Most of my bungee rigs are "permanently" attached to the gear is one way or another. Attaching to the sticks accomplishes the same thing in that the cord can't be lost.I’ll likely zip tie to stick. Won’t hurt anything and might prove useful jn the tree. Reason to attach to stick and not hybrid is that allows me to remove it while climbing. If the hard connection is to the hybrid, and the loose connection is the stick, I can’t reach the loose connection behind my back
I couldn't see that in your pics.