Guys I want to post an experience I had yesterday while climbing, I wish two Sticks up, staging on top of second stick while attaching third, when suddenly my second stick kicked to the left and completely came from under me and turned around backwards and I was pinned up against it with my lineman's belt. Try as I might I could not reach up and pull myself up using the third stick. Luckily I had my tether and Bridge I'm pouch on my saddle and I was able to wrap it around the tree hook into my bridge and then pull up on my ropeman1 as I was pulling up on the third stick to get the pressure of the lineman's belt. In this case I only suffered a gash in my lower chest and some bruising but this could have been far worse. My point is the lineman's belt didn't keep me from falling, but in this case with the stick turned around and the jagged tree brackets poking into my chest it was quite painful and I could not physically pull myself up. Had I not had my tether and Bridge on my saddle I would have been in trouble and probably would have had to cut myself free and fallen the 12 foot to the ground.
I've said it before and I'll say it again climbing up the tree and descending down the tree are the two most vulnerable times we have while saddle hunting. Please think about wearing a lineman's belt I know many of you don't but in this case it's saved my rear end. And then also think about how hard it actually is to be able to recover if something happens to one of your sticks.
Good luck.... Yesterday's morning I almost closed the deal on a huge nine pt.... I had him coming in following a doe at 23 yards... The doe eventually crossed my walk in trail and busted me. 5 more steps and he cleared of shooting Lane and was dead to rights. this is the first time I've been able to get in close to this buck in over 3 years of hunting him. He is a monster of a nine-point and I'm guessing will gross about 150 easily. I'm going to give him a few days to cool off and then I'm going back after him but I know him and once he knows he's being hunted he just disappears.. I have seen no sign of stickers this year
I've said it before and I'll say it again climbing up the tree and descending down the tree are the two most vulnerable times we have while saddle hunting. Please think about wearing a lineman's belt I know many of you don't but in this case it's saved my rear end. And then also think about how hard it actually is to be able to recover if something happens to one of your sticks.
Good luck.... Yesterday's morning I almost closed the deal on a huge nine pt.... I had him coming in following a doe at 23 yards... The doe eventually crossed my walk in trail and busted me. 5 more steps and he cleared of shooting Lane and was dead to rights. this is the first time I've been able to get in close to this buck in over 3 years of hunting him. He is a monster of a nine-point and I'm guessing will gross about 150 easily. I'm going to give him a few days to cool off and then I'm going back after him but I know him and once he knows he's being hunted he just disappears.. I have seen no sign of stickers this year
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