New guy... can some explain sit and drag?

[Tom Karrow]

Speaking of harnesses to use with the S&D. Is anyone using a commercial harness or will a RC harness fit over heavy clothing?


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Knowing little about hunting saddles, and grateful that so many have given me pointers... I can say,I used to sell rock harnesses and only if they are big enough or have enough adjustability would they fit over heavy clothes! I remembers ice climbers getting a second harness for that problem.

I wonder why people for hunting, don't just get a rock harness... what is the difference?
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[ImThere]

I wear it under my heaviest layer and the strap come out the front zipper. I only wear a rock climbing harness in a tree stand. I use my sitdrag with a linesman belt only


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[fawnzy]

A rick climbing harness seems comfortable enough while moving. Try being still while hanging. You need much more support to stay comfortable for extended times.


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[TheTracker]

A rick climbing harness seems comfortable enough while moving. Try being still while hanging. You need much more support to stay comfortable for extended times.


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I never had a issue with a rc harness and my sit drag while in the tree. The SD handles all the weight while i have a little slack in my RC harness tether.

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[fawnzy]

Sorry, TT, if I wasn't clear. I meant a stand alone arc harness. No sit and drag to take the weight.


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[Jefferson10940]

So, in it's actual form... this is the Sit-Drag

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So funny I started watching this video ... I had David dirks 3 boys on my tennis team! I was like ***. I know that they are a huge outdoors family but just shocked to come across it here on SH!


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[IkemanTX]

Very Slick and well though out. I just cannot see using a SD in isolation for myself though.

I had a previous saddle made of 2 Molle waist bands from a backpack arrests a fall a year and a half ago when I had a climbing stick spin around its tie point due to a concave spot in the tree where the lower bracket was resting. That saddle had NO waist band and simply pinched me into it when weight was applied. I ended up almost upside down, my knuckles lost some skin, but the system didn't let me fall more than 4-5 feet. I wasn't even sore the next day minus the scabbed knuckles.

I gather from your response you still use sticks then??

Only on properties that require no damage to trees... otherwise, spikes or drilled bolt holes (i.e. Woodpecker drill) are what I have moved to.

I hunt a lot of cedars... how do people deal with all the limbs with a saddle?

I do all of my setup post season before green-up. If I encounter a location where a cedar is the only setup location... I trim a V into the back of a tree (opposite of expected shot) wide enough for me to climb and then trim my shooting lanes accordingly. Often times I can climb the cedars with no sticks, steps, or spikes due to the number of the limbs.




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