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Recent content by afhunter1

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    Important Information on Sterling Hollow Block

    I tried Prussic, French Prussic, and the klemheist was the only one to hold reliably on oplux
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    Important Information on Sterling Hollow Block

    Me too but it worked fine tied in a klemheist so that Is what I use.
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    LWCG Ambush Platform

    I didn't know I wanted one but by the time I got to page 4 of this thread I had one ordered. Dang It!!!!!
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    Lost/Left Behind/Forgotten

    Not me but My 17 year old son left his very expensive bow on his trunk lid. It stayed for a while until he went around a sharp turn and it fell off. We never knew what happened to it, he just remembered leaving it on the trunk lid. A few days later I saw one of the the neighbors to where we...
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    2nd Western Pennsylvania Saddle demo meet *POSTPONED*

    HA HA Funny!
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    2nd Western Pennsylvania Saddle demo meet *POSTPONED*

    I live near Bedford, PA and have a 170 acre farm with varying trees and terrain of all types. If you would expand your distance from Pittsburgh to Bedford then I might be able to offer up the farm for a weekend. There is a 1/2 mile of river frontage and people could camp as well. Let me know...
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    First time in my saddle now waiting for a Sika to show up!

    no luck tonight. Maybe tomorrow.
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    First sit

    Tonight is my first sit in my saddle as well. Looking out over a marsh for sika deer. It’s muzzy season.
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    First sit

    Good luck!
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    First time in my saddle now waiting for a Sika to show up!

    I know your supposed to practice first but I just dove right in. Climbed with the LWHC and now sitting bout 12’ up looking out into the marsh. Come on out little buddy! I’m not the most comfortable right now but I guess that is to be expected without any practice. I can see I will not be...
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    Ropeman 1 on tether

    That’s a cool video. I use a duck on my lb but jammy on my tether. I agree that failure of rope or mechanical ascender is very slim. I fell 20’ from a hang-on once. I’m well versed on how well we absorb a fall. I got up and walked away. Pretty lucky and really glad I found saddle hunting...
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    Ropeman 1 on tether

    A lot of people have answered that if the Ropeman breaks they will be fine but the issue with the Ropeman is cutting the rope not breaking. Somebody should stand on a bridge and throw off two 80# bags of concrete with a ten foot fall and see what happens to a rope with a Ropeman on it. My...
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    Opening day in the Keystone State

    I live down in Schellsburg and kinda wish I’d of gotten up and went this morn. I got some things I gotta do first but I’ll head out this afternoon for a sit though. Be my first saddle hunt. I can’t wait. It’s really nice out this morn.
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    Creative fix for sliding down tether

    yes, if you girth hitch your loop to your tag end then it wont slide at all and still is easily manipulated with your hands.
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    Creative fix for sliding down tether

    girth hitch your tether to the tree
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