Secret tethrd stick used while one sticking

[bj139]

***...Is there a saddle for this? Or a platform?

Hey, I hope SRT doesn't turn into ***.

 

[g2outdoors]

The owner of Heavens Trail reached out to me when he learned about saddle hunting. Nice guy.

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[Ontariofarmer]

The owner of Heavens Trail reached out to me when he learned about saddle hunting. Nice guy.

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His stick does look similar to the future tethrd stick. And for me as a one stick person and small platform or squirrel step hunter, your stick looks interesting.


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[Ontariofarmer]

I have always used my rappel line as my tether. I just keep the excess rolled up in a pouch on my side.

I got a bigger pouch to hold my rappel line. I will try using it again. I really did not like using the water bottle pouch but I should try again


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[Ontariofarmer]

Truer words have never been spoken

My practice tree in my yard has a lot of limbs and a slight lean .


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[dfinley]

If you stow your rope properly in your pouch, you don't have to deploy the whole rope before rappelling. It will play out with no issue, and never touch the ground.

I find no advantage in fiddle factor using a separate tether over rappel line to go up, because the tag of rappel line is stowed properly.

There is not a significant difference between using multiple sticks and one stick when climbing a tree with branches. You're still doing all of the same fiddling, and you're carrying more crap in the woods. I have no desire to set up the test to prove it, but anyone can do this for themselves, and If you factor in ALL time and effort involved with using multiple sticks versus one(not just the climbing part, ALL), you'll see the difference is not material.

I'm glad people are adding nuance to the conversation and saying things like "it's a tool that has many good use cases" instead of "one sticking is too fiddly" and "one sticking is the answer all the time everything else is dumb".

I generally carry one stick because it is the answer for a vast majority of my hunting scenarios. And a large contributing factor to this is how proficient I've become with the tool.

Any chance you can explain or show how to properly store it in the water bottle pouch?

 

[dfinley]

Google is a hell of thing

 

[Chefbjorn]

Not too many challenges on a straight tree like that one. Now, if I would've filmed on a more gnarly tree there might have been some more fiddle to film for sure. Much of what I cut out was me talking to Sam with camera instructions, or stopping to talk about things that didn't add much value in the end for what was already a long video. I'll probably film another with 3 sticks and aiders. Can probably film that one in a straight 10 minute take with no cutaways.

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Are you talking about the video with the "thai fighter stick" prototype and the tethrd roll-up when it was still a prototype? I can't find that video anywhere.