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How do you get your bow up the tree?

This thing lives on the back of my saddle. It's the only thing I attach to my saddle but it stays there all the time (it doubles as my pull down rope and if its not there then I can't get my rappel rope back down). It works remarkably well as a pull up rope too. When I get ready to ascend I just unhook the keychain biner and unwrap the paracord from around the bundle. Attach the biner to my bow sling and up I go. The ears on the handle provide just enough friction to keep the line from all falling off while still feeding freely as I climb. It's hanging off my backside so it never gets in my way while climbing.

Once up in the tree I spool a couple of more turns off and loop a bite back through the handle and around the ears. That locks the string on the handle. When I get ready to get down, the biner attaches to my rappel rope girth hitch and I route the handle through the cables of my bow and pull it tight. Then I can lower the bow and leave a pull down attached. When done I just wind it back up and store it back on the saddle.

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raisins said:
i just do paracord in a loose figure 8 wrap and then stowed in my pack's water bottle side pocket where it feeds out

light, cheap, quiet, and has always worked

i have a doyle's hoist, but i like the paracord better

one thing is once you lower the bow, you can just toss the paracord down and not have to climb down with it....can't do that with a retractable job
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i like keeping the other end tied to me. ive pulled my bow back up halfway up/down the tree and made a kill a few times.
 
I use a bow rope figure 8'd with small carabiners on each end. The figure 8 part is new to me. I just started using it last season. Before that I just wound it up and it always ended up tangled up. It was always a source of frustration. Just clip one end to the bow and the other end to a Molle loop on saddle. This is the only thing I attach to the saddle besides a lineman's rope.
 
Fl Canopy Stalker said:
I levitate mine up by using the force. Of course this took many years of Jedi training to accomplish :sweatsmile:
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Luke: Master, moving stones around is one thing. This is totally different.
Yoda: No. No different. Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned.
Luke: All right, I'll give it a try.
Yoda: No. Try not. Do… or do not. There is no try.
 
I like to hit the tree climbing.i don't want to stand around at the bottom setting up.5 yards from the tree sling my bow behind me and clip it to my pack.2 yards from the tree I'm grabbing my climbing gear out to hit it climbing and get my sent off the ground into the breeze.if it takes more than 1 minute flat to setup or pack ....it's not for me
 
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A retractable gear hoist is the only way to go! :cool: Attach it at the bottom of the tree and retrieve it when you get to the desired height.
I purchased a 26' retractable dog leash for $18 off of Amazon. I attach it to my saddle's molle loops with an S-biner.
Get the strap, NOT the cord model. The strap is easier on your hands, while lowering it. The cord tends to cut into your hands.
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Can a retractable hoist (like Doyle's or a dog leash) be used as a pull-down rope? I'm tired of the struggle to keep my paracord from getting tangled, but I don't want to have to carry a second rope. OK, stupid question, I guess, but what is this "figure-8" that everyone talks about? Thanks
 
diuilin said:
Can a retractable hoist (like Doyle's or a dog leash) be used as a pull-down rope? I'm tired of the struggle to keep my paracord from getting tangled, but I don't want to have to carry a second rope. OK, stupid question, I guess, but what is this "figure-8" that everyone talks about? Thanks
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Like this:
 
diuilin said:
Can a retractable hoist (like Doyle's or a dog leash) be used as a pull-down rope? I'm tired of the struggle to keep my paracord from getting tangled, but I don't want to have to carry a second rope. OK, stupid question, I guess, but what is this "figure-8" that everyone talks about? Thanks
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Yes, absolutely. However, you might find that the line in your retractable might be too 'stretchy' if your rappel rope gets stuck, which is why a lot of people use things like Dyanaglide and Zingit. Some kind soul posted a tutorial for replacing the line in a harbor freight dog leash with this stuff. You can also replace the chalkline in a reel with this stuff, but it won't be auto-retractable like a dog leash or Doyle's or whatever.

Edit: https://saddlehunter.com/community/index.php?threads/dog-leash-gear-hoist.44236/page-2#post-611416
 
do NOT buy the allen hoist. i had one, hated it, went back to usinga length of 7/64 amsteel because i had extra. i use it as my pull down rope/bow hoist/multiuse cord, it doesn't tangle as easy as paracord but more importantly doesn't stretch when pulling a rope thats stuck in a tree.
 
Iron_llama said:
Yes, absolutely. However, you might find that the line in your retractable might be too 'stretchy' if your rappel rope gets stuck, which is why a lot of people use things like Dyanaglide and Zingit. Some kind soul posted a tutorial for replacing the line in a harbor freight dog leash with this stuff. You can also replace the chalkline in a reel with this stuff, but it won't be auto-retractable like a dog leash or Doyle's or whatever.

Edit: https://saddlehunter.com/community/index.php?threads/dog-leash-gear-hoist.44236/page-2#post-611416
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Is the benefit of Zingit or Dynaglide just that it doesn't stretch -- and so it is better for a pull-down rope. I'm still very new to this saddle stuff. Got a nice 9-point the first day I took my saddle up last year, which was great, but meant less practice.
 
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