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Recent content by robstewart

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    Using your climbing gear to hang deer

    I've taken fall arrest training and you absolutely replace your gear in a FALL. My rope is a static climbing rope and the doe weights less than I do so in comparison it would be like me hanging on my rope for an all day hunt. I'm not concerned.
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    Figure 8 as rapel device

    My first rappel experience was in the army with a Swiss basket “harness” and a caribiner. As others have said, that’s the simplest device for rappelling. When I got into saddle hunting I picked up a figure 8 and used it a couple times but in the cold and dark at 30’ I really don’t like...
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    .223 for deer hunting

    Defensive ammo in a pistol makes total sense. You shoot someone at 300 yard with a rifle you have lots of time to walk away if they decide to drag their bleeding body toward you. If you are shooting someone with a pistol things haven’t gone well on the battlefield and they are probably...
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    Do you eat Feral Hogs?

    Here in Ontario Canada I believe that any animal that isn’t explicitly listed as protected or game can be hunted but still requires a small game license. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Hoist rope

    At the start of my climb I attach the tag end of my 30’ main rope to my backpack and orange paracord to my bow. At the top I wrap webbing around the tree and pull my backpack up with my main rope and stuff it in the bag. Then I pull my bow up with the paracord. At the end of the night I...
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    One Stick...Why rappel?

    A belay device is designed so that you on the ground can "catch" someone who has fallen. It must be able to withstand the sudden forces involved with even a short fall by your climbing partner. These sudden dynamic forces are going to be much higher than anything you would put on the device...
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    Sit Drag/RCH Linesman Belt

    Me too. Got some climbing rated webbing and using the gear loops and straps on my RCH along with a water knot I made loops to hook my lineman into. Added a climbing rated ring in each side. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Who changes tactics/style from Archery to Gun Season? How?

    I have hunted from a tree saddle during shotgun but this past shotgun season I wasn’t seeing any daytime movement, just deer on the cameras. I decided to take advantage of the fact I can shoot through light brush etc and go back into the swamp. This was a great decision because I now have a much...
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    An argument against separate weapon seasons

    I got a crossbow because of the fact it turns my local season from 5 days of controlled shotgun hunting into 10 weeks of hunting. Then I got a compound bow and while I enjoy it, I’m only good to 20 yard right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    An argument against separate weapon seasons

    Tags are tags. If the local management issue X tags then that’s how many can be harvested so I don’t know that the argument holds a lot of water. The opposition position could be made that the system assumes wasted tags. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    RC Harness for SRT

    I run a RCH (because I live in Canada and cross border shipping.). I then use it and a fleece saddle at hunting height. My advice is to not bother adding one if you have a commercial saddle and just look at modifying yours. For example you could create short bridge with a alpine butterfly loop...
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    .223 for deer hunting

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says you can’t hunt deer with an assault rifle. #sarcasm Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Saddle as a chair

    I think I have the same fleece saddle! Lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Saddle as a chair

    A tactic that has worked for me several times has been to hide behind a tree downwind from a deer trail in the evening. It can be tiresome to stand for a couple hours so I have to say I like the idea you have. Next time I go out I’m going to bring my fleece saddle and light weight cordage and...
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    Rappelling Video

    I put a stopper knot when I’m at hunting height (I always climb with a 30’ tether no matter if doing stick or SRT or self climber platform). As for a backup when rappelling, there’s no reason to put a “third hand” on your setup. This is where you are rappelling with a figure 8 or a caribiner...
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