CharlieTN
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Yeah, I know that title alone opens up the door for some colorful conversation. Let’s try to keep it kid friendly. LOL
Actually this came about because I had made a post on a facebook saddle hunting group about my recent Amazon order that included a study Bible, for my daughter, and a box of castration bands. I was surprised how many people had no idea how they could be used in saddle hunting. So, I thought let’s have a thread showing off all of the ways that people use the lowly castration band when saddle hunting. Besides, when I ordered them, I had to buy 100 so I’m looking for all sorts of ways to use them.
They’re great for keeping a strap on a post. In fact that is what OOAL does with their scout platform.
They can also be used to keep rope/webbing in place on a carabiner. This is the biner I used to hang my pack. the pack doesn’t have a handle so I use a piece of dynaglide and paracord but they always wanted to slip around, causing me to have to fiddle with them while holding my pack and trying to get it hung on my gear strap. One of these on each side of the rope keeps it in place so I have less to fiddle with at height.
Related to that they can be used to help cut down on noise on a carabiner or to keep it from rotating. Here’s my carabiner attached to my safeguard.
Here I’m using one on my lineman’s rope/spare tether. I can slide that down on the loop to cinch it up tight on the rope to prevent the tether from coming loose. If you want to make it easier to slide, tie a loop of paracord to the castration band to give you a handle to slide it with. This one rarely gets used this way so I’m not worried about it.
Another use for them is to prevent a slipped loop from pulling through. Put on in the loop portion as a stop. I used to use beads but they tend to clank against anything metal.
Anyway, here are a few ideas for you. They really are great and very cheap. The 100 cost me roughly $5 on Amazon. For reference these are the smaller ones designed for removing tails on goats and such. I look forward to seeing what ideas you all have come up with.
Actually this came about because I had made a post on a facebook saddle hunting group about my recent Amazon order that included a study Bible, for my daughter, and a box of castration bands. I was surprised how many people had no idea how they could be used in saddle hunting. So, I thought let’s have a thread showing off all of the ways that people use the lowly castration band when saddle hunting. Besides, when I ordered them, I had to buy 100 so I’m looking for all sorts of ways to use them.
They’re great for keeping a strap on a post. In fact that is what OOAL does with their scout platform.
They can also be used to keep rope/webbing in place on a carabiner. This is the biner I used to hang my pack. the pack doesn’t have a handle so I use a piece of dynaglide and paracord but they always wanted to slip around, causing me to have to fiddle with them while holding my pack and trying to get it hung on my gear strap. One of these on each side of the rope keeps it in place so I have less to fiddle with at height.
Related to that they can be used to help cut down on noise on a carabiner or to keep it from rotating. Here’s my carabiner attached to my safeguard.
Here I’m using one on my lineman’s rope/spare tether. I can slide that down on the loop to cinch it up tight on the rope to prevent the tether from coming loose. If you want to make it easier to slide, tie a loop of paracord to the castration band to give you a handle to slide it with. This one rarely gets used this way so I’m not worried about it.
Another use for them is to prevent a slipped loop from pulling through. Put on in the loop portion as a stop. I used to use beads but they tend to clank against anything metal.
Anyway, here are a few ideas for you. They really are great and very cheap. The 100 cost me roughly $5 on Amazon. For reference these are the smaller ones designed for removing tails on goats and such. I look forward to seeing what ideas you all have come up with.
