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What is easiest way to climb tree in the group opinion.
- Thread starter Wayne K
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I have 6 or 7 and a 12 step bag. How many you want. I use 5 and knaider/swaider but could keep one backup. Let me know what you want
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how much for the 7 step bag? Also fair warning this would be my first transaction on this site
I've tried modified lone wolf sticks, treehopper and bolts/carbon rods, WE Stepps, gaffs/spurs. I sold the gaffs since they're sketchy in the thick barked cottonwoods around here. I had a carbon rod crack on me and when it's freezing the pre-drilled tree hopper holes with bolts freeze shut requiring re-drilling. I like the sticks with an artisan style platform on top as a do all unit. I cut em down, added the platform, daisy chained amsteel and stealth strips. The wild edge steps have a learning curve but are my go to right now. I carry 5 in my pack and if I need to get higher 2 sticks to start the climb. I'll be messing with a knaider swaider soon too with these. The W.E. steps work well in trees with a crooked trunk or lots of limbs and I can space them out however I need.
Doesn’t anyone recommend SRT? No sticks or other hardware to hike in. Just some lightweight rope and very lightweight devices.
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I made side arms to accept the Summit cable. 1" steel square tube with 1/16 wall thickness.
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I use a combo of one stick and SRT. IF the tree is good I can SRT. If not I one stick but what I do is put my tether up as high as I can, come down the rope and grab my stick and SRT up to the tether and connect my stick.
I prefer climbing with a 30’ tether so I can rappel down if something happens. I also leave my stuff up in the tree at night and SRT up in the morning.
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Spurs without a doubt. There's no wasted effort. You can take as small of steps as you want, circle around the tree if needed. Quieter than any other method, super lightweight.
Basically walking up a tree.
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I agree with the forward leaning sticks ... but they are quite heavy... I bought the 16 ft version of these...
https://www.hurricaness.com/product/16-foot-gravity-forward-climbing-stick/ weighs 30lbs
this year, I put up this , then 3 lone wolfs up higher... and it worked out quite well....
I only hunted maybe 200 yards from my truck... Since then, I reduced the 16ft to 8ft by just using the upper half... I moved the ground grabber from the bottom one to the upper half. I hunt public ground... So I would leave my stand and lone wolf sticks up high overnight , take down the leaning sticks and hide them, and take the straps with me. If you don't travel very far, this works out ok. Gets you safely up 8 ft before having to use strap on sticks
