Which spikes would you consider buying?Lots of guys on here use them (including me) for good reason. They are light, fast, can climb any height. Downside is they aren’t legal on all public land and there is definitely a learning curve to them. I use them 98% of the time and hate the days I have to carry sticks lol.
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I was looking to try out climbing spurs.
How are the Klein climbing spurs? I really don’t want to spend $600 on spurs to try that method out.
Also, logic tells me tree gaffs are the way to go but reading of old threads is a mixed bag of opinions. Which would be the ones to get pole or tree gaffs?
I use climb right tree gaffs. They are a little harder to use but come in handy on the big old trees I like to hunt. If you’re not climbing a lot of thick barked trees I would run pole gaffs.
Any concerns about weight limits? I’m about 245. Will spikes hold up? I don’t want to get 15 feet up and have the foot hold start to bend. Any bigger fellas using them?
also, found climb rights in amazon for $150. Good way to go or would I regret not snatching up the $600 carbon fiber kiwis in our classifieds right now?
The damage to the tree is probably my main reason I gave them up. We have private ground here (like a lot of areas) that is deemed public for hunting after the land owner gets enrolled in a program. I'd hate to see them pull the ground after seeing their trees look like a beat up telephone pole. I haven't given it a full try both up and down but the same could be said about one sticking in regards to never running out of steps. I'd assume gaffs are a little quicker than one sticking though?I have the climb rites with tree gaffs. They are great if you’re climbing a tree once. The best thing about them is you never run out of steps.Ive found myself over 40’ a couple times this year. The worst part is they do damage to the tree. I’ve got a couple trees that I’ve climbed 2-3 times and they look worse than my drill and bolt trees. I’ve tried rappelling down and that cuts the damage in half but it appears to reduce damage even more. My marks climbing down look worse than when climbing up because I’m pulling away from the tree instead of up to remove them. So far getting my rappell gear down and stowed is more of a pain than it’s worth butbaI am working on some new ideas to improve that. I’m also wanting to try some pole gaffs just to see if they cause less damage.