Lawdwaz

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My safety line for the climber is a 5' or 6' piece of rope with a prussic attached. As soon as you get into the stand at ground level, you take the safety line (one end has a loop in it) and throw the tag end around the tree and through the loop. The prussic also goes through the loop and you attach your caribiner to the prussic and as you climb, you just raise the safety line (not the prussic) as you go up or down. It is really a simple deal and easier in person to understand. If I get a chance in the next few days I'll take some pics of my setup if anyone is interested. The safety line/prussic that I use for fixed stands is 30' long. When I install a hang on /fixed position stand I use a high quality linesmans belt. After the stand is up and secure, I put the safety line around the tree TWO times about a foot over head height. Then, as I'm descending down the newly installed screw in steps/ladder sticks and get to the bottom the loose end of the 30' safety line is now wrapped around the trunk of the tree at waist height and tied. How tight is it tied? You'll need to have a touch of slack but not much. I'm ALWAYS connected. If you can't afford a GOOD harness and safety lines, sell a kidney, blood or sperm.

Moron.

243? Are you kidding me?? That's for kids & women! Oh yea, I'll be carrying one this fall also........Shhhhhh.

Note my comment above. <<<grinning>>>

Beware the man who shoots one gun............................................ My Uncle could afford pretty much any shotgun going but his gun of choice is the good old Model 12 Winchester, 12 gauge of course. He can really shoot it too. A friend who is now 83 and hasn't hunted in 10 years used a Remington 760, chambered in 30-06 (yuk....) for years in PA. It also killed game in Colorado, Idaho and Ontario. You would not believe the deer that gun killed in Pennsylvania. Spike horns fill a few cigar boxes in his basement along with some 4pt & 6pt for good measure. (Thanks to Gary Alt, we don't have that problem anymore) Only CF rifle he ever owned.

He might have made a mistake but you did things pretty good too! Congrats!

I checked out the q safe. Not exactly sure what could be quicker and easier than the short line with the prussik? An answer to a question that nobody asked?

Although I don't use a Summit stand, I do use the saddle bags that they sell. I have two on-board, one in the front with the zipper facing in and the other on the right side. When bowhunting, the front bag has my long single fold RealTree bow hanger, a limbing saw and my short safety rope with a prussik attached. The side bag has my haul rope stuffed in it with whatever stuff I want, like hand warmers etc. The haul rope is already attached to the TOP section of the stand so all I have to do is pull it out and connect it with a cheap caribiner to the bow. During gun season, The bags hold all kinds of other odd ball stuff. Cigars, egg salad sangwich, juice box, thermos, Little Debbie assortments are just the start of what lurks in my man bag. Also, during gun season a second haul rope is in place for hauling up my day pack for an extended stay in cold and/or wet weather.

Too bad, I'm certified in laying pipe only. <grin>

Welcome. Start us out with a little about you. Big game, small game, fishing, trapping, shooting? What's your passion? I'll fill my coffee cup again and be back.............................

A friend called me to get my opinion on a rifle. A friend of his is looking to get ONE rifle (Good Lord, WHY?) to hunt everything he'll ever do. On the menu; deer, antelope, elk and some longer range shooting out to 500 yards on targets for giggles. The question is what caliber? He's not a reloader and recoil could scare a "one gun" shooter right out of the game. My recommendation was the 280 Remington. Another other choice for a do-all would be the 308 Winchester. Funny, neither of which I own! Had them both at one point or another but like vanilla ice cream, boring. <grin> Ideas or opinions??

I totally agree. They look right at it and back away when those red lights start going on the video mode.

Worthy of a few more pics.............

Excellent!

Hopefully.......................

Pressure to perform. Noel Feather, Kirt Darner & Don Lewis...................just a few names that came to mind. Google 'em if you forgot about them.

Filson Mackinaw Cruiser, sixe 48, excellent condition & hardly worn. $230 shipped. King Of The Mountain Bowman, size XXL. Brand new never worn. $430 shipped Any questions? Face to face sale in the western New York area could possibly worked out. I'm selling these for a friend but they are in my possession.

+1 on the milk weed pod. You need to get them a bit earlier than now though as they are in the expanded mode. Grab some when they just start to crack open. It is kind of disheartening to unleash a couple seeds into the air, see them go perfectly in the direction you want then all of a sudden they start to com back past you in the WRONG direction!! Time to hit Mahogany Ridge................................<grin>

Age it & weigh it. DEC might be interested in seeing the freakazoid also. Congrats!

Nice Job!

Zip....................

Probably just as well that he stays out of the woods anyway.

They all make and visit scrapes.

Federal Premium probably has a good load for you. Maybe a 140gr Barnes TSX?? I wouldn't bet against it......................... http://www.federalpremium.com/products/details/rifle.aspx?id=712