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I practiced with my climber today and it is taking me about 10 minutes to get up or down the tree. I am climbing to about 18 feet. I am adusting the tree strap on my safety harness each time. I am taking climbing a tree very serious, but is this the norm or is there something that can speed this up? It seems both times I have practiced with the climber it takes a long time to get everything ready to start climbing. I am going to need to get really earl to do morning hunts until I get faster.
 
Well, for an experienced climber.. it's on the slow side. But do not rush it..

I've never timed myself climbing. The part that takes the most time with me is getting my bow down, undo the seat, and get my feet in the straps.. But once I break the platform loose from the tree.. I move on down in pretty quick.
 
10mon is just fine. Lindsay and little man don't care how long it takes provided you're safe ;)
 
Those stirrups.... do they work really good? Not wanting to hijack the thread, but to me it's seems they would be loose and try to slide off the top of ur boot.


10 minutes isn't bad, I'd say it takes me.. 5 minutes with harness. But when I first started.. I've had 2 get help! Got so freaked out one time that I had to have somebody talk me thru the process. Don't try 2 be fast, fast is loud... slow is quiet.
 
safety first. you surely dont want to be in a hurry and banging your stand around. i got in too big a hurry one time and forgot to attach my pull rope to my bow!! lol.
 
I have the rapid climb stirrups that came with the stand and they work great. They secure my feet to the platform making me feel safe that I will not lose the foot platform when climbing.
 
10 mins. is good.If no wind I take my slow sweet time to cut the noise down.Don't really care how long it takes me as long as I'm safe and quiet.
 
Heck 10 minutes is good. It takes me about an hour to climb up and have everything ready to actually hunt. I do go real slow though, I don't like to make any noise if I can help it.
 
If your climber is a Summit, does the tree "strap" actuall;y a rope? With mine, the rope is very quiet, unless I'm on a tree that's really too shappy bark to use anyway.

I think it goes a little faster with practice, but 10 to 15 minutes is about right. When you get used to it, you can take longer "strides" when climbing. I always get down faster than getting up. Especially when I've got an arrow to retrieve and a deer to find!
 
I sure hope you are able to have your first bow hunt of your life this season.

You will find your own answers to so many of your own questions.

Just climb a tree and hunt.
Then it will all be very obvious, grasshopper.
 
Don't worry about the slight noise of the strap scraping the bark on the tree . I have called in several bucks over the years while I was still climbing . They apparently associated the noise with a buck rubbing a tree .
Try to keep any metallic or loud noises to a minimum though . I like to pull the lower section far enough away from the tree so I'm not scraping too much bark off.
 
Radar said:
Don't worry about the slight noise of the strap scraping the bark on the tree . I have called in several bucks over the years while I was still climbing . They apparently associated the noise with a buck rubbing a tree .
Try to keep any metallic or loud noises to a minimum though . I like to pull the lower section far enough away from the tree so I'm not scraping too much bark off.
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Great info...
 
You don't need a stopwatch.
Just climb the tree,and begin hunting.

Seems like you overthink a lot of this stuff.
Just do it.
 
DUCK37101 said:
There's nothing at all bad about 10 minutes especially using your safety harness strap like you are supposed to. I've seen a lot of hunters get up trees real fast WITHOUT using their straps like they're supposed to. I don't see that a 10 minute climb up will make you have to change much about when you get into the woods either. You WILL get faster and you will get slower.
You will get faster because it is a repetitive event and you will find easier ways to climb.
You WILL get slower mainly because you talk like you will hunt in the mornings and it is dark as well as damp and that WILL slow you a bit until you do it enough.
Just be careful like you're doing now and DO NOT cut corners for speed, it isn't worth it.
10 minutes is good.
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well said.. slow and steady wins the race...
 
ShaneHallum said:
Those stirrups.... do they work really good? Not wanting to hijack the thread, but to me it's seems they would be loose and try to slide off the top of ur boot.
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they are great. I wish I could incorporate a set on my equilizer climbing stand...better yet.. get summit to make the base stand adjustable as you climb....
 

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