Shakeandbake
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We had a pretty good thread going about this not too long ago. A bunch of us tried out 3/8 nylon webbing and it works great. Doesn’t get tangled like paracord, on Amazon for $10
Same.Paracord with a large loop on one end. I route the loop through the top of my riser and over my stabilizer.
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Sorry, I for one am not trusting my new $1000 dollar Mathews VXR to paracord. Not happening!Don't overthink it. I just use 20' of cheap 550 cord. It gets attached to my saddle on the ground. At height, I put it in my tether pouch since that's empty (tether on tree). I try to figure-8 it, but it gets jumbled into a ball as often as it's packed away neatly.
My bow is old. But still, I'm not quite sure what you're getting at. What're you trusting with your $1000 bow? A $20 hoist that uses the same cord? Cheap webbing? It's less than 5lbs...Sorry, I for one am not trusting my new $1000 dollar Mathews VXR to paracord. Not happening!
X2Nah. I love my Doyle's. I replaced the plastic attachment piece with a small biner and when I go to climb it plays out and when I come down it retracts. Nothing at all to mess with and works flawlessly.
7/64 amsteel with a retrieval hook from an old ratchet strap.
I have some reflective tape on the hook to orient me when using it in the pre-dawn darkness.
I also have a strip of reflective tape (different color) on a nite ize gear tie; one goes on my bow, one goes on my pack.
I don't like having the bow hoist rope attached to me when I climb because I have had it tangle on me and it was not good. Now I just climb, set up in the tree and drop the haul rope to hoist my bow and pack in two separate 'trips'. Super easy, and quiet so long as you don't have limbs in the way. The reflective tape is easily seen with a small red headlamp.
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I dropped my paracord pull rope when fumbling with a tangle yesterday... Seems like the Doyle's hoist is still the preferred alternative so looks like there's one in my near future.