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should we even be using saddles or stands lets be honest

Jay_Disarray said:
but the idea of being roped in the entire time, always being under tension, so i dont feel like i could fall, works well for me. i can sit in a saddle at 25 ft just fine
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I've been bowhunting for 30 some years and have never once tied off to a tree.
This coming year will be my first...

It might to tough to saddle hunt without at least 1 rope around the tree? :rolleyes:
 
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phatkaw said:
I've been bowhunting for 30 some years and have never once tied off to a tree.
This coming year will be my first...

It might to tough to saddle hunt without at least 1 rope around the tree? :rolleyes:
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I only tried a hangon once, a lot of homemade tree jobs, and a few seasons with a climber. I only wore a harness on the climber when I saw a video of a guy who didnt have enough pressure on the foot section so it gave out and he fell 25ft. Even with a harness I never felt good about it, it wasn't ever taut to where I felt secure. I always feared the fall and just dangling from the side of a tree

My climber spent more time collecting dust than in the woods, and I only hunted the stands a few times over the years, so 95% of my hunting was ground based
 
phatkaw said:
I've been bowhunting for 30 some years and have never once tied off to a tree.
This coming year will be my first...

It might to tough to saddle hunt without at least 1 rope around the tree? :rolleyes:
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the only tree stand hunters i know dont tie off or where a harnes.out here the kids climb tree with nothing but shorts and flip flops so when i got on this forum i made the misteak of thinking all these dudes probly climb trees without gear.byt not every one feels secure doing so.my freinds and i walk couger ridge it 1 foot wide shailrock cliffs strait down on both sides nowhere to tie off.not every one is comforitable with that i dont think
 
Jay_Disarray said:
I only tried a hangon once, a lot of homemade tree jobs, and a few seasons with a climber. I only wore a harness on the climber when I saw a video of a guy who didnt have enough pressure on the foot section so it gave out and he fell 25ft. Even with a harness I never felt good about it, it wasn't ever taut to where I felt secure. I always feared the fall and just dangling from the side of a tree

My climber spent more time collecting dust than in the woods, and I only hunted the stands a few times over the years, so 95% of my hunting was ground based
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got to used to my saddle and dont like hang ons or having my back to the tree especialy in a breez.its undeniable that saddles are safer
 
When I was in my early 20s I worked for a scrap yard. I got really good really fast with a torch. They put me on a 'road crew' that traveled around doing demolition work. One job up in Corry Pa, there was a big bag house/heat exchanger that was 190 ft. high. I cut all of that thing down and never even heard of harnesses at the time. Walking across beams dragging my torch hose behind me... I loved it!
 
i love it .im a journyman comercial industrial roofer.local 49 portland or .started roofing for money at 15 still love it as a grandpa.roofed every state building in salem highrises in portland .odot dome.convention center .all of the lumber mills all of the colleges. every school in my comunity.reeser statium OSU .most popular is the athletic center UofO the feather desighn can be seen on google earth like all my work .contract at halsey georgia pacific mill right now. always the best veiw from my office.i love my state and ive truley been blessed
 
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I look at it like this
I work in a very high hazard field of employment.
For the last 11 years EVERY single day I climb something high enough that if I were to fall I would at they very least be very seriously injured and quite possibly permanently
Often there simply is no practical way to use a FBH even with a retractable lanyard the fact I am 80% of the time in very close proximity motor shifting that is moving while I work at least 90% of the time makes having a FBH W/lanyard on more of a threat to me than falling is
I rely on common sence and using great care when I climb to keep me safe
While hunting from elevated stands I use extreme care always wear a FBH or now a RCH and have a 100% tie off policy while hunting from a stand
I figure if I were to stop hunting from elevated stands due to the risk of falling I should also quit my job
Lastly I have tried bowhunting from the ground enough to know it is much MUCH harder in all aspects than from a stand
In short IMHO and experience it sucks and I won't even consider ever again unless I have zero other choice
I even hate gun hunting from the ground and again only if there is no possibility to put up a stand
Not saying I'm right or anyone else is wrong just my choice and I choose to hunt elevated if at all humanly possible
Others will undoubtedly feel differently and that's just as correct as my thoughts on the matter
 
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