantages to leaving them on? Seems like it would be an easy way to move around and relieve fatigue with little pressure


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I think he means leave them on and not use a platform.

I find that if I stand on one spur for any amount of time it really digs into the tree and is very tough to pull out. I would not want to worry about that with a deer around.
 
It seems to me when you take them off you could push them in a tree and run a cord around the tree and use them for bow and backpack hangers as well. Could you not sit side saddle to the tree and put the outside one on and turn around and repeat to get them back on. I spent a good bit of time with spurs on when I was younger but never took them off in a tree.
 
EricS said:
It seems to me when you take them off you could push them in a tree and run a cord around the tree and use them for bow and backpack hangers as well. Could you not sit side saddle to the tree and put the outside one on and turn around and repeat to get them back on. I spent a good bit of time with spurs on when I was younger but never took them off in a tree.
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This is probably possible but I tried that and everything shifts to the side you lean to and that's a little bit scary. I may just have to get used to doing it. I'm pretty sure nothing can really go wrong but it just feels really unstable when you do it.


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Yahtzee.
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