Linesman attachment poll

[BlackpowderGuy (AJHS)]

A poll on how you attach your linesman rope

 

[Dope on a Rope]

Other: I don't, I hate them

 

[BlackpowderGuy (AJHS)]

Other: I don't, I hate them

So how?

 

[boyne bowhunter]

Carabiner with a Ropeman 1 on the "fixed" side. Carabiner on the other. On a side note I didn't incorporate linemans loops on my DIY saddle, I just hook into my bridge loops when I need to use my linemans.

 

[bowhunthard88]

Bull hitch to left loop, Arbsession hitch with TX5 tender and Petz Sm'D Triact auto-locker on the right. I keep it tucked into my left hip dump pouch.

 

[DelaWhere_Arrow]

Two biners and it lives around my shoulders when it’s not in use. I hate girth hitching to saddle. Rope rubbing on stitching and webbing edges rubs me the wrong way.

 

[Dope on a Rope]

So how?

I use another tether if I need to get around a branch

 

[Skunkworkx]

Right handed... girth hitch on left, carabiner on a Ropeman1 hooks to my right.

 

[MattMan81]

Don't use it to DRT which is my main go too. But still keep it on me in case. Extra tether, self rescue. Kong on oplux. So pretty compact.

 

[Chandler96]

Two biners and it lives around my shoulders when it’s not in use. I hate girth hitching to saddle. Rope rubbing on stitching and webbing edges rubs me the wrong way.

even when you're hunting? like all day its around your shoulders?

 

[DelaWhere_Arrow]

even when you're hunting? like all day its around your shoulders?

Yep. Can’t stand having it in my dump pouch. I’m not much for shaving ounces or seconds, but it’s so fast and easy to unclip from tree and just lay it over my neck like suspenders. Keeps my saddle in place while I walk, deploys quickly from my shoulders, I can use it as a secondary bridge, and I don’t have to daisy chain it or waste dump pouch space. When I’m ready to come down it’s quiet and already in deployment mode. I’ve been wearing it like this since my first hunt from saddle. Actually I even did this with my HSS harness. I only keep like 3-5# of kit in my saddle pouch as it is, and almost all of it gets used on the tree so while I’m hunting I have an empty pouch for grunt call, phone, rattle bag, or rangefinder, and I always have some extra cord and biners. I don’t like keeping anything on my saddle that’s not immediately useful for climbing or safety, and I don’t wanna take the extra ten seconds to daisy chain that bad boy either.

 

[neonomad]

I use it as a secondary tie off once set up, of course much easier with a carabiner connection.