What climbing rope and saddle system are you using?

What knot do you use to tie the loop on the end of your half-line? Bowline?

Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing. It's very flat where I live and I've ever only rock climbed inside a gym. This is cool to see single line climbing being used in tree hunting, never thought of that. I'll be making changes for the end of this season and for next!

absolutley not. way too big, way too heavy, way too much metal. My polymer ring of steps is none of those things and makes 360 shot opportunities much easier. I can keep the tree between me and the deer no matter where he comes in.

Then you’re really not mobile. Having to preset your paracord. We don’t want to leave any evidence in public land.

knut hitch is almost identical to the arbsession hitch.

that must be for just hanging in the same spot for a long period of time, cause why else would you do double redundancy unless you’re staying put.

Is the vergo the same as the madrock? I notice with madrocks people tend the rope with their right hand as they pull the lever with their left hand. But with the vergo they don’t tend the rope with their right hand.

Hey Scott I like your channel.I was wondering how do you gain confidence in you rope when you climb.That is the problem I have

I really appreciate how you explain and demonstrate each piece of gear. Too many channels people will use gear but never show you in detail how to use it, how to connect it, and how it works. So thank you for a real video!

What diameter rope did you use with this rope wrench? Does it work thinner than 11mm spec?

I have to admit the thought of climbing a rope at 6’5” and 250lbs with size 16 boots had me feeling skeptical, but I got sooooo tired of carrying in sticks and having them hang off of me as I ascend so I pulled the trigger and ordered this system. I have looked at the parts individually, there really isn’t much mark up on this. Additionally id rather trust someone who stands behind their product and has put in countless hours of research to find us the best info. Hats off to you fellas! This is great!!!!

was just wondering if I could use a prussic or other friction knot and tend with the carabiner instead of the vargo

I find it hard enough to find that perfect tree for one sticking based on where the deer are expected to be. With this method, you really dont have many options. Yes there are thousands of tree this will work in in your woods, but there is only one or two trees that are in a perfect position for the spot you are actually hunting. Usually, those trees are not perfectly suited for this method.

Won’t work in a swamp with skinny trees. Won’t work with trees that are crooked or canted to far one way or another. Really a limited set up.

I just ordered one last night. Looking forward to giving it a climb.

You did a great job explaining this. I have been scared of repelling, but the redundancy you explained eases my mind. I’ve been using a 2tc for this season, but having a preset would be awesome. Will be ordering.

Whats it like wearing the saddle with hunting bibs jacket ect? And with it is there a pinch in the hips?

From the Pocono Mtns of Pa. Thank you awsome video

Awesome video with great instruction. Thanks guys!

I take my shots out limb-walking or toe-hooked, sometimes inverted like God intended.

How would you rig around thw trunk from the ground in the event of a tall tree with no limbs low enough to tie to?

I see there's a different ascender on the website now for the MSD. is it the same exact process? Do you have a new video?

What makes this better than the F4?

Defeats the purpose of using a saddle lol

That chest pockets for a range finder and the mesh is so it don’t fog up 👍fanatic is nice

This subject really needs a 102 video. Advanced Redirects. Yours is the only one I can find on this subject.

I like the idea of this method but what I don’t like about this is how far away from the tree you are while climbing and the movement it takes to get there. This is quiet but it’s not necessarily stealthy. Lots of movement and we all know deer look for movement. Ive been busted while climbing with stick from movement alone. I’ve also been able to stop climbing on sticks because I saw deer coming close and not spook them. I think this has its place maybe early morning only when there is no light but the amount of movement is what kills it for me. Being close to the tree to hide movement is key when sneaking in midday or in the afternoon imo. It is a very informative video but like I said, it has its place. Also, I rarely hunt an area more than a few times a season. Im an extremely mobile hunter and I would need to keep either throw ball or double tether for this to work in every instance. Happy trails and best of luck this season.

Just out of curiousity why do you not use a foot ascender anymore. I find mine makes it so easy to get up quickly

I used this hand ascender and belay device for the first time tonight. I noticed it's flattening my rope. Is that OK? I'm using the ghillie 9.5mm ripe from RNA. What are, if any, long term wear and tear affects of the flattening of the rope. I am assuming this wear and tear is much less significant than a friction abrasion from like a MRS style climb.

Price of this thing is straight stupid high!! That thing should only be 100$ but today is the day and age of make something for 25$ and sell it for 380$! Rediculous!!

After this season ends I’m going to start practicing the DRT method for next years season,sick of lugging in weight to climb a tree

Appreciate your videos! Thank you!

Should post ur links on these videos make it easy to bring us straight to website

I use a Blake's hitch & foot ascender with no other hardware other than a single carabiner. Otherwise, very close to your system...but I do have to have 2x the rope length of the height I have to climb. I think I could combine your attach/detach system and drop that to 1.2x probably.. thought about it before but never got around to it.. might do so this season now that I've seen that it is indeed very effective. Dropping that extra weight would be huge for me. Also, I use 9mm rope and 5.11 tactical gloves for climbing...those ropes can tear your hands up, especially for my soft computer nerd hands, lol. Be sure to use static rope, dynamic sucks out a lot of the energy you put in while climbing...like on every pull.

Love it! Very funny! Lots of love!

Nice wondering if you’ll ever review the sladder?

I know you are well intentioned but no this is not safer. There are safe ways to use backup knots and create redundancy but some of what you’re doing could potentially stop you from self rescuing if something happens and you’re stuck on two prusiks or if you can’t get your tether loose. Always consider what would happen if you got stuck hanging how would you get out of it.

If you're going to use that you might as well use a climber and be more comfortable and safer

As a safety guy in the tree world always check that tie in point if you can! Last thing you want it that branch union to be crappy when you put your weight on it!

awesome tutorial and in depth breakdown of everything. going into first time climbing like this and the video was very educational.

You guys are cool 👍

First year saddle hunting. Using SRT and loving it. What is the smallest limb you will put a girth hitch on?

Man that background music is distracting. Great info, but really hard to focus

Looks good, gonna try it on my next hunt...have a tree in mind

17:40 OPTION: Put the foot loop (you'll have to figure out how you want to do it) on the hand pull down loop or rope. With your foot you can auto tend the ascender when stepping up. No need to do it "manually ". A number of ways to do it...not everything needs to be COTS. FYI, I'm betting you can ditch the trango ($$) in the process. In fact I'm very sure of it. Just auto-tend the friction hitch. Rappel w/ the same hitch and a munter/figure 8.

That's the vt prusic

Thanks pal

That’s why you should always backup any mechanical device with a prusik knot.

I was like "why is this guy whispering" and then I realized i got off my path of arborist videos lol!