Hello all!
Another Michigander here! I live in the Detroit Metro area and hunt primarily just outside Baldwin. I stumbled across this place thanks to DIY Sportsman’s (bowhunter15 here) YouTube channel.
I got interested in climbing methods a few years back after a hunting buddy had a near-miss. Thankfully the only things damaged were his pride and, perhaps, his underwear. While he began to ponder alternative undergarments, I began to think there had to be a safer way to go about this whole thing...
I discovered arborist climbing and then tree camping long before finding saddle hunting. (That’s too bad, because I probably could have saved myself several evolutions and a lot of money, lol!)
I’m still very much in the beginner phase with things. I’m looking towards SRT as my preferred climbing method, but for now am still relying on sticks. My current set are LW’s with a homemade extension on the bottom two. I haven’t transitioned to saddle hunting yet, but that’s where I’m headed. This season, I’m still sitting a ladder stand on public land and elevated box blinds on private.
For climbing gear (aside from the sticks), I’m running a New Tribe Champion saddle (which they quit making this year), a Gri Gri 2, and a DIY lineman’s belt made from BlueWater Ropes’ Assaultline. I also use Assaultline for safety lines on each of the stands I hunt along with prusiks made using HRC 8mm prusik cord. I’ve also got a growing stable of carabiners and a couple of pinto pulleys.
I’m looking forward to learning a lot from you guys! From what I’ve seen so far, this is a great bunch!
WT
Another Michigander here! I live in the Detroit Metro area and hunt primarily just outside Baldwin. I stumbled across this place thanks to DIY Sportsman’s (bowhunter15 here) YouTube channel.
I got interested in climbing methods a few years back after a hunting buddy had a near-miss. Thankfully the only things damaged were his pride and, perhaps, his underwear. While he began to ponder alternative undergarments, I began to think there had to be a safer way to go about this whole thing...
I discovered arborist climbing and then tree camping long before finding saddle hunting. (That’s too bad, because I probably could have saved myself several evolutions and a lot of money, lol!)
I’m still very much in the beginner phase with things. I’m looking towards SRT as my preferred climbing method, but for now am still relying on sticks. My current set are LW’s with a homemade extension on the bottom two. I haven’t transitioned to saddle hunting yet, but that’s where I’m headed. This season, I’m still sitting a ladder stand on public land and elevated box blinds on private.
For climbing gear (aside from the sticks), I’m running a New Tribe Champion saddle (which they quit making this year), a Gri Gri 2, and a DIY lineman’s belt made from BlueWater Ropes’ Assaultline. I also use Assaultline for safety lines on each of the stands I hunt along with prusiks made using HRC 8mm prusik cord. I’ve also got a growing stable of carabiners and a couple of pinto pulleys.
I’m looking forward to learning a lot from you guys! From what I’ve seen so far, this is a great bunch!
WT