There is no weak side shot with a ROS because you can walk around the tree and make every shot from the strong side.
absolutelyThere is no weak side shot with a ROS because you can walk around the tree and make every shot from the strong side.
True. The only thing that I didn’t like about doing it that way was that on a big tree it’s hard to get that much length in you tether to do it at full draw. It’s also a problem if you have more limbs on the tree.
This has been shown before many times on the site, and each time, i have wondered why the safety police give it a pass, but raise cain about less risky items.
This is not a dig at you, but at them. It is a choice you make to move so that the tether is that close to your neck in an odd way and I respect that personal choice, but for the sake of newbies seeing this, the food for thought is what if your platform broke while you are in that position and is there an ever so slight chance that you could injure your neck vertebre or worse doing so? I have not seen anyone willing to demonstrate a fall from that exact position to date on video. What fuels my thought is that a middle aged hunter died in an even less precarious position on gamelands I hunt when the foot piece of his climbing stand broke out from under him at less than 12 ft high and the safety harness strap snapped his neck on the fall. Highly unlikely to happen, but more so than other call outs on here.
The tether in the video is not over the shoulder. It is under the arm the same exact way it would be if you were shooting on the strong side or behind youInteresting point @Bwhana. My thought as a new saddle hunter is that if I have the tether going over my right shoulder with my back against the tree, the tether is so tight I can feel it in my shoulder and neck area. If the platform slips or even catastrophically breaks, I would think your weight would be unbalanced and you would shift towards the left and the tether is still quite tight...not much slack to drop anywhere. I may be wrong but I think there would need to be failures in multiple pieces of gear for the worst case scenario. I think you'd be more likely to injure your shoulder with the tether in your armpit with a platform failure.
The fall restraint harness likely was not taught so the hunter fell a foot or two before the slack was out, creating a nasty whip action. Looking forward to others point of view on this idea, especially those with more time in the saddle .
The tether in the video is not over the shoulder. It is under the arm the same exact way it would be if you were shooting on the strong side or behind you
I understand that. My only point was that if someone clicks on this tread about this video they would get the impression that there was something unsafe. Which is not true. I have hunted out of a saddle for 15 years and I use this same technique.I didn't say anything about the video. @Bwhana mentioned what he sees at a flaw in the video. I am interested in "others point of view on this idea, especially those with more time in the saddle" as it relates to safety when having a tether go under the arm or over the shoulder when you have your back to the tree for a weak side shot. @g2outdoors made a video this week showing the tether going over the shoulder and I feel more secure to the tree doing it that way. Build a back yard saddle hunting tree - CHEAP and FAST
Whatever, I never said either method was unsafe. Guess it's up to each person to decide what risks they will or won't take. Good luck to you this year!I understand that. My only point was that if someone clicks on this tread about this video they would get the impression that there was something unsafe. Which is not true. I have hunted out of a saddle for 15 years and I use this same technique.
This has been shown before many times on the site, and each time, i have wondered why the safety police give it a pass, but raise cain about less risky items.
This is not a dig at you, but at them. It is a choice you make to move so that the tether is that close to your neck in an odd way and I respect that personal choice, but for the sake of newbies seeing this, the food for thought is what if your platform broke while you are in that position and is there an ever so slight chance that you could injure your neck vertebre or worse doing so? I have not seen anyone willing to demonstrate a fall from that exact position to date on video. What fuels my thought is that a middle aged hunter died in an even less precarious position on gamelands I hunt when the foot piece of his climbing stand broke out from under him at less than 12 ft high and the safety harness strap snapped his neck on the fall. Highly unlikely to happen, but more so than other call outs on here.