Ok, likely a huge can of worms here's but I have a question for the hybrid crowd and those with a good grasp of elevated safety- if hunting out of a stand while wearing a saddle, what are your thoughts on attaching a secondary bridge or using a lineman belt or something similar but having it go behind your back to attach to tether rather than using the primary bridge in front of you/tether over a shoulder.
I realize the best thing to do in a stand is likely to wear the traditional safety harness that attaches at your upper back, but any thoughts on why this might be a good or bad idea for the times you're saddle hunting from a stand? Use primary bridge when facing the tree, back bridge when seated/hunting from stand facing away from tree?
Perhaps there's an increased risk of going inverted when you fall and the tether is on the tree side rather than pinning you in between it and the tree, or some other factors that aren't coming to mind right away, but it seems like this might make it a heck of a lot easier to maneuver in the stand, at ?minimal? Safety compromise?
I realize the best thing to do in a stand is likely to wear the traditional safety harness that attaches at your upper back, but any thoughts on why this might be a good or bad idea for the times you're saddle hunting from a stand? Use primary bridge when facing the tree, back bridge when seated/hunting from stand facing away from tree?
Perhaps there's an increased risk of going inverted when you fall and the tether is on the tree side rather than pinning you in between it and the tree, or some other factors that aren't coming to mind right away, but it seems like this might make it a heck of a lot easier to maneuver in the stand, at ?minimal? Safety compromise?