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Removable bridge

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I bought an Artic Body Suit and I am wanting to modify it for saddle hunting. My plan is to cut 2 slots in it for the bridge to go thru. Obviously a removable bridge is required. I live in PA so cold weather doesn't happen a ton to us, so hunting with the body suit would be limited. My plan is that I would climb and hook my stock bridge as I normally would. After cooling down I would then put on the artic suit. Then I would put on the removable bridge feeding it thru the slots. Then I could remove the standard bridge and I would just leave the stock bridge hanging there. Then I could zip up the suit.

So what would be an easy removable bridge to make? I have fooled some with amsteel, but not sure I want to hang my life off of something I made of amsteel. LOL. Was thinking about using one of the GM 16mm climbing sling. I could girth hitch on one side and then use a biner on the other. Is there any other simple bridge solutions? I don't need anything overly fancy as I would likely only use on a handful of hunts per year.
 
Thanks. Doing some reading I guess the GM climbing sling is made from tubular webbing anyway. They are only about $8, so I may go that route as I don't have to tie any knots.. What is a good small biner to use?
 
I use a 24 inch climbing sling for my bridge set up as you describe. It works great. I loop it back and forth to make it quadruple strand and 12 inch effective length.
 
Planning to maybe do something similar to my heater body suit. Was such a game changer for me would be nice to maybe use with saddle. But it not just hunt harder before gets to cold
 
bj139 said:
I use a 24 inch climbing sling for my bridge set up as you describe. It works great. I loop it back and forth to make it quadruple strand and 12 inch effective length.
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Newly posted video showing my saddle.
 
Millerclan said:
Planning to maybe do something similar to my heater body suit. Was such a game changer for me would be nice to maybe use with saddle. But it not just hunt harder before gets to cold
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Same for me! I loved my heater body suit while in a hang on stand but love saddle hunting more and have been trying to find safe ways to merge the 2 together.
 
Has anyone tried to modify their HBS or Artic Shield suit yet? I am wanting to do the same thing and saw this thread and was wondering if anyone had any luck trying it yet.
 
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