Stuck on state land
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Been hunting hang on stands,blinds and ladder stands for years... third day in a saddle (well besides lots of practice in yard) and learned a important life or death lesson about knots... 30ft up in a tree and my bridge knot (well the prussic loop knot) came undone... scary stuff, so LUCKY I was able to grab a branch and found myself hanging 6' away from trunk and 25' up... somehow managed to shimmy back close enough to sticks to get a foothold.. then after cleaning my britches and hugging the tree till sundown, I hit up YouTube and learned about closed loop prussic rope.. thanks NY saddlehunter... you felt like I got hit by a train.. today(Monday) (fell Saturday after work hunting last light) I was back in the saddle again!!(Aerosmith ) even with no prussic and a brand new 10mm bridge I never unhooked my linemans belt nor felt real comfortable at least untill I watched the lucky little spike horn buck pass (again like the third time) then got excited again... MORAL of the story? CHECK YOUR KNOTS.. check your equipment regularly!! I checked my knots every 30seconds today.. I got lucky, not everybody does... wether news or complacent pro PLEASE be SAFE... thanks
Rick P
Rick P