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    Preset with no crotch….help please.

    I have a leaner stand on public land I need to get out. It’s against a good sized pine tree in a perfect spot! I have to remove it anyway, but I’d like to leave a preset and climb that tree SRT. No doubt it’s too big to 1 stick, but I’d have no problem getting my tether and platform on it. I...
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    SRT for beginners, my video

    Second day of actually climbing SRT. Very easy and SO MUCH FUN! I didn’t edit the video(not figured out how yet). Ive only made a few videos posted on my channel, but this one hopefully will help someone wanting to check out the SRT. Merry Christmas everyone!
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    Dressing up the Buzzard Roost and a lil rope mod

    I found myself in need of a carabiner the other day while at height. This was my first sit in the Buzzard Roost and Im no longer using a secondary bridge. That secondary bridge connected via carabiner and also held the prussik brake on my old saddle…….nor did I have my dump pouch which always...
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    Finally got my first Turkey(s)!

    Had an EPIC weekend in KY and killed my first two birds! I’ve been chasing them here In GA for 5+ years. Have had several chances and should have killed at least 4 or 5 by now, but I am almost famous for my EPIC fails. This weekend was no exception on the epic fails, except this time, the...
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    Got my new Buzzard Roost!

    I was amazed how fast I got it and it fits like a glove. It’ll be a while before I get to hang from a tether, but it’s here and I’m stoked! I needed the tight Molle loops for my roll and dump pouches, but thought it’d be nice to have a few loose ones too, so I asked if they could add a few. Not...
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    Setting up at height, SRT Method etc

    I just had a shoulder replacement so I can’t really practice yet. I’ve been watching a bunch of videos, and I’m ready to climb and seamlessly rappel down……I think I cannot find any videos showing how to setup at height. I’m pretty sure I won’t hunt from my SRT, but rather tie in a separate...
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    Smallest tree for one sticking

    Simple question, unsure of the answer. I found an area with monster size trees and a bunch of saplings. I’m trying to find basket ball size trees, and a little smaller is no problem. But how small will you experienced one stickers go up? Softball size?
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    Setup above a leaner?

    So I’m heading to KY next weekend to my cousins property which is pretty much set up. He has maybe a dozen leaners, most overlooking bait or sweet food plots. I sat in several last year and 1 felt good as the corn was on my left…..I know I know corn blah blah. The rest were terrible and all I...
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    Hot hot should it get?

    So I use an ATC for rappelling, 8 mm resctech. I’m tending a prussik or schwabish below it used for my brake and hands free. I don’t feel like I’m going real fast and I stop to get platform at about waist high, Then stick, then to the ground. Anyway my ATC gets pretty warm and I’m wondering how...
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    Tether guide mod on stick?

    I’m looking to mod the top center of my helium stick(s). I’d like to be able to put my stick right up against my tether but be rope friendly……thinking like a piece of a pulley stuck on top kind of thing. Anyone done something like this? Or What’s the obvious everyone has done mod I have been...
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    Why do we buy 3 sticks?

    So getting started in a saddle we have lots of questions. As I'm going in to my second season in a saddle I have new questions. But I remember one of my first and maybe biggest question was “how to get up the tree?”. The seemingly easiest and safest way was to just get three sticks. With 3...
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    Hand sewn eyes on cordage

    Ok so before anyone grills me for asking, I haven’t done it yet.:oops: But I am wanting to use some hitches where I need sewn ends….y’all know them. I saw a video where a guy was hand sewing cordage with I believe he called it 80# waxed twine? It didn’t have a hundred or more wraps, but it...
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    SRT bridge N tether setup(s)

    So I did my first trial climb yesterday and although I messed up from the get go, I have no doubt this will work!!. Does anyone SRT using a ropeman 1? Opened the wallet again and ordered a guide ATC, which is the device I like(ATC) and am 100% comfortable with. Hitting the video scene again and...
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    Throw ball setup

    So my cart is full with throw ball, line, foldable cube, ascender etc… I plan to do presets mostly, but could see where a throw ball setup could be just as easy, maybe easier in a situation. I guess my question is how elaborate are y’all’s throw ball setups? Do I really need a cube? Is it worth...
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    Beal Kevlar 5.5 vs Sterling TRC 6mm

    1st off Beal and Beal jammy? If I figured it out right, the jammy is just the same cord, but a specific length with sewn eyes? Anyway its confusing……if I’m right then it WAS confusing. My first setup started with the Beal for my prussik and it’s been flawless. It gets nice and warm after a...
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    What did you do today that’s related to saddle hunting?

    This is always a fun type thread. I know I’m always doing something related to the outdoors and this saddle thing has completely consumed me. I learned to tie some knots last night
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    Maybe the most important 1 sticking mod noone talks about

    I have watched so many videos on one sticking, but never saw anyone use this mod. In a post on here about really something else, I saw a big black gear tie on top of someone’s stick to use as a handle. EUREKA!! No doubt the hardest part of 1 sticking is reaching down, grabbing and raising that...
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    Ratchet mod

    Ok so a ratchet is gonna be the tightest attachment method for anything IMHO. I have several and want to use them, especially for my ROS when it comes.. The hawk strap is one end, but the permanent ratchet side is the issue. I don’t trust the webbing that came with my straps, but if I did, it’d...
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    Hawk Monkey Bars anyone?

    Pretty much all my gear is Hawk brand, other than ropes/cords biners and belay. I had been looking for a ROS and stumbled across these monkey bar steps by Hawk. I know, it’s Hawk cheap China made junk, or so is it’s reputation. Quite frankly, the hawk brand has been good to me but I didn’t like...
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    Favorite tree to climb

    Curious what your favorite trees to climb are and how about pines? Seems most of the pines I see are ate up with beetles or very branchy. I have not climbed any yet. Mostly poplar and sweetgums maybe some oaks. I’m always on the lookout for the next tree to climb and have seen a few pines that...
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