The situation is this. I have 3 trees on my property in NW PA that are about the same size as this Grand Old Lady who is in the front corner of my 1 little acre of Heaven. She measures 10.5 ft around her trunk at waist level (I strung a piece of paracord around her, then measured it's length.) About 13 ft up, she splits into 2 trunks, (you can see her widening before the split at the top of the photo) then the North trunk splits again about 15 ft above that. I got a throw ball thru that upper split today, (not gonna say how many attempts it took, only that it was less than 30, & fun! ) & fed a paracord loop thru, so I'm ready to pull up a climbing/rappel rope. That part of the tree has a decent lean in the North (right side of photo) direction.
Note- I learned that for me, the higher I need to pitch the throw ball, the less weight I should use. I went from a 16oz to a 12 oz, then I got it thru.
I want to use her as a practice tree.
The 3 trees that I want to hunt from are in killer locations-each of them are at a point where 4 or 5 trails intersect, & my cameras show good activity. Other trees around them are climbable, but small-basketball size, & I personally don't like hunting from a tree that I can't hide behind-it's just my way, I guess. I always hunt from big trees, which are harder for me to climb than smaller ones-but I just like big trees!
My thoughts-either do 2TC with REAL long tethers, or a better idea in my mind is to climb SRT. But I figured that I'd throw this one out to you "gurus," & let me see what you think. I watched JRB climb that big Sycamore on YouTube, & thought, what the heck...I can do that...with some practice maybe!
Note- I learned that for me, the higher I need to pitch the throw ball, the less weight I should use. I went from a 16oz to a 12 oz, then I got it thru.
I want to use her as a practice tree.
The 3 trees that I want to hunt from are in killer locations-each of them are at a point where 4 or 5 trails intersect, & my cameras show good activity. Other trees around them are climbable, but small-basketball size, & I personally don't like hunting from a tree that I can't hide behind-it's just my way, I guess. I always hunt from big trees, which are harder for me to climb than smaller ones-but I just like big trees!
My thoughts-either do 2TC with REAL long tethers, or a better idea in my mind is to climb SRT. But I figured that I'd throw this one out to you "gurus," & let me see what you think. I watched JRB climb that big Sycamore on YouTube, & thought, what the heck...I can do that...with some practice maybe!
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