My Custom Harness Safety Line For Tree Stand Hunting 

OMG, you can't do that "yes I can, it's mine and I can do what ever I want to" Love it! Keeping it real!

Jason, I received all of my climbing stuff yesterday. I got it all together, going out monday to try it out. I am ready for October 2020. Thank you for all your videos.

Jason I understand that this is convenient for you. All that said you could run into a side loading of the carabiner because you have the straight shank of carabiner getting side loaded by the round surface of the tree in a fall. The carabiner is designed for loading from the two ends and the side load on the shank could cause failure. You should also use a locking gate carabiner because in a fail you can have bouncing where the carabiner goes from loaded to unloaded fairly rapidly which can cause the gate to open and will drastically changes the load handling capabilities of the carabiner. All that said a possible solution is the change the carabiner to a locking gate style (screw or auto locking) and move its position in the system to your tether on you harness. To secure the rope to the tree girth hitch the rope to the tree by feeding one end of the rope through the loop end made by the knot at the end of the rope and pulling the slack out if you want it to stay tight to the tree and not fall double wrap around the tree. The Prusik can be used to hook into the carabiner. Is done that way the Prusik would need to be made from a smaller diameter rope for it to work properly and reliably in a fall. I am coming at this from a rock climbing background and knowing safety standards from that. Odds are high that nothing will happen but I just want to see you use the safest system because it only takes one fall to end it all.

Nicely done my friend. One of the big features to this set up, is exactly like you said, really quiet. The straps that come with most of the treestand safety harness have those old school metal buckets that not only clank on your stand walking into the wood with every step. Even if you was lucky enough to have that metal buckle in a pocket or something, it is noisy setting it up. Secondary, this is going to be much much quicker. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video and share this method with us. Thanks again my friend. I hope you knee heals up quickly. I had a similar knee problem a few years back, even broke the bone up there, so the healing process took a little longer than the actual surgery, but I can say, the thing healed up better than new and is now my stronger knee. So here's to hoping your knee heals better than new as well. Have a blessed week. Dale

Made this last year off your system. Works so much better than the normal straps that come with most harnesses!

Great explanation, I was curious about the finer details of this as well. Hope you get healed up quickly for your hunt!

Great video, very good explanation on your safety line system, very adjustable and I really like it, thank you for sharing...

Jason- as I make my way through your videos it’s becoming clear that your vids are THE BEST in terms of being informative on hunting gear, equipment techniques, mods, etc. Thanks for your hard work. Any way you can make (or recommend) a video that shows how to properly lash?

Very good advice, thanks for all you do!!!

You should consider tying in with a figure 8. Less friction.

Great video. Would there be an issue using a Ropeman 1 instead of the Prusik knot?

At 7:45 you shortened the line. I am not well versed in knots. Would you consider showing us exactly how you did that? I love your videos and all the attention to detail. Keep up the great work!

love your videos. hope your season is going well. Im looking at going to saddle hunting and I was wondering if your safety harness and linemans belt ideas are the right types of rope for a tether and safety line for saddle hunting.

Would you be able to do a video from start to finish how to make one?

I'm sick of the loose girth hitch slipping all around. I'm gonna rig up something similar thanks man

Another great video. I have seen many of your videos and enjoy every one. One question, with the setup you are showing, have you ever fallen? How did you recover? A neighbor of my cousins fell from a treestand with a full body harness, was unable to recover, and died. Since then, we only hunt with a rock climbing harness, use appropriate rigging and knots with a full length rope(35 ft or so), so if we fall we can lower ourselves to the ground. Not trying to be a debbie downer here and poo poo what you are doing. Any system is better than no system. You show a lot of common sense in your hunting practices. I am just curious if you have tried other systems. Thank you and keep em coming.

May I ask you a question? I built your lineman’s rope based on your configurations and love it! Any reason that you do not use the Ropeman on this Safety Line as opposed tp the Prusik knot? I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us all.

Do you still use this or are you doing the running bowline for your tether application shown in a newer vid?

Jason, How long would you say is needed for the prusik? 3' of 8mm enough? Thanks

Assuming you are still using this rope. I did not see a load rating in it, do you have any info on that and could it be used to rappel? Thanks in advance....

What harness model are you wearing that you attach to your line to? I like the simplicity of it. Thanks

Can static line be used? I kno the stretch of dynamic cushions the fall but is that the only advantage if line strength between the two and all else being equal?

Do you have any ideas on a good hunting rubber boot for hunting to keep feet warm?

How long would you recommend for the prusik knot?

What safety harness are you wearing?

Nice where did you get the harness?????

What harness do you use?

Today I learned that rope is really expensive