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Teaching Kids to Climb Trees

bj139

bj139

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I am going to teach my grand nieces to climb SRT / RADS. The oldest one was excited when I mentioned it. I was going to start with a rope over a swingset. I bought a kids harness. They don't have a larger tree in their yard but their neighbor does. Has anyone taught youngsters to climb trees? A quick search showed this site. It looks unsafe compared to what I want to do.
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I was never really sure about this method of climbing and I am very interested in it from a weight in gear. I am just not sure how many trees I can get up in, for the areas I hunt. Alot of tall straight pines here with no limbs for a ways up. Anyway, I know my kids would love this climbing method and think it is one of the safest for them. Thanks for sharing this! I may have to look into the gear needed!

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DIYBOWHUNTING said:
I was never really sure about this method of climbing and I am very interested in it from a weight in gear. I am just not sure how many trees I can get up in, for the areas I hunt. Alot of tall straight pines here with no limbs for a ways up. Anyway, I know my kids would love this climbing method and think it is one of the safest for them. Thanks for sharing this! I may have to look into the gear needed!

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All you need is a branch of any size that will hold the girth hitch up there. I hunt out of 50-60 ft pines regularly. There are some lower branches that are dead about 2 inch in diameter that I use. The strength is from the girth hitch around the actual tree just like your tether.

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TXhunter15 said:
All you need is a branch of any size that will hold the girth hitch up there. I hunt out of 50-60 ft pines regularly. There are some lower branches that are dead about 2 inch in diameter that I use. The strength is from the girth hitch around the actual tree just like your tether.

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Very Cool! And makes sense. Thanks. I will research the gear needed.
 
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