How Fast And How High Can I Get With 3 Climbing Sticks And 1 Aider To Set A Tree Stand!
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Just a quick video that shows how fast and how High I can get when hanging a tree stand with 3 climbing sticks and an aider.
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Speedy! Down here in Alabama I'd spend twice that amount of time just trying to find a tree trunk that isn't covered in poison ivy. 😁
Hahaha, yeah the ivy sucks. I clomb alot of trees in mo and ks that have ivy bit are the tree i need.
I scout after the season and if I find a tree that I like and it has poison Ivy on it, I cut the vine at the base of the tree and it is dead by the next hunting season!
I’m using a similar system with my saddle setup. Three sticks and one movable aider. I can get around 20 feet after putting my platform just above the top step. Great video!
Yep. Plus if you have to go higher you can always inch worm up higher with the last stick using the one stick method if needed. Dont see a reason for 4 sticks.
@@SamkoTradBow Totally agree!
You and I share a difference of opinion on "Ready to hunt". My definition of ready to hunt, is backpack hanging from a hook or strap in tree, bow hanging from a bow hook from tree with an arrow knocked, hunting clothes all on. And I cannot stretch my legs like an agile monkey like you. LOL!!!! My comments are all in good fun. I use 18 inch aiders on on my hawk helium modified length sticks. I have only scaled a tree 3 times so far and I find myself not setting my sticks and saddle platform in the best places. I'm truly learning from your videos but wow do I suck at this. LOL!!! Thanks for your great videos. Truly appreciate them.
Yep it gets easier the more you do it. And sticking with one system (what ever system works best for you) really helps because you get familiar with it from repeatedly using the same set up.
Great video ! First year going mobile for me . Let the training begin !
Thanks for all your tips and what tools to get the job done . Probably saved me many years of trial and error.👍
Glad I could help. Any questions just ask
Dude, love the video. I see all these one stick methods and saddle and just laugh.
Yep ive never understood the draw to one sticking or mini sticks. the speed and simplicity of 3 full size sticks is hard to beat.
Great Video! Perfect hight for Bowhunting, I'm probably 15 feet with no aider and it works great.
Thanks for another great video!
Thank you. Yep spend most of my time between 12 and 16 feet
First, I can hear my grandmother saying "Get that out of your mouth!" when you put the stick strap in your mouth, then I swear I heard my ACL scream "Not again!" when you went from the first to the second stick, LOL. Been going through a lot of your videos lately in prep for the upcoming season. I have four Lone Wolf sticks with an aider as well as the Lone Wolf Assault II ready to go. Highly unlikely I'll use all four sticks, but it was a good deal last Black Friday. Thanks again for your videos, I've learned a lot from you.
Hahaha. Yeah that second stick was a couple inches higher than I wanted but I was on a timer so ran with it!
You are gonna love your set up!
@@SamkoTradBow Went up the tree yesterday morning with my setup. Just went with three sticks and an aider. First time up I was just about 14' off the ground in the stand. I was thinking "Damn, I am short!" Next trip up I got more comfortable stretching the sticks out a bit more between each other, as well as the stand, and got up to 17'. I realized part of the trick is to use the stick to help pull myself up rather than just depend on reaching and stepping up with my foot between sticks. I'll practice a bunch more before the season officially starts here in Massachusetts. I also have a fourth stick if I should feel I need it.
Nice job bro. 3 sticks and an aider on the first stick is also my best setup. Super fast, super light, and the ultimate versatility for the hunt!!
Agree 100% so efficient of a system
Great demonstration. Be careful of your meniscus. I stopped using my fourth stick last year and went to three. now I use your technique on hanging my next stick strap on the stick you just hung. Much easier than having a string of sticks dangling off your belt knocking together as you go up.
Observation, your knees at 90° angles and then powering all your weight on one knee ain't good for them. Take it from me I've had two meniscus surgeries.
Great point on the knees. I try real hard to have my arms do alot of the work when climbing. Spent all last summer hurting from a meniscus tear myself, not fun!
@@SamkoTradBow im walking it off by hunting but it sucks especially at the age of 30. all this time i was under the impression i was immortal. what the hell happened?
@@pearlrival3124 hahaha. Wait until you get close to 50! And I hear it just gets worse from here...lol
Fast and safe. I usually carry 4 XOP sticks, but I will have to practice with 3 plus an aider. The more weight I can shed the better. I've got to shed my fake virus crisis fat too.
Hahaha. Im right there with ya on the fake virus weight as well.
Best sys , thanks so much!! in august im thinking on going alone for a few days to hunt and bringing my stand and was thinking just 2 sticks for less weight!!
thanks so much 😁
You will love doing the solo hunt! You get to hunt as hard as you want as long as you want where you want. Love those teips!
solid and quick, I do feel i spend more time unpacking my gear/bag/camera bs than actually climbing. I think i have a few areas i can improve on.
Yep the packing and unpacking takes the longest
I got a summit harness with molle loops all over it. Keep a pouch from eastern woods outdoors on the back of it with my tether rope in it. Keep linemans girth hitched to loop and use infinity loops to keep it out of the way. Have molle clips on each side of saddle.
Get to tree take sticks off stand held on with gear ties. Keep the one with aider separate from other two. Hang it immediately. Put stand on back, tie rope to bow to harness. Hang other two sticks off harness. Deploy lineman’s and start going up.
For me, the longest part is wrestling the stand but I’ve started leaving my straps hanging off the versa buttons so i can just loop one around the tree and get it kinda tight to hold it.
Awesome demonstration. Time to practice some climbing again!
Yep getting to be that time
Thank you for this.... you just convinced me to get a similar mobile set up ! Awesome time !
You will love it. Any questions just ask
Great video. You did great on the climb and setup. Made it look easy. Couple things deterring me on this though. One you seem to be stretching it out and possibly you’re a bit taller than me( 5’7). Stand seems to be about a 1 star comfort rating ( very important to me ) . Seems like it will take a lot of climbing to get as good as you are( efficiency). I will have to time myself but I’m pretty sure i could make it 25’ up that tree in half the time with my summit viper.
yet a climber will not work in 95% of the areas i hunt due to branches. and I will never set up higher than 18 feet ever again. I did 20-24 for a whole season and lost 4 deer to one lung hits from steep angles. the stand is very comfortable. I do all day 12 hours sits in this atleast 20 times a year. The efficiency comes with practicing with the same system over and over. I dont use different stands or different sticks or saddles. I use this system and climb over 100 trees a year.
@@SamkoTradBow gotcha. What stand are you using?
I use a one step amsteel aider with hawks cut to 22 inches, works great but i do find it difficult sometimes with catching the aider on the way down, especially in the dark. Great vid as always
Me too. Thats why i only run the aider on the bottom stick and on the way down I usually skip it and just walk the tree to the ground.
Something that helps me is reflective tape for int he dark.
Tune is next week to see how far and how fast the ambulance has to go! 👍
Wtf? Why would to say that??
Pretty fucked up thing to say there @hardrockminer.
Nice video! Ive been doing lots of testing myself this off season!
Awesome! Now is the time to work out the kinks.
sorry think i subscribed on my phone, just Subscribed on computer. Excited for this video
Thanks!
Great video! I'm putting together my first mobile set up now for next year ( giving me time to practice). I would love to see a much closer and detailed video of hanging the stand and transition into it with the tether at hunting height. My worry is making sure the line mans rope isn't too low and caught below or in the tree stand strap. You made this look very easy in this video, great job.
You and your videos have been very helpful. Below is my starting set up for next year, looking to get 14-16 feet high.
Novix Helo
4 Hawk Mini 20 sticks with 1 bottom stick aider.
The harness and line mans rope you are using along with the tether set up you use.
Thays a great mobile set up! Check my other tree stand videos search tree stand on my channel. I show close ups of setting the stand a dn many other aspects in those vids. Also the one called using your tether as a second lineman belt
Awesome!!! Definitely picked up some ideas there.
Glad you enjoyed it.
@@SamkoTradBow How high did you get with the 3? I seem to only get about 18 feet.
@@buckfever4721 18 is my max too with 3 and 1 aider. But as a traditional bowhunter it's pointless to go any higher for risk of one lung hits. I prefer to be around 14-16 feet and often in the swamp am only 1 or 2 sticks high
@@SamkoTradBow Thanks for getting back to me. Have a good season!
@@buckfever4721 good luck to you as well
Awesome! Im looking at stick options now.
Lots of great options out there today!
@@SamkoTradBow looking into the Novix Echo and full sticks with one adder at the bottom like yours!
@@OzarkPursuit7883 great choice! Great stand and sticks!
Great content JS
Thank you
Haven`t watched it yet but the word that scares me is how fast you can get up the tree . Fast is not safe but it did look pretty safe .
Always safe! the how fast was just to see. Not a race or cutting corners.
Got to get the daisy chain aider, Custom Amstel Products oh yea 28 ft 4 sticks Novix ready to hunt system
I'm too old and not a fan of the aiders with more than 1 step and I only run it on the bottom step. If I was 20 years younger maybe I'd mess with that stuff. But glad you have a system all set up that works great for you.
@@SamkoTradBowyou should really check it out, one part hooks to you foot and the other end hooks to your collar . If you have it ,it’s like having an aider on every step. Watch there video
A nice tree like that its hard to beat a lone wolf hand climber. Little less work, but you always dont have the perfect tree in the right spot
Yep climbers are hard for taditional bowhunters as we need a tree in the right spot and often having to move 10 yards to find a climber tree cuts our distance in half.
To be on a safe side in the woods about 25-30 minutes of walking and 45 to 2 hrs from the hospital, I’m carry 4 sticks.
nothing wrong with that and glad you are staying safe and thinking smart.
Nice! Use a range finder to range the ground! :)
Lmao
i just baught the novix hang on with 3 30inch hawk helium sticks using one aider on the bottom stick
Awesome set up! You are gonna love it!
@@SamkoTradBow thanks!
Idk if this guy is still active but I've been trying to figure this out for so long. As a rock climber turned hunter, all the climbing sticks seemed like over kill just to get up a tree.
Yep simple and efficient works best for me.
So do you use climbing spikes with a linemans belt?
Max
You may have figured it out by now, but if not, check out one-sticking with the Eastern Woods Outdoors Ultimate One Stick. It combines the stick and platform into one unit. You use the one-stick method to climb and rappel to get down, its way less to carry.
Dialed in!
Thanks!
My question is how fun was it getting down when the top of your stick was almost below the platform. Stepping up onto the stand is not safe getting down would be even hairier
Easy peasy. But your right you should not have to step up to the stand or down to the stick.
Nice
Thanks
Nice job but when you stepped up to the second stick you were really stretching and with your hunt clothes and boots that going to be pretty hard to get that much space between sticks !!
And when im wearing more clothes I just don't spread the sticks as far. But I was demonstrating that I would rather stretch the first and second stick rather than the 3rd stick or the stand as its safer to stretch lower than higher.
That was pretty quick claim. You took some awfully big steps between some of those sticks. I might’ve missed it but how tall are you and how long were those sticks?
32 inch sticks and I'm only 5'6"
Good video
Thank you
Coming back to hunting Fter 15 years away, looks like I got quite a bit to catch up on.
Can I ask why the climb g sticks at all, since u scaled that pretty effin quick with the climbing belt?
Some guys do use tree spurs on thier boots. Bit for me the sticks are fast safe and easy
Sorry maybe I missed it what aider are you using and sticks? Thank for all the great tips 👍
Im using a home made aider (see my video I just published today) and 3 lone wolf climbing sticks
Thanks for the video I watched it . Do appreciate all the great information you share.👍
Are you placing the sticks that far apart when hunting?
In another one of your videos you mention that you place the second and third stick about knee height.
All depends. When im on the ground looking up at the tree I know how high I need to go to reach the cover or spot on the tree I want and will space the sticks accordingly. For this video I wanted to show the max height I could do with 3 sticks and an aider. But most of the time I'm between 12 and we feet up. That does not require me to spread the sticks far at all. But if i need to push these 3 sticks to 18 feet i can.
How do you get the backstraps to stay ?the buckles on those Allen’s seem cheap both of mine broke fast
I put a zip tie around the place latches to keep them closed. Never had a problem. But they are cheap. But so are the straps. I just loke how they are not rubber or sticky on my shoulders. I want them to slide off my clothes easy.
Traditional Bowhunting And Wilderness Podcast I agree they are convenient to climb with, I bought them after watching some of your videos. Thanks for all the info
What was the length of the aider? I know you mentioned it in a video though
2 foot long
Was your harness unattached at the top level? What was it you were doing?
Once on the stand I tied my safety tether line to the tree then disconnected my lineman belt.
Another great video man thank you. I'm running the xop vanish hang on and 4 cop mini sticks with the first two having the lonewolf cable adders but I'm thinking of goingwoth three sticks one with the cable adder. Not sure if that will be enough but u am trying to shed a little weight what's your opinion?
You have a great set up.
Me personally I like 3 full size sticks with one aider on the bottom stick. This allows me to hit almost 18 feet very fast and safe. Less sticks to carry, pack, hang, etc helps with that efficiency and I do not like aiders above the bottom stick for hunting in rain or cold with heavy boots.
@@SamkoTradBow yeah that's a good point about using a second aider. I may have to look into getting full size sticks.
@@MINIHAHA1 you have a great set up! And many many people running aiders up high. Just not something I trust in certain situations. But I definitely like full size sticks best.
What is the point of the rock climbing harness? Why not loose the stand and just use a saddle?
not a fan of saddles. much prefer the comfort of my stand. Lots of buddies that love saddles and my best friend makes the amazing tacticsaddle.com saddles. But me, prefer a stand all day everyday.
How many inches are the climbing sticks that you are using?
32 inches
Where did you put the aider on the Lone Wolf climbing stick??
I looped it around the bottom v bracket and wired it closed so it doesn't come off.
Feel like this will take longer in the dark?
It could. And nothing wrong with it taking longer as long as you stay safe doing it. Some trees take longer too depending on number of branches.
@@SamkoTradBow this was my first year hunting I just hunted from the ground with my bow. But it seems tree stands would be the way to go I’d feel saver being up off the ground for rifle especially so I thought about getting something similar to this for next season
@kylearnold1883 yep many advantages to hunting from a tree but have to make safety the top priority when doing it.
Can I use my summit pro harness for this or do I need a special harness that will allow me to switch over? I use a summit viper and I love it but I noticed the other day that it leaves some serious scrapes on the tree and when hunting public that’s not cool cause I’m giving my locations away. It sticks out like a fluorescent sign lol.
As long as your harness has a safety li e to use once up in the stand and li Eman belt loops so you can use a lineman belt while climbing it will work perfect
@@SamkoTradBow I pulled it out of my bag and yes they did have the loops. I am beyond excited now because I love this harness and I have a LoneWolf on order
@@tx_reds2426 awesome. Any questions just ask
The harness, you use it as a safety harness?
Yes. Its a rock climbing harness and I do use it as a safety harness. It has 8.4 mm dynamic climbing rope as the tether line connecting me to the tree.
Any recommendations for sticks ? Just bought a lone wolf alpha 2 stand
Lone wolf, novix or hinting beast. All fantastic
@@SamkoTradBow thinking I’ll go with the beasts
@@user-no9qb6lj7c great choice
Do you still use the rock climbing harness?
yes. but I had one designed to my specs for hunting use. Tactisaddle.com makes it. its called the tbws tree stand harness. I have about 5 or 6 videos on it on my channel if you type harness in the seach they will pop up
I could probably be happy with 2 sticks.
and honestly in most sitiations 2 sticks would get you high enough. I have killed many animals from 7-12 feet up.
Almost like you've done that a few times before...
Once or twice!
With all due respect I just use my climbing stand 😎
Traditional bowhunters can not use climbers. we need to be in an exact spot. moving 10 yards to find a climber tree means we loose half our shooting distance.
What is that first step assist made of
Never mind,I see it now
I have a video on how to make and use those aiders. Just search aider on my channel and will explain the pros and cons and how to use them safely.
@@SamkoTradBow which model 64 gps,I see there’s a few different 64 models
Very fast without going fast.
Thanks!
Dang... watching this one makes me feel like I made the wrong choice in purchasing a climber.
Climbers are great if you have the trees for it
@@SamkoTradBow I'm in central / northern Wisconsin / Minnesota. I just recently moved here from out west. Most of my tree stand hunting experience is from down south. I had the Summit climber back then, but in the south you can find straight, limbless trees everywhere. I'm not sure about up here in the Midwest. Still figuring things out. Your channel has been an excellent resource.
Damn brotha flip your stand around when you’re carrying it on your back otherwise that thing will eat your head if you fall/trip. Put seat facing up!
Much prefer to carry it this way. Snags on everything seat up. Has to be down low. And I have fallen hundreds of times. Never had the stand hit me
Should have measured your noise levels in addtion to the speed.
Why?