Safety harnesses and other safety
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Questions on lifelines. We use them on the hang on stands with the strap on steps. I want to get some for Greyson to hook up to entering the buddy stands. Is there a different method to running one down a ladder stand due to it being further away from the tree?
Joel
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I use one with ladder stands. It gets attached up above the stand and I attach the other end to the bottom step with a little slack. I would imagine if I fell the rope would stretch a bit and I’d be dangling right next to the tree, but I haven’t actually tried it lol. So yeah it should work the same IMO.
I’ve been thinking about the traveling some of us do to hunt. Wake up stupid early to drive a couple of hours to our hunting spot. Some of you travel for a day or longer even!
This adds another level of danger and really don’t have the energy to go into it today, but wanted to get the ball rolling on it. Many of us travel a ton for many of reasons, some of us never go beyond 50 miles from our home. Anything can happen either way, but being a 1,000 miles from home and blowing a tranny (the kind that makes your truck move, not the kind Nate likes) is a total different ball game.
I can’t keep my mind straight right now, I’ll try and continue this at a another time. Wanted to launch this idea with the holidays here and many of us traveling to see friends and family.
This adds another level of danger and really don’t have the energy to go into it today, but wanted to get the ball rolling on it. Many of us travel a ton for many of reasons, some of us never go beyond 50 miles from our home. Anything can happen either way, but being a 1,000 miles from home and blowing a tranny (the kind that makes your truck move, not the kind Nate likes) is a total different ball game.
I can’t keep my mind straight right now, I’ll try and continue this at a another time. Wanted to launch this idea with the holidays here and many of us traveling to see friends and family.
I see what you did there... I'm not happy about it, but we'll let it fly for the sake of your posts content. When are you heading north for the holidays? I need to tell ya something...
Prepare your liver!I see what you did there... I'm not happy about it, but we'll let it fly for the sake of your posts content. When are you heading north for the holidays? I need to tell ya something...
I don’t know about you guys but I’ve been guilty of getting colder then I thought on days like today. Always seems that the way to the truck after the hunt is the coldest I’ve been all day. Trying to climb out of the stand and my legs would be weak and shaking. Knowing that I couldn’t of drawn a bow if I had to.
With the wind we had, it’s also a good day to look up and around before climbing into that tree or blind.
This is what late season is about and I’d be out today if I could. I love hunting these conditions! Be aware of your core temp and your surroundings folks. Be prepared. I’ve left at prime time before due to cold. No deer is worth it. Poor decision making is a sign of hypothermia...
I know when my body gets warm and calm suddenly, it’s time to go. The cost of blowing deer out and all that goes out the window. I’ve already stayed to long and wasn’t prepared.
Hunt smart, be smart, be prepared.
With the wind we had, it’s also a good day to look up and around before climbing into that tree or blind.
This is what late season is about and I’d be out today if I could. I love hunting these conditions! Be aware of your core temp and your surroundings folks. Be prepared. I’ve left at prime time before due to cold. No deer is worth it. Poor decision making is a sign of hypothermia...
I know when my body gets warm and calm suddenly, it’s time to go. The cost of blowing deer out and all that goes out the window. I’ve already stayed to long and wasn’t prepared.
Hunt smart, be smart, be prepared.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hypothermia/symptoms-causes/syc-20352682
I also mentioned in another thread about carrying a portable phone charger with you today. My thought behind that wasn’t for updating us, it was for emergency use.
Or just skip hunting all together and take your kids sledding today! Have a snowball fight. Throw something in the crockpot for later. Get some hot chocolate and rent a movie.
I also mentioned in another thread about carrying a portable phone charger with you today. My thought behind that wasn’t for updating us, it was for emergency use.
Or just skip hunting all together and take your kids sledding today! Have a snowball fight. Throw something in the crockpot for later. Get some hot chocolate and rent a movie.
cspot
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Sledding with kids and snowball fights with ice balls can lead to broken bones and concussions. Probably safer to go hunting.
It’s good for the kids...memory buildingSledding with kids and snowball fights with ice balls can lead to broken bones and concussions. Probably safer to go hunting.
With all the wind and rain, I’d suggest taking extra caution while in the woods this shed season folks. I’m laying in bed and just head a tree fall. Sounded small, but this ground is so saturated, it just isn’t holding.
Hell, even parking off gravel could be a bad choice! A lot can go wrong with a hungry stomach and a stuck truck.
I also know my creek has changed a ton with all the high water in the last year.
Walking and slip on the wet clay...I’ve learned to just let it happen and fall. Catching myself always ended in a sore back for a week or two. My boy just broke his arm/wrist last week due to catching himself during a fall. A guy from work broke his hand from a slip into some random forehead. Things just happen folks, be careful while out!
Hell, even parking off gravel could be a bad choice! A lot can go wrong with a hungry stomach and a stuck truck.
I also know my creek has changed a ton with all the high water in the last year.
Walking and slip on the wet clay...I’ve learned to just let it happen and fall. Catching myself always ended in a sore back for a week or two. My boy just broke his arm/wrist last week due to catching himself during a fall. A guy from work broke his hand from a slip into some random forehead. Things just happen folks, be careful while out!
It’s about time to hang stands again...bump for good measure.
OO2
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Incase anyone needed another reminder...
Luckily for me this was at the bottom of the ladder sticks but was still glad I had the linesman belt on. Would have been in a bad spot if that happened near the top w/o a harness/ belt on.
Luckily for me this was at the bottom of the ladder sticks but was still glad I had the linesman belt on. Would have been in a bad spot if that happened near the top w/o a harness/ belt on.
OO2
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I think it may have been from rust as it looks like it rusted from inside out enough that when I stepped on it there wasn’t enough solid steel there to support my weight (not a lot btw
)Something I see now that may be worth looking for in the future when climbing them is the rust stain right where the step is welded into the main ladder. I would think this would be the location of the failure as that would generally be the location of max stress on the step.
triple_duece
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Or if you gonna keep them long term out in the weather, get aluminum sticks.
The angle of those with the open end collect water by the looks of it. I wonder if they originally had caps or something on the ends to keep the water out.
OO2
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These are relatively new sticks, roughly 2 seasons old I believe.
I think you are right about collecting water, Giles. They didn’t have any sort of caps when purchased, but it may be worth putting some sort of tape over the ends to keep most of the water out.
I think you are right about collecting water, Giles. They didn’t have any sort of caps when purchased, but it may be worth putting some sort of tape over the ends to keep most of the water out.
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The Muddy sticks have orange caps in each step. Great idea except Muddy totally botched the tolerances. I bundled them.up and carried them to the stand. When I got there only 4 steps still had plastic ends on them. The whole walk back to the truck was a trail of orange plastic caps.