Anybody have a left handed skyhook .

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Kevin the grey

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Here is the thing I,m hunting over a waterhole . There is a woeful torn up tree overlooking the water . It is the only game in town as far as concealment is concerned . There is only one spot good enough to hide a man and that is evident by the wooden platform someone built there . You can,t really build sides on it strong enough to stop a man from falling . I,m trying to figure out a way to rig up a safety harness to catch me if I fall . The thing is there is nothing level or higher than me to secure it to .

Anybody have any ideas other than a left handed skyhook ?
 
Discarded lawn furniture works for me. A chair or lounger already have the tubing prebent. Just attach it to the platform with scews and el-brackets, then drape some camo fabric over it. Or grass mats you've woven thru 4"x4" fence wire. With some creativity, you can prefabricate the whole thing at home, then carry and install it in one or two pieces. I added a railing to my 16' steel ladder stand this way, then made a curtain out of an old camo poncho draped with scraps of radar netting. It helps cut the wind and hide movement too, and gives a 3D effect.
 
So I fasten the chair to the stand and strap myself to the chair . Good idea . Lawn furniture and I don,t get along . Too heavy . I think I have a solid folder that will do the trick . Good idea .
 
scooby said:
I think I have a left handed sky hook, but I left it in my snipe hunting bag.:D
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Yup, I carry one along with my right-handed smoke-shifter... ;)


Sorry, other than what's been said above, ain't no help from this denizen amongst the tree-huggers.. :o
 
Kevin, once you get the lawn furniture up there, remember you are going to need right and left-handed threaded screws for each side. And a cup holder.
 
KtG,

If you are talking about creating an anchor point for you if you fall, well, you better do it "right" if you want to rely on it. This includes, how strong is the branch/tree, how strong is the mechanical attachment to said branch, how strong is the harness (and what type is it) that you are proposing, how far can you fall before you hit the ground (need to know so lanyard can be selected)...then you have to MAKE ABSOLUTELY sure that you use some sort of "load limiter"...this changes your fall from a large dynamic loading to a more gentle dynamic loading (ie will save your life because it will absorb some of the forces from the fall, and may keep you from having internal injuries if you do fall)

If you wish, contact me off-line for more info.

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Get a climbing harness. Climbing rope. Depending on the compactness of the dirt/rock you can use a piton/ice screw/wedge/friends/etc. You can also use ascenders to get up and a repeller to get down. If you hadnt said so i might of suggested an English helicoptor for a sky hook. :)
 
Or make yourself a spider hole or ground blind. It does not hurt at all if you fall out of those when you doze off.
 
Codger if you saw where I was hunting you,d say run . The only thing is you couldn,t run , literally even if you had a grizzly chasing you . You,d have a broken leg or be hung up and bear meat .

When I asked the lady if I could hunt there she said to be real careful . In French they call it a dirty wood . Brush so thick you literally almost can,t push through . That is when there are no vines about ankle height . You can,t fall or I would have been on my butt a half dozen times . hidden ruts , stumps and I,m scared to look at some of it sometimes round out the bill .
They hauled a guy with a broken leg out of there last year .

It is the land between a railroads right of way and farmers fields . Apple trees so far gone I,ve only seen one apple . (I,m going to try and bring them back .)

The tree I am hunting in is a mostly dead willow . Its just too tight, tangled and uneven below for a ground blind . I,m only up around seven feet and it isn,t the fall that would get you . It would be trying to get yourself out of the mess you fell into . These patches of woods are not very big . Lets say the size of a football field . The only good thing is there are not any burrs or suckers to make it twice as bad .

I may look again and see if I can,t scrape out enough room for a ground blind.
It would sure make me feel a lot more secure . I,d proabably hunt longer too .
Anyway its the only game in town . Anything is better than hardly hunting which I did the year before .
 
It sounds to me that you are trying to hunt a bedding area. Circle the perimeter looking for trails in and out. Pick a hot one and set up on it. Better to catch them coming or going, than to jump them cracking brush going in. They'll only slip out the far side, or circle you and go out the way you came in. Better yet, pick the three best trails. Then you have a choice depending on which way the wind is blowing. Best to have a plan A, B, and C. A blind can be as simple as a waterproof cushion with some waterproof tarp under it, and the end pulled back over your legs with some light weeds/brush piled on. Nothing to make noise if you have to look left or right. Don't forget the bridge/trestles on the tracks. A lot of times deer will funnel through them rather than to cross the exposed railroad bed.
 
Kevin;
Here in Wisconsin I have seen a small seat that straps to a tree trunk for bow hunting etc. You could then put your line to that or one of the screw in climbing steps. To put my money where my mouth is I would have to do some searching for the seat. I would think that most bow hunting sites etc would have that or something similar. Hope that is of some help.
Doc
 
Cw Doc I think I know what you are talking about . This is a torn up tree . There is not much to strap onto . I am actually at the highest point and am only 7-8 feet off the ground . Thanks for trying .
 
I keep my left-handed-sky-hook in the barn with my board-stretcher.

How sturdy is the platform? That's the first question I'd ask. Old stands are often dangerous stands. Rot, nail corrosion, and general loosening can be deadly. I'd check it out thoroughly.

Willow? Wouldn't catch me in one of those. They tend to bend, you know? :D

How about a fixed metal stand? Those things are getting ridiculously cheap at places like Wal-Mart. Could you wedge one in amongst the willow branches and strap it off to several of the limbs? I've hunted in them and felt pretty secure, especially in the ones with a bar that goes around you.
 
Son if you saw this tree you would be saying bonfire . Its what left after the top got torn off somehow .

I am actually looking at getting the heck out of the tree . For the moment its the only good vantage point . You are right in that it is not that safe . I am hoping one of my other places will produce later in the season
 
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