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Bullman silent approach steps + DanO OCB straps = awesome

philsanchez76

philsanchez76

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After coming to the easy conclusion that lugging 4 sticks around the woods sucks, I bought silent approach steps on the classifies here and have been practicing for last couple of weeks. I liked everything about them except how on certain trees with rough bark they would slip a lot and scare the crap out of me on my way down. After Nutterbusters video on squirrel steps as a climbing method, I Sprung for the ocb’s that DanO sells and now I’ve got a 20 ft climbing solution that weights about 6 pounds (give or take a few oz) and is rock solid under my 200 pound frame. Also using his ocb for ring of steps. 0EB42E4B-C065-4A55-9325-80D825BF4D3F.png3F614FB3-CE21-41EE-B61B-AF6BAAE47BE4.png6A3FB24E-F0C1-4C69-A6B6-87C62614C3AE.png
 
How many does it take to get to 20ft? Also, what do you use to hold them as you climb? A bigger dump pouch or something?


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Aeds151 said:
How many does it take to get to 20ft? Also, what do you use to hold them as you climb? A bigger dump pouch or something?


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Yeah US military dump pouch straps onto Molle webbing and carries 10 steps with 10 ocb straps, ROS (which is 6 steps plus the ocb strap) and my bow and backpack holder. 10 steps plus the ros gets me pretty consistently at 20 ft. 36EEC0FE-EFC2-4504-85DE-1DBF65033840.png
 
I’ve been wondering if this would be better than sticks. I just hate the thought of having to hang 10 steps instead of 4 sticks.
 
That’s what kept me away at first too. I can hang 10 steps in about 10 minutes vs 4 sticks in maybe 5-6. It’s not much time savings vs the packability you get.
 
Looks like you're wearing Pronghorns? If so I have the same boots. How do they feel on the steps? Plenty of purchase?
 
Exhumis said:
Looks like you're wearing Pronghorns? If so I have the same boots. How do they feel on the steps? Plenty of purchase?
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Good eye. Yes those are Pronghorns. As long as I am contacting 2 steps at once grip is great. If I am doing an extreme pivot to where I am only on one step, I can feel some slow slippage. Like if I stayed in that position for longer than 30 seconds the boat may lose grip and slip off. My goal is to grab 2 more steps so if I decide to hunt a slightly larger tree I have enough steps to space them appropriately.
 
Cool thanks for reporting back. I had the silent approach but got tired of messing with the other straps, never thought to try ocb's. Thanks for posting this, I might try them again.
 
Exhumis said:
Cool thanks for reporting back. I had the silent approach but got tired of messing with the other straps, never thought to try ocb's. Thanks for posting this, I might try them again.
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Absolutely man. The original straps sucked for sure. OCBs are a game changer. Once you work out your process for installing each strap they are just as fast as any other strap I’ve tried.
 
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