campergeek
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Is it too early to think about this fall's deer hunt?
This last season (my first) I bought and used a climbing stand since I was hunting public land and didn't really want to set up and leave a stand. It worked really well, and when set up right was comfortable. The biggest complaint I have about it is the foot straps.
When climbing, everything worked adequately. The real problem is that when descending the straps seemed to work themselves loose and give me little control. At one point I thought I might do better by gripping the sides of the footrest with my feet and lowering it that way. Bad idea - once I lifted the footrest it tilted and slipped and left me sitting on the front rail, facing the seat, with the footrest dangling below by a safety rope. I'll save the rest of that story for another time. (yes, I was wearing a safety harness)
After careful examination I found that the footstraps were laced wrong through the buckles (from the factory) and I corrected that so they should no longer slip loose. However, I'd still like to find out some sort of modification I could make which would allow better control than a single strap across the foot.
Has anyone else had frustration with how their stand attaches to their feet for climbing/descending, and if so, did you find any better solutions?
This last season (my first) I bought and used a climbing stand since I was hunting public land and didn't really want to set up and leave a stand. It worked really well, and when set up right was comfortable. The biggest complaint I have about it is the foot straps.
When climbing, everything worked adequately. The real problem is that when descending the straps seemed to work themselves loose and give me little control. At one point I thought I might do better by gripping the sides of the footrest with my feet and lowering it that way. Bad idea - once I lifted the footrest it tilted and slipped and left me sitting on the front rail, facing the seat, with the footrest dangling below by a safety rope. I'll save the rest of that story for another time. (yes, I was wearing a safety harness)
After careful examination I found that the footstraps were laced wrong through the buckles (from the factory) and I corrected that so they should no longer slip loose. However, I'd still like to find out some sort of modification I could make which would allow better control than a single strap across the foot.
Has anyone else had frustration with how their stand attaches to their feet for climbing/descending, and if so, did you find any better solutions?