ctluzier
New Member
Hello.
I’m new here from Central Pennsylvania. I’m new to saddle hunting. I found this forum through a quick google search. I’ve been watching YouTube videos on saddle hunting for years and have been intrigued.
This year, I decided to buy some equipment to get me started. I’m on a budget, so went with the rock climbing harness route. I’ve got the harness and two eight-or-nine-foot lifelines from HSS. I use one for a lineman rope and the other one for a tether. I use Primal v-treesteps and an aider to climb.
So far, I’ve only been comfortable with getting about 12-to-15 feet high. I’ve practiced a few times, and tonight was my first official hunt from the set up. It was an ag tag antlerless deer hunt. I didn’t see anything, but I also didn’t fall. I did fall slightly one time during a practice climb when my foot slipped off of my aider. I was only six feet high and my lineman rope and a tree behind me broke my fall. I hit my head on the tree but not too hard. I thought about quitting right then and there, but I decided to keep trying. I even climbed again that same day.
Tonight, I was planning to climb to at least 20 feet, but I got uncomfortable when attaching my third step to the tree. I hooked up my tether and decided to stay where I was.
That seems to be my toughest challenge - trying to get the step to cam over when I’m relying on my lineman rope. I’m worrying about my lineman rope falling when I crouch down for leverage and pull to get the step to cam over. I’m hoping to find advice and assistance here on the forum.
I’m new here from Central Pennsylvania. I’m new to saddle hunting. I found this forum through a quick google search. I’ve been watching YouTube videos on saddle hunting for years and have been intrigued.
This year, I decided to buy some equipment to get me started. I’m on a budget, so went with the rock climbing harness route. I’ve got the harness and two eight-or-nine-foot lifelines from HSS. I use one for a lineman rope and the other one for a tether. I use Primal v-treesteps and an aider to climb.
So far, I’ve only been comfortable with getting about 12-to-15 feet high. I’ve practiced a few times, and tonight was my first official hunt from the set up. It was an ag tag antlerless deer hunt. I didn’t see anything, but I also didn’t fall. I did fall slightly one time during a practice climb when my foot slipped off of my aider. I was only six feet high and my lineman rope and a tree behind me broke my fall. I hit my head on the tree but not too hard. I thought about quitting right then and there, but I decided to keep trying. I even climbed again that same day.
Tonight, I was planning to climb to at least 20 feet, but I got uncomfortable when attaching my third step to the tree. I hooked up my tether and decided to stay where I was.
That seems to be my toughest challenge - trying to get the step to cam over when I’m relying on my lineman rope. I’m worrying about my lineman rope falling when I crouch down for leverage and pull to get the step to cam over. I’m hoping to find advice and assistance here on the forum.