How to use your ropes for saddle hunting. 

Also dont be afraid to climb with more then just a linemans, use your tether, a safety line, a 2nd lineman, anything that makes you feel safer. The whole need to be up a tree in 3mins just rubs me the wrong way, safety over maybe missing or scaring a deer

Easy you cut it off and relax in your lazy boy summit viper all day afterwards.

@@daveyboy8907 not allowed cutting trees on public here so that isn't an option

Thanks Dustin!

Thanks!

Hey where can I get that clip with the elastic that you connected your one stick too!?

WOW!!!

Check out CMC for high quality carabiners.

It comes with instructions...

Did they ever answer this question?

@@colgreen Nope, unfortunately not. I removed mine, it was completely unusable with that 6 inch piece of stiff plastic on the splice.

@@galinswigart that's exactly what I thought too when I tried their method at home this morning. Have you had any issues since removing it?

colin green nope. It’s a spliced rope so there’s no need for the plastic anyway. It’s probably there just to hold the paper with information in place.

@@galinswigart cool, I just removed mine too, the rope was still pretty tight around the splice but I'm guessing when I put my weight on it the loop should synch tight!

Just look for rie ropeman 1, they're the same thing he sells on tethrd. You can also get other ropeman 1 for cheaper.

Rei...I would go with kong, find the black one

I would suggest not doing that. The ropes are more robust and designed to have the constant weight on them.

I've been wondering the same thing

Follow the instructions that came with the ripeman one...

@@nc_mtbmedic1399 It had a black and white pictogram. I was looking for a video to make sure everything was securely and correctly fastened

The diameter of the rope dictates whether you use the Kong or the Ropeman.

I'm going to start saving money for it. As soon as it does go on sale I'm going to get it. Because I'm tired of hauling my hang on in and it seems way faster.

Good point. The last thing you want to do is to be untethered, even momentarily! The solution would be to have a second lineman rope to pass around the trunk above the higher branch BEFORE you disconnect the first lineman to pass it higher too (without overlapping the safety line you moved up first). I used to rock climb and, I have to tell you, the use of knots and ropes I see in saddle hunting videos is not sufficiently detailed to prevent accidents. For example, it is true that, on branch-less trunks, you are always connected to the tree by the lineman rope, but I can assure you that if your foot slides down, first your face is going to hit the tree, and then both your face and your privates are going to be roughed up while you slide down the trunk. Look at hunting accidents stats, folks! After being accidentally shot with a rifle, the fall from a tree stand comes second. If you are going to safely use a hunting saddle, be absolutely clear about, and practice, how to go up, how to secure your belay, and how to get out of the saddle and climb/rappel down.

If you watch a few professional tree cutters they never use a ropeman 1 on a tether just the rope prussit

Not rated for a fall.

It is an ascender, using rope for tge better part of my adult life it will hold, feel free to back it up with a prusik if you like tho...I would use the vt prusik...no ascender is rated for a fall, however i have done pick offs and such with them..

that bridge is amsteel rated for 6000lbs...if that bridge is an issue than better lay off the big macs..

@@termite122 LOL