Ideas for a gear hanger?

[avgjoe]

I ordered the camjam and a couple s biners, as well as a large hero clip to hold my bow. What don't you like about the hero clip?

BT

Hero clip works fine. I was ordering some amsteel stuff and just got to looking at the 3d printed bow hangers.
I’m a member of Saddlehunter, sometimes we like to fix what ain’t broke…

 

[AttackMode]

How are you hanging your bows?

I have tried many straps. Tethrd HYS strap I felt was too bulky. HME strap with plastic hooks , that worked ok . DIY strap with movable loops was ok also, but I always seem to go back to my DIY paracord daisy chains with a nightize cam jam and a 3D Genesis printed bow holder. Super...

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I'm still using a HYS strap for simplicity, although I will admit it does leave something to be desired in terms of packability...

I was going to mention the packability factor. I had a HYS strap and used it for awhile. They’re too bulky for their worth imo. But I'm only hanging my bow, quiver and pack. Some guys that hang more stuff may disagree.

 

[NimbleTimbo]

The HYS strap works fine, but yeah I'm in favor of something more compact at this point. might do amsteel but I like the straps for how they keep a bow hanger against the tree. Thinking of one of these:

UltimAider Compact Gear Strap

The Compact Gear Strap is a public land legal strap that is lightweight and easy to use. The strap itself contains 1 bow/gun hanger along with 3 gear hooks that nest together creating a compact sys…

doublesteps.com

3D Printed Bow/Gear Hanger Kit

Plastic G-Hooks buckles for low noise, polypropylene webbing, and sewn loops. 1 Bow Hanger, and 3 gear hangers. Large Hook: 10lb. Small Hooks: 20lb.

hangfree.co

 

[Weldabeast]

Hero clip works fine.

Works fine... if u take ur quiver off. I prefer to leave it on so I need an arm with some clearance...I think I made it 6 or 7 inches

 

[Empostarr]

How are you hanging your bows?

I have tried many straps. Tethrd HYS strap I felt was too bulky. HME strap with plastic hooks , that worked ok . DIY strap with movable loops was ok also, but I always seem to go back to my DIY paracord daisy chains with a nightize cam jam and a 3D Genesis printed bow holder. Super...

saddlehunter.com

I'm still using a HYS strap for simplicity, although I will admit it does leave something to be desired in terms of packability...

Agreed, I considered other alternatives, but the ease of which I can switch the location of my stuff on the strap without making noise has kept me using it. It just doesn't pack down as small. Now I just need a better bow hanger designed for use with the strap, the Hero clip is usable, but I don't like the way my bow hangs in it, it feels like a slight bump could knock it off. I know there's options, I just haven't pulled the trigger and got one yet.

 

[Black Titan]

I'm going to try and do one with loose loops like the backwoods outdoors appears to have. I messed around last night with some hollow braided rope that is similar to amsteel and made a 7 foot daisy chain. Holds well and cinches down tight with just girth hitching the chain through the loop on the end, but this causes the loops around the tree to close up and be very difficult to get a biner through, because they're pulled so tight.

The backwoods outdoors model looks like they stitched in the loops in a loose fashion somehow. That way when the main line is cinched tight the loops would remain loose. If I can figure out how that was done, that's what I'm going to try with the amsteel I ordered. The simplest way may be to create several amsteel endless loops and just prusik them all onto the main line, but that's not what is done on the backwoods outdoors one. I'm not sure how they did it.

BT

 

[monty33]

Here is my take on the amsteel gear hanger. Instead of a daisy chain, I did a series of buries and exposed sections. This way when I girth hitch it to the tree and hang my pack from the end, the loops stay open. When the hanger is unloaded I can adjust to loop sizes if I need to.

 

[Black Titan]

Here is my take on the amsteel gear hanger. Instead of a daisy chain, I did a series of buries and exposed sections. This way when I girth hitch it to the tree and hang my pack from the end, the loops stay open. When the hanger is unloaded I can adjust to loop sizes if I need to.

That's pretty slick and somewhat exactly what I'm looking to do. When you put weight in one of the loops does it pull the loops beside it closed?

BT

 

[CharlieTN]

Well, I ordered the Tetherd HYS strap, but also ordered some 7/64 amsteel. Going to make a daisy chain with the amsteel and cam jam, and try both to see which I like better.

Thanks for the suggestions folks!

BT

When you make the daisy chain, leave a bit of slack in the loop on one side. Gives you one running piece that will be tight to the tree, and loops that are loose to make it easy to clip into or use a bow hanger.

Like this. If you’re doing locked Brummell to form each loops it’s easy to make one piece loose.

 

[avgjoe]

Works fine... if u take ur quiver off. I prefer to leave it on so I need an arm with some clearance...I think I made it 6 or 7 inches

That's true... but I keep an "armadillo head" in my quiver, so there's room to hook the Hero clip there (on the hood of my quiver).

 

[Black Titan]

When you make the daisy chain, leave a bit of slack in the loop on one side. Gives you one running piece that will be tight to the tree, and loops that are loose to make it easy to clip into or use a bow hanger.

Like this. If you’re doing locked Brummell to form each loops it’s easy to make one piece loose.

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That was the plan I was going to try. I just tried a small section on this cheap braided rope and it worked perfectly.

I'm 3d printing a jig now to make each loop a consistent length and diameter. Amsteel should be here Wednesday.

BT

 

[thedutchtouch]

I have a diy amsteel daisy chain gear hanger that I made leaving one side of the daisy slightly looser than the other. I simply loop it around the tree and pass one end through the last loop on the other side, and then clip my pack to the "tag end" at whatever height I want the pack to be (generally I like it hanging down a bit compared to where the bow/quiver hang) and have the bag positioned roughly 90 degrees to my right side to keep it accessible but out of the way. I've been doing this for a few years now and have found that the ansteel daisy has enough grip to the tree bark to stay in place as I'm attaching the pack, but is easily adjusted if I want to move it. The pack is also the first thing clipped on and last thing to come off so no worries about it loosening/anything dropping. I then use small s binders to clip on pretty much anything else I want, and have been using a hero clip for the bow hanger. No need for extra clips/straps, and it stuffs onto a small pocket/weight is negligible.

 

[monty33]

That's pretty slick and somewhat exactly what I'm looking to do. When you put weight in one of the loops does it pull the loops beside it closed?

BT

That is correct. When it is unloaded (my pack is not hanging on the girth hitch) you can open up a loop which will take some slack from the other loops. I keep some tighter and open others depending on what I have hanging there

 

[Black Titan]

Played around with the cheap Walmart braided rope. Made just a short section to try my idea with the jig I printed. Seems to work well by making one side longer than the other, then creating the loop around the jig before doing the brummel.

It hangs and holds tension well on this slick painted pole, so I'm sure it would work well on a rough tree.

Now if I can just figure out how to make the two sections different color I'll be set! Not that the two tone matters, but I kinda like it.

BT

 

[JC3]

I have used this successfully for quite a while.

https://www.amazon.com/TREESTAND-Gear-Hanger-Lay-Flat-Original/dp/B015BMTR2S

You can remove hooks easily (I use (2) hooks) and it rolls up very small.
The steel hooks are rubber coated, the stiffness of the steel makes hanging and removal of items easy and quiet.

 

[BuffaloBill]

I have used this successfully for quite a while.

https://www.amazon.com/TREESTAND-Gear-Hanger-Lay-Flat-Original/dp/B015BMTR2S

You can remove hooks easily (I use (2) hooks) and it rolls up very small.
The steel hooks are rubber coated, the stiffness of the steel makes hanging and removal of items easy and quiet.

I have this same one. Not sure why I didn’t think to just take a couple of the extra hooks off. I don’t necessarily like the idea of my gun or xbow hanging off one of the dinky hooks that are on some of the gear straps.

 

[Iron_llama]

Hi folks,

I've had two sits so far, and trying to address issues that I've had as they come up so each sit is better than the last.

One of those issues is my current gear hanger. It is loud, heavy, clunky, hard to attach to the tree, and I really just plain don't like it. The hooks work great, but are metal and heavy and noisy. The orange hook is what I hang my bow on and it is a 3d printed piece I made. The strap is about a billion feet too long and I have to find the end and thread through the buckle each time I go to mount it.

Short story - it's a major PITA.

I like the looks of this one from backwoods outdoors that is amsteel, and I'm trying to figure out how to make one with paracord. I've got a ton of paracord, and a fid. I can order one of those cam jammers and a large hero clip to hang my bow from, and some s biners for my bag, grunt tube, range finder, water bottle, etc.

Does anybody have any good DIY ideas or maybe a video they can link me to? Been up since 4:30 on 3 hours of sleep 2 nights in a row and then sitting in a tree for 4-5 hours the last two days so my brain is tires lol. I've searched a couple of things but not finding what I want.

BT

I made one with polyester cord, as an experiment. Because it was cheap and I didn't want to spend Amsteel money on an experiment. It worked just fine, but I wound up going with an iteration of @boyne bowhunter 's idea. Cable cuff hook on a 6' chunk of paracord, threaded through a Camjam as per @AttackMode. Figure-8 loops tied on each end. 3 paracord Prussic loops with plastic keychain carabiners on it. Weapon goes on the hook, pack and quiver and misc go on the 'biners. Everything came from Menards. I'll try to remember to get a picture of it after MiniLlama goes to bed.

 

[Black Titan]

Got my tetherd hys in, and also 2 different colors amsteel. Made up a daisy chain. Can't decide which one I like better!

BT

 

[Black Titan]

I've also been on a taping spree, wrapping my metal bits in camo vet tape to try and quiet them a little bit. Need to figure out how to keep this madrock from rattling though.

BT

 

[CharlieTN]

I've also been on a taping spree, wrapping my metal bits in camo vet tape to try and quiet them a little bit. Need to figure out how to keep this madrock from rattling though.

BT

On Facebook there’s a guy who offers a pre-cut kit for the Madrock. I think the page is called Hang and Bang Outdoors. Something like $18 shipped for it. I’m waiting on one now.