First post, first season hunting out of a saddle. Loved it. Shot some deer and had a blast learning new things
I ended up using the tree hopper hand drill/ bolt climbing method and loved it aside from one incident. While descending one evening, about 8' off the ground, I somehow knocked the bolt out of the hole. This left me in quite the predicament as I could not reach to install a new bolt in the existing hole. I ended up tethering off, and while bear hugging the tree, slacked my tether a little at a time (using a ropeman1) until I was able to reach the next bolt on the tree.
This was a one time thing, never happened again all season (32 hunts) but I am curious if anyone else had witnessed or had this happen to them. How did you get out of this situation?
Did I drill the tree at a slight downward angle because I'm a newbie? Quite possibly. Is this a user error? Most likely. I'm just curious if there is anyone else out there that has had this happen.
I ended up using the tree hopper hand drill/ bolt climbing method and loved it aside from one incident. While descending one evening, about 8' off the ground, I somehow knocked the bolt out of the hole. This left me in quite the predicament as I could not reach to install a new bolt in the existing hole. I ended up tethering off, and while bear hugging the tree, slacked my tether a little at a time (using a ropeman1) until I was able to reach the next bolt on the tree.
This was a one time thing, never happened again all season (32 hunts) but I am curious if anyone else had witnessed or had this happen to them. How did you get out of this situation?
Did I drill the tree at a slight downward angle because I'm a newbie? Quite possibly. Is this a user error? Most likely. I'm just curious if there is anyone else out there that has had this happen.