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F in chat ... Dropped my new bow out of the tree and broke the sight..

boyne bowhunter said:
Sorry to hear about your sight. I also wear my pack up and use a separate pull up cord for my bow. Friday morning though I had the keychain carabiner on the end of it pull off my bow sling when I started to pull it up. I had to break out my grapple to retrieve my bow. That was just one of the many comedy of errors that befell my Friday morning. Some days it feel like I was meant to stay in bed. :tearsofjoy:
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Hm, never thought of carrying a grapple of sorts lol not a bad idea.
I feel that though man, some days everything is just out to get ya. I started my morning with high hopes. Really think it would have been a good morning. Guess it wasn’t meant to be I suppose.
 
Shapeshifter said:
That's a bummer bro, hopefully you can get replacement sight quick. I like to climb with just my pack on my back and use my dynaglide retrieval line to pull my bow up once I'm settled in.
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Just got back from the bow shop with a née sight. A little too windy at the moment to get it dialed in much last 20, but I should have it ready to go tomorrow.

Yeah idk, that may be the way to go moving forward. Just don’t want anymore weight I have to climb up tree with then I have to. I climb DRT/MRS. so if I can avoid it I will but that would be the most simple solution for sure
raisins said:
That stinks. I'm sorry this happened.

As you progress in your journey, keep an eye for where things like this can occur. Continue to improve your method and then do it the same way everytime.

I have everything in my pack the same way each morning I hunt. And I do the same order of operations every time.

As far as this situation goes:

I climb with my pack on my back and the bow on the ground by itself. The pull up line is attached to the bow and the pull up line feeds from my pack while I climb. Once my platform is set, I put my pack on the tree. I have 8 or so feet of paracord tied to the top loop of my pack and a nite ize cam jam on it. The whole cord cam jam setup is stowed in a top zipper pocket with the cord sneaking out the side of the closed zipper. This allows the bow to be attached independently of my accessory cord and is the ticket.

Once the pack is on the tree. I get my accessory strap out of the pack and put it on the tree. I then pull the bow up and hang it and my quiver, i remove, both to the accessory strap.

When getting down, I do all this in reverse with the exception that I drop my pull up line next to the bow so that when I climb down I am not attached to the pull up line.
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I’m still working out the kinks in my routine… that’s for sure lol. Seems like you got your system down pretty solid. I may have to try out one of these bow reel type deals.
 
I climb with pack on. Never have I thought about it being in the way. Then pull bow up. If not one sticking, the Doyle’s is awesome.

That buck is one lucky dude.
 
GreginPA said:
sorry to hear that. I had that happen to me once when I was pulling up my pack/rifle combo and they both fell AND I was in a climber.

I always wear my pack when I climb now. And then pull up my bow/gun. I always make sure I have my HYS/hero clip or whatever weapon holder I'm using, already set and ready to receive the weapon before I pull it up. I secure the weapon to the gear holder and then unclip the pull up rope.

hope that helps
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Living and learning man, living and learning. All you can do I suppose. Definitely rethinking my setup process
 
GreginPA said:
sorry to hear that. I had that happen to me once when I was pulling up my pack/rifle combo and they both fell AND I was in a climber.

I always wear my pack when I climb now. And then pull up my bow/gun. I always make sure I have my HYS/hero clip or whatever weapon holder I'm using, already set and ready to receive the weapon before I pull it up. I secure the weapon to the gear holder and then unclip the pull up rope.

hope that helps
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Living and learning man, living and learning. All you can do I suppose. Definitely rethinking my setup process
Jagger0502 said:
My buddy just texted me yesterday and said he was adjusting his stand and his bow fell out of his bow mount and his limb broke when it hit the ground. This is a tough time if the year to recover and get set up after something like that happens. That’s a rough situation. We actually had a hunt planned next week together we just canceled because of it.
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dang that really stinks man, sorry to hear your out your hunting buddy for a minute. Luckily my bow is fine still shooting bullets through paper. Just needed a new sight as the other one snapped at the post.
 
CP3 said:
I climb with pack on. Never have I thought about it being in the way. Then pull bow up. If not one sticking, the Doyle’s is awesome.

That buck is one lucky dude.
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It’s not so much that it would be in the way, more so extra weight climbing DRT
 
Newb2hanging said:
Yeah, I think I’m just going to clip my bag into my climbing rope and then just clip some paracord onto my harness somewhere and pull my bow up with that. Hopefully won’t have to Many issues with tangling, but if so I may just start wearing the pack up when I climb. Just a little extra to huff up the tree using DRT. We’ll see what works out I suppose, but wrestling both up at the same time doesn’t seem to be the answer for me lol
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Bowline knot is what I tie my pack in with. You can untie it easily. They say not to use if for life safety. One less biner clanking around. I do have some plastic ones I use for non life safety stuff.
If there is not to much brush at the base, I find setting my bow to the side and pack to the other works best. Try to stop any crossing. Just make sure the side you put your bow on matches the same side on your saddle. Don't ask me how I know.
 
I like to keep my bow flat on the ground. Tie a loop in both ends of paracord. One goes over my wrist to climb & the other goes through a hole in riser and over one cam. It comes up and down laying flat. It saves getting debris in the cams unless the tree is really a wooly one.
 
MattMan81 said:
Bowline knot is what I tie my pack in with. You can untie it easily. They say not to use if for life safety. One less biner clanking around. I do have some plastic ones I use for non life safety stuff.
If there is not to much brush at the base, I find setting my bow to the side and pack to the other works best. Try to stop any crossing. Just make sure the side you put your bow on matches the same side on your saddle. Don't ask me how I know.
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Hm, not super familiar with a bowline. I’ll have to learn it! I wrapped electrical tape around a lot of my accessory carabiners just to quite them down a bit, but yeah the less the better. Ha, sometimes the best lessons are mistakes I suppose.
 
Newb,

It's unfortunate that you broke your sight. I've broken items over the years. Now one of the considerations when I make a new purchase is durability. If it can be broke, I will find a way to do it. I've broken pcs and parts off of a variety of sights. I finally found a sight that would hold up. For the last 15 years, I've been using Spot Hogg sights. A buddy had a horse wreck back in mountains. His sight came through unscathed. His arrows? Not so much but the sight came through perfect. I switched almost immediately and haven't looked back. I also am a Ashby fan so I shoot extremely heavy arrows and the only time I've ever broke one is when a bull rolled on top of it. Durability has it's benefits. My 2 cents is that In the long run its cheaper to buy high quality durable equipment.
 
Newb2hanging said:
Hm, never thought of carrying a grapple of sorts lol not a bad idea.
I feel that though man, some days everything is just out to get ya. I started my morning with high hopes. Really think it would have been a good morning. Guess it wasn’t meant to be I suppose.
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Dioche Outdoor Stainless Steel Multi-Function Tool Folding Grappling Hook Climbing EDC Tackle,Folding Grappling Hook - Walmart.com

Very small and will fit in your hand, not much weight. Works kind of like a claw machine.
 
Yeah, I was eyeing the spot hogs, my budget just couldn’t afford one at the moment. Hopefully I’ll just avoid dropping my bow 20ft on the future and can avoid this issue lol.
 
Skunkworkx said:
Dioche Outdoor Stainless Steel Multi-Function Tool Folding Grappling Hook Climbing EDC Tackle,Folding Grappling Hook - Walmart.com
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I own these type of things and it takes me 20+ tries to actually pick up something I dropped. I switched to one of these guys and it's 1 or 2 tries and I always get it

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My pack goes up with me as I one stick. My bow is on the ground until I’m all set up. I use a Doyles the cord one. Be of the best investments I’ve ever made. Sorry your bow broke. I hope you get back in ntonthe game soon.
 
GreginPA said:
I own these type of things and it takes me 20+ tries to actually pick up something I dropped. I switched to one of these guys and it's 1 or 2 tries and I always get it

Products

Provides easy retrieval of items dropped when hunting from a tree stand; made of rolled steel and coated for weather resistance, spring loaded, easy to use and weight only 4 ounces.
www.walnutgrovehunting.com www.walnutgrovehunting.com
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Oh nice. May have to give one a try!
 
woodsdog2 said:
My pack goes up with me as I one stick. My bow is on the ground until I’m all set up. I use a Doyles the cord one. Be of the best investments I’ve ever made. Sorry your bow broke. I hope you get back in ntonthe game soon.
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Going to try just wearing it up as I climb next time. Probably only ways 10 pounds or so, shouldn’t be too much extra weight climbing. I use a rope (DRT) so weight is a little more of a factor climbing. Appreciate it though man. I ran over to the bow shop and got a sight on it. It’s good at 20 just have to dial the other pins in. Should be good to go monday hopefully
 
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