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Telescoping pole for DRT rope

Newhunter1 said:
Looking at and considering getting a 6 foot telescoping pole that will go to 24 feet. Anyone know where I can get a light one and a hook for this...or better yet...repurpose one for this method.
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I got a 30ft Docapole from amazon..... I can easily set my rope to 35+ ft..... I can set my rope on a tree with no limbs also up to 30-32ft once I have it set I climb the tree all the way up then screw a bow cheap bow hanger into the tree..... I then hang my paracord from it and rappel back down and tie cord to tree......
 
Carl Craig said:
I got a 30ft Docapole from amazon..... I can easily set my rope to 35+ ft..... I can set my rope on a tree with no limbs also up to 30-32ft once I have it set I climb the tree all the way up then screw a bow cheap bow hanger into the tree..... I then hang my paracord from it and rappel back down and tie cord to tree......
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how high is it when you break it down and how much was it?
 
To preset my trees I usually use my climber or the Decapole 30' to push a girth hitch up the tree when there aren't any branches, like it a pine tree. I then screw in two cheap bow hangers and bend them upward a little so the paracord loop does blow out. I use two in case it did come out of one. I then tie off the end of the loop or hang a heavy branch on it to keep it taught. The day of the hunt I use a series of half hitches to tie my tag end to the loop. I pull the tag end up and if I I am using my 75' HTP 9mm I tie an Alpine Butterfly and feed the tag end through it after untying it from the paracord. I then pull it tight. The Alpine Butterfly allows me to retrieve the rope. You can tie a piece of paracord to loop if you wanted to go shorter (50') and 25' of paracord, but I found it was more work untangling it than having a bit more rope weight. All along, the paracord set loop is never removed from the tree.
PS--- I drew the half hitches incorrectly and in the drawing called them Timber Hitches LOL but look them up if you need to.

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