I got into one sticking last year and really enjoyed it for a brief time. I realized I don’t personally like the amount of movement so I kept my rappel setup and went back to 4 sticks and rappelled down since that was the biggest perk to me. I also didn’t love the amount of ropes I had to manage but I just tolerated it since I enjoyed rappelling down. Now that I’m running a ROS with my platform it adds to the list of things I need to fidget with to get setup.
I’m already leaning towards eventually ditching the predator platform from my primary hunting strategy and just running a ros.
After getting my 35’ of bow tow/rappel pull down rope hung up in my rappel rope that took me 20 minutes to get down I think I’m ready to get back to basics. Run 4 sticks with buckle straps, a solid retractable bow tow rope, hys strap, lineman rope and tether, and just climb up and down with my lineman’s rope. Keep daisy chain amsteel for wider trees and a 3 step aider in my bookbag if needed. I think the cons of rope wrangling outweigh the perk of rappelling down for me.
Would I be able to sell my rappel setup? It’s 35’ of Serling c-iv canyon rope that I bought from cruzr as well as my madrock. Both perform well and have one year of use on them. Also, if there’s anything I’m missing I’m open to hearing other suggestions. I’m not dead set on ditching the rappel thing but I think after a couple years of saddle hunting I definitely favor simplicity, as little fidget factor as possible and shooting from a ROS. With how light climbing sticks are now running 4 sticks is nothing.
I’m already leaning towards eventually ditching the predator platform from my primary hunting strategy and just running a ros.
After getting my 35’ of bow tow/rappel pull down rope hung up in my rappel rope that took me 20 minutes to get down I think I’m ready to get back to basics. Run 4 sticks with buckle straps, a solid retractable bow tow rope, hys strap, lineman rope and tether, and just climb up and down with my lineman’s rope. Keep daisy chain amsteel for wider trees and a 3 step aider in my bookbag if needed. I think the cons of rope wrangling outweigh the perk of rappelling down for me.
Would I be able to sell my rappel setup? It’s 35’ of Serling c-iv canyon rope that I bought from cruzr as well as my madrock. Both perform well and have one year of use on them. Also, if there’s anything I’m missing I’m open to hearing other suggestions. I’m not dead set on ditching the rappel thing but I think after a couple years of saddle hunting I definitely favor simplicity, as little fidget factor as possible and shooting from a ROS. With how light climbing sticks are now running 4 sticks is nothing.