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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: South MS Bowhunter on February 04, 2012, 08:38:00 PM
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Set out today to put in one more hunt, as our deer season is soon to close on the 15th. While out the last couple of times I had located a trail that connected between two green fields and there was a particular oak that was still showing some signs of activity.
So I set up my Lone Wolf climber at its base and judging by it girth and the girth of the tree where I was going to be at once climbed I new that it would be close to level or a little under. I hate to have my stand leaning down below level but sometimes the trees base dictates how tight you can adjust the straps.
Now here the part that I don’t want you to do that I did :scared: Funny how a seat become so small, well, after a few minutes I was able to get her pulled back up and re-secured no easy task I might add working from a sitting position cocked over sideways from 12’ up!
Now in this case the strap stayed in the tube and I was able to secure the locking cam but if that strap had came all the way out...it would of been a different story here.
So here at the end of most states hunting season one more lesson on tree stand safety.
1. Alway use a safety harness :readit:
2. Never violate the manufactures warnings.
3. Never get complacent.
4. Never get caught up in the losing game of “I got by last time” There will be a time you lose!
And by the way i’ve noticed this is my 1000 post fitting it would be on safety, ok carry on :goldtooth:
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Good advice.
I've been very tempted to try doing that as well with a climber.
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ive thought about it a couple times but chickened out...after thinking ...what if!
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I tried that one time and one time only. It worked but it scared me so much I'll never do it again.
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when I notice Im at the wrong angle, I either just stop and hunt there or if IM not that high off the ground, I climb down and adjust the stand then go back up. the most important thing every hunting season is safety. there isnt a deer in the world worth getting killed for
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Yeah guys I’ve should have listen to that “still quiet voice” shouting hey you :laughing: dufus don’t do that!
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I can't tell you how many times I took apart old warren and sweat stands and readjusted them when I was 15-20 feet up. Today I just shake my head and think how lucky I was that I got away with it. Totally dumb thing to do.
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I have the hand climber model and I adjust mine all the time. I do it a little different though. I sit in the 2" wide sit and climb strap with both feet positioned as you do when climbing. Then reach down and through the cam lock and adjust the strap.I always have a safety harness on and I have never had a problem.
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Hey David, probably if I had the sit and climb strap it would not be so risky. I can see where you would have more control of the situation.
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:thumbsup:
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Someday, I'll let you fellows read my short story, "Chafed Thighs". Coincidentally, it, too, involves a dufus, the bottom part of an old Amacker, a Virginia Pine, some obstructing limbs, and 20 feet of sheer terror. I'll follow it up with "The Joys of Bag Balm".
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Originally posted by looper:
Someday, I'll let you fellows read my short story, "Chafed Thighs". Coincidentally, it, too, involves a dufus, the bottom part of an old Amacker, a Virginia Pine, some obstructing limbs, and 20 feet of sheer terror. I'll follow it up with "The Joys of Bag Balm".
LOL! I think everybody that used one of those old amackers had at least one wild ride!
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Looper :eek: :saywhat: :D sounds like my story was the making of a sequel :bigsmyl:
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Its a wonder those old Amackers didn't kill off a whole generation of bow hunters .LOL.
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I think I said this before on here..I've done the exact same thing. Pretty hairy!! One mistake I'll never make twice.
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Like My Dearly Departed Daddy Used to Tell Me: "If It FEELS Like You Shouldnt Be Doing It, Chances ARE ... Ya Shouldnt Even Consider IT!!" He got REAL Smart when I turned 25!! :rolleyes: :thumbsup:
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Did this same thing about 10 years ago w/ a borrowed ole man climber....problem was the friend that handed me the stand that morning had cut the strap as it bothered him and was always in the way...???? Well at 25' off the ground the base went to the bottom of the tree. I sat there for 10 min facing the tree and finally lowered myself into the climber w/ the bars in my arm pits....by wrapping my legs around the tree I was able to crunch the climber back down. It was brutal!
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Yes, I'm glad you are okay and all that mushy stuff but I would have killed to have been in the tree next to you and filmed it! Surely by now most are thinking boy ole Possum is viscious. It really aint that way as John has learned to tolerate me over the years and would jup at the chance to rib me, right brother?
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Hey LoweBow from one strapless Ole Man user to another been there done that. Hope it makes you feel less stupid!
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Done that with a Summit Viper a time or two, won't do it again ! Got by a few times, didn't once and that once was enough for me.
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Hey, if you're into wild rides down a tree, I still have an old Baker stand out in the shed you can have!
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Yea Kirk a short film of me yesterday might have ranked on “America’s most funny videos"
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Originally posted by South MS Bowhunter:
Looper :eek: :saywhat: :D sounds like my story was the making of a sequel :bigsmyl:
My wildest tree stand ride involved one of the old plywood Baker stands back in the 70s.My chest was sore for days after sliding down that wet bark trying to cling to the tree.Needless to say I was more careful after that.It was a memorable day for two reasons--the wild ride and I also took my first archery killed buck later that day.
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One thing for sure about the Bakers was I spent less time snoozing!
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thanks a good reminder to be safe out there.
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wow! live and learn!
as someone said:
"That which does not kill us, makes us stronger."
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That's what that stand was, a Baker, not an Amacker. Mine had an slick aluminum base and no teeth to dig into the tree. I didn't have the hand climber portion either, so I'd hug the tree to work myself up. After zipping down too many trees at the speed of sound, which I think came to be known as the "Baker Slide", I started using a rope for the hand climber portion. If you haven't experienced the thrill of hanging by your wrist 25 feet in the air, while your stand clatters to the ground, you haven't lived.
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Lord, the memories! My first stands was a Baker climbing stand although it never did climb it was all me :scared: How long is a flash ? That long, the time it took to read the word and there I was holding on to just that “Safety Strap”.
Oh the painful memories of digging pine bark and sap out of my wrist, forearms, and unmentionables :goldtooth: I for one am glad those death traps are not marketed anymore!
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I hate double post :banghead:
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That's why I sold my climber, By the time I got enough start angle on the platform I needed steps to get onto it..
Tried the climb adjust at about 3 feet in the back yard and was scared enough..
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Not sure why this confounded computer keeps double posting :dunno:
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Yeah, I was thinking Baker too! O
Actually, one of my favorite stands ever was the old Amaker I had. I think I killed several pine trees with the monster spikes it had, but that thing was NOT moving when you had it set.
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Funny you should mention that! I had pretty much the same experience last fall (first year I used a climber). While sitting on the seat I "nudged the platform over to the right about an inch. Down it went! I am glad I remembered to hook up the straps that secure the seat to the platform! I had my safety harness on but you are right about how small that seat suddenly gets!
Mike
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Yikes, with my API Bowhunter, I've done platform adjustments at height more times than I care to admit! And not that long ago !
No mishaps, but hey..I was trained well in my old Baker. Boy I well remember those bear hug climbs, then sitting up there crosslegged, with my butt & back close to the tree, putting all the weight there, instead of away from the tree.
Its a wonder I never slipped down.
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Keep a strap on or screw in step or two in your pocket and when you get part way upstand on those to adjust the climber then off oyu go.
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I have done the exact same thing as the OP in my old lone wolf climber. That stand is sense gone because the trees in my area prevent a climber most days. I use a lone wolk alpha and 3 lone wolf sticks. After struggling all year hanging the sticks on each hunt, i finally upgraded my safety harness to one with a lineman's strap. I can say now it's 10X easier and probably 100x safer than doing the old 'one hand reach around the tree while hanging on with the other'. I'd scared myself 1X too many and decided it was time to spend the $.
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When you catch yourself saying "self, this is probably not a good idea" it's worth listening. Speaking from experience