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Favorite hunting harness

bigmike23

bigmike23

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I got the hss shadow last year that I throughly hate. The strap that goes around you waist low back area is too narrow. So when you climb with the lineman's belt, that strap really digs into your back/waist. What have you found the most comfortable?
 
I used a 5 pt harness for many years, after some testing at low to ground level I switched to a RCH for several years and still like the RCH but mostly use a saddle now. I think they now make a RCH with lineman loops, you might want to check that out, may be what your looking for. As I said I did test the harness and found in a fall the first thing that hits a tree is your face (just the way they are made) now if you survive that and are below the stand getting back into the stand is a real struggle and you may not be able to at all, that is where the leg loops come into play (cutting off circulation). Having a good hunting day but planning for a bad day is always good, so test your harness.
 
For a full body harness the HSS ultralight was the best one I tried.
 
bigmike23 said:
I got the hss shadow last year that I throughly hate. The strap that goes around you waist low back area is too narrow. So when you climb with the lineman's belt, that strap really digs into your back/waist. What have you found the most comfortable?
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When I used to use harnesses and stands, I preferred the muddy ambush
 
bigmike23 said:
I got the hss shadow last year that I throughly hate. The strap that goes around you waist low back area is too narrow. So when you climb with the lineman's belt, that strap really digs into your back/waist. What have you found the most comfortable?
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If you are not opposed to a rock climbing harness, then I'd get one with a wider, padded belt and then add lineman's loops.

 
Some info:

Rock Harness Lineman Belt Solution

I have seen a lot of guys ask how to make a lineman belt for rock harnesses that do not have dedicated loops. I just posted this in another thread, but thought it might warrant having its own thread since I have seen this question asked so many times. If you find this to be repetitive or if...
saddlehunter.com
 
enkriss said:
For a full body harness the HSS ultralight was the best one I tried.
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I ordered one and returned it. I was blown away by how heavy that thing was!


How long till a saddle company puts some shoulder straps on their rig and calls it purpose??
 
In the hang on days I used muddy until it was to yucky with sweat stains and pine sap and replaced with tree spider micro...that 1s very nice...tether is a super stretchy energy absorbing type
 
Weldabeast said:
In the hang on days I used muddy until it was to yucky with sweat stains and pine sap and replaced with tree spider micro...that 1s very nice...tether is a super stretchy energy absorbing type
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I had a muddy (still do somewhere) and when you leaned into the lineman's belt it dug into your back and sides enough to hurt after a while.
 
raisins said:
I had a muddy (still do somewhere) and when you leaned into the lineman's belt it dug into your back and sides enough to hurt after a while.
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I don't know the model but the 1 I had was probably 3" wide padded all the way around and it didn't give me any issues...it wasn't the cheapest 1 or the most expensive but the middle priced 1
 
Weldabeast said:
I don't know the model but the 1 I had was probably 3" wide padded all the way around and it didn't give me any issues...it wasn't the cheapest 1 or the most expensive but the middle priced 1
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Mine was like $80 at the box store with the name that gets censored here (Richard's Sporting Goods). Back then I thought that was a lot of money for a harness or safety gear!
 
Weldabeast said:
I don't know the model but the 1 I had was probably 3" wide padded all the way around and it didn't give me any issues...it wasn't the cheapest 1 or the most expensive but the middle priced 1
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That sounds like the muddy magnum. Same one I use a couple times a year at the only private land preset property I hunt. A little pad on the shoulder straps and around 3" on the waist belt. I haven't had any discomfort from it. I think it was 40 bucks. I also have the tree spider pants with the built in harness which is a nice but pricey.

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