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Recent content by twdant

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    New to saddle hunting - need advice

    I'll add a +1 for SRT. This is my third year in a saddle, but first year climbing a rope. The only way I'll ever go back to sticks is if all the limbs fall off the trees and I can't get a rope up there. If you use a two-footed Garda hitch to climb, it's no more effort than using sticks, even for...
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    Hunting From SRS, Changing Effective Tether Length

    This is what I had in mind (pic taken from ground level). I’m still new to this, so can you help me understand where the slack is and how it’s dangerous? Worst I can imagine happening is the HYS failing and my rope straightening out. It might result in me dropping an inch or two.
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    Hunting From SRS, Changing Effective Tether Length

    I've been really enjoying the benefits of climbing and hunting from my new SRS system, but something occurred to me last weekend. I've been keeping my dedicated tether stowed during my hunt and just hanging from my climbing line. That has worked well for the half dozen or so hunts I've made with...
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    New from SC

    If you're ever in the Augusta, GA area, you're welcome to come try out my setup. I'd be happy to show you the ropes (pun intended).
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    JRB Ascender Hitch

    I didn't bother taking a photo since the result was pretty clear. I am using SRT because of the trees, so that's definitely a factor. I also tried making additional turns in the bottom and top of the JRB Ascender, but it still bound up tight regardless. I'm sure it's a great hitch, it just so...
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    JRB Ascender Hitch

    I tried the JRB Ascender again last night, and still couldn't make it work as well as a Double Michoacan. I'm sure it wasn't too tight this time, and it looked identical to the pair @John RB showed in the post on page two of this thread. Looks like it's double meech for me. And it's got me...
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    JRB Ascender Hitch

    "Photos" is a strong word :tearsofjoy: And now we come back around full circle to say thanks to @John RB for developing and publishing content on diverse ways to access trees for hunting without having to lug around climbing sticks.
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    JRB Ascender Hitch

    Arts and crafts time. Here's a typical tree in my woods: As you can see, my bow cord is thrown over a small limb that won't support more than 5 lbs without snapping off. I use it to pull my rope into the tree above hunting height. Then: I pass the rope around the back of the trunk and tie a...
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    JRB Ascender Hitch

    SRT is attractive to me (a noob just learning rope climbing, so I certainly don't speak for anyone else) for a couple of reasons: I hunt almost exclusively in east central Georgia, where anything that isn't a Walmart parking lot is dense timber. Because of that, the trees around here have a...
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    JRB Ascender Hitch

    I tried it with and without the biner toggle. Both were too tight. I didn't realize there was such a thing as setting it too tight though, so I'm almost sure that was my problem. I'll try it again tonight and see how she goes. I was using a Zeppelin Bend to close the loop, so no eye-to-eye...
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    JRB Ascender Hitch

    I'm not new to saddle hunting, but I am new to rope climbing, so I'm trying to ditch my sticks in favor of an SRT rig. I tried the JRB Ascender last night for the first time, and had the same problem as @gcr0003, the hitch kept binding on itself so tightly that I was physically unable to advance...
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    Shot Placement Thoughts/Broadhead Failure?

    This. As much as we'd all like to be perfect archers, the truth is that given the circumstances at the breaking of the shot, we're all perfectly capable of missing by a significant amount. Of course, the perfect point of impact would be a high heart shot, right through all the juicy vessels, but...
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    Hate to ask, but is she still alive?

    There's nothing at all wrong with that shot dude, especially considering the extreme downward angle. In a perfect world, you would have recovered her a little sooner, but I assure you, that was a 100% ethical kill, and you have nothing at all to be ashamed about! Great work! I shot a doe in...
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    Skinning Deer: Head up or Head down?

    I'm exactly the opposite. I grew up using a gambrel, and tried just putting a noose around the neck and skinning head up for the first time last year (it may or may not have been because my gambrel wouldn't fit between the legs of the monster deer I shot). I'm a head-up convert now. A few...
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