I ordered a bow holder and stabilizer straps from Third Hand Archery. Dang. They're both awesome. What else is there to say?
The bow holder is really heavy duty and holds the bow incredibly well. I sat there bumping my bow trying to knock it loose, no dice. It held tight. You can also rotate the bow in the bow holder and climb with the bow in it. I tried this today and it worked great. I went slower than I usually do and it takes a minute to get used to the weight on one side when you're climbing but it's a piece of cake. This will eliminate a step, save some time, eliminate the movement of hauling my bow up on a rope, and I have my bow with me as I'm climbing if a deer happened to come in while I was getting set up or getting down. Far fetched but it can happen. The bow holder is also permanently mounted and doesn't get in the way when packing the climber up which is a first for me, my Summit and bow holders.
The stabilizer straps should be a factory accessory on all climbers. By cinching the top section down to the bottom section you wind up with a rock solid stand that doesn't go anywhere when you stand up and move around. It feels like a ladder stand or a hang on. The straps also eliminate the need for a tether cord, they're plenty long, when you're climbing you just leave some slack in them and when you get up, pull them tight. The difference in how my stand feels with these straps cinched down is unreal. I've never had a problem with heights and I've always felt fairly safe in my climber but there's been a couple times I've bumped it when going to sit down and had it drop out from under my ass.....At twenty feet up that's never fun. I feel about 500% safer with the straps cinched down and both sections of my stand rock solid.
I know there are a ton of little gadgets that we can waste our money on to go after tasty game animals and I've fallen victim to a few of them that didn't work as advertised or were a good idea but cheaply constructed garbage that fell apart after a couple days out in the woods but I would strongly recommend both of these products to any of my friends. They work and they work well and they're not outrageously expensive either. Here's a link to their website.
www.thirdhandarchery.com
Have a good season.
Josh
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The bow holder is really heavy duty and holds the bow incredibly well. I sat there bumping my bow trying to knock it loose, no dice. It held tight. You can also rotate the bow in the bow holder and climb with the bow in it. I tried this today and it worked great. I went slower than I usually do and it takes a minute to get used to the weight on one side when you're climbing but it's a piece of cake. This will eliminate a step, save some time, eliminate the movement of hauling my bow up on a rope, and I have my bow with me as I'm climbing if a deer happened to come in while I was getting set up or getting down. Far fetched but it can happen. The bow holder is also permanently mounted and doesn't get in the way when packing the climber up which is a first for me, my Summit and bow holders.
The stabilizer straps should be a factory accessory on all climbers. By cinching the top section down to the bottom section you wind up with a rock solid stand that doesn't go anywhere when you stand up and move around. It feels like a ladder stand or a hang on. The straps also eliminate the need for a tether cord, they're plenty long, when you're climbing you just leave some slack in them and when you get up, pull them tight. The difference in how my stand feels with these straps cinched down is unreal. I've never had a problem with heights and I've always felt fairly safe in my climber but there's been a couple times I've bumped it when going to sit down and had it drop out from under my ass.....At twenty feet up that's never fun. I feel about 500% safer with the straps cinched down and both sections of my stand rock solid.
I know there are a ton of little gadgets that we can waste our money on to go after tasty game animals and I've fallen victim to a few of them that didn't work as advertised or were a good idea but cheaply constructed garbage that fell apart after a couple days out in the woods but I would strongly recommend both of these products to any of my friends. They work and they work well and they're not outrageously expensive either. Here's a link to their website.
www.thirdhandarchery.com
Have a good season.
Josh
Sorry about the pic size! Click on it and you can see a little better.
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.But they will be swapped to thirdhand straps soon.I got some footrest for it and awesome Lonewolf Pack System ,but still need to get the hazmore seat.