Giving up lock-ons

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Re: Giving up lock-ons [Re: top cat] #3210065 09/04/20 11:54 AM 09/04/20 11:54 AM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,971 Alabama B bama_earl 8 point
bama_earl 8 point B Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,971 Alabama	I am more scared of ladder stands than any other stand.

Re: Giving up lock-ons [Re: top cat] #3210134 09/04/20 01:20 PM 09/04/20 01:20 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 291 gadsden, al R redhedder 4 point
redhedder 4 point R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 291 gadsden, al	Someone else commented about this, but I use the lifeline on all my ladders. loop around the tree above your stand and tie to the bottom rung. I put my hand under the knot and around the ladder on that side and just move the knot as I step. Ladder stands are safer anyway, but I still use the lifeline. To each his own, but it can be done. Good luck guys.

Re: Giving up lock-ons [Re: top cat] #3210766 09/05/20 12:30 AM 09/05/20 12:30 AM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 16,495 Guntersville AC870 Old Mossy Horns
AC870 Old Mossy Horns Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 16,495 Guntersville	I think hanging the ladder is the most dangerous time. If it rolls on you, it could be nasty. Best done with 2 men. One holding you steady at bottom. “Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.” On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”

Re: Giving up lock-ons [Re: top cat] #3212536 09/07/20 10:00 AM 09/07/20 10:00 AM
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 5,651 Lincoln, Alabama B blumsden 12 point
blumsden 12 point B Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 5,651 Lincoln, Alabama	Hanging g a ladderstand is simple and safe. Every ladderstand comes with straps that attach to the rear of the seat platform and crisscross behind the tree and tie back to the rungs of the ladder. By having this done and the kicker brace installed before climbing, it can't roll. In absence of those straps, use 12-14ft ratchet straps.

Re: Giving up lock-ons [Re: Mbrock] #3213226 09/07/20 10:16 PM 09/07/20 10:16 PM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 5,509 Luverne tbest3 12 point
tbest3 12 point Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 5,509 Luverne	Originally Posted by Mbrock I still use the 20’ ladders to get me close, and then finish off with screw ins to get me another few feet. Didn’t think anything of it back then at all. Exactly how I used to hunt before I slowed down on the bow hunting a couple years ago. Sold all my lock ons except for a couple I kept to leave in the duck holes for dogs. Kind of been getting the itch lately to climb a lock on with a bow though.

Re: Giving up lock-ons [Re: top cat] #3213414 09/08/20 09:03 AM 09/08/20 09:03 AM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,023 Oak Grove BREEZE1 10 point
BREEZE1 10 point Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,023 Oak Grove	You can buy a ropeman or put a ring under the prussic knot so the knot will slide up as you climb but not down without having to pull it. The ropeman is technically not designed for a fall with slack in the rope but I would trust it as long as it wasn't much slack.

Re: Giving up lock-ons [Re: top cat] #3213598 09/08/20 01:23 PM 09/08/20 01:23 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama M muzziehead 14 point
muzziehead 14 point M Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama	I have sorta done the same thing but instead of ladders I am just using my Summit climbers more than ever. I still have like 12 lock ons but with a bad knee that is apt to just give way coming up or going down, even with the life lines, I am leaning more and more on my climbers. I have 6 Summits so I will just hang them at my favorite locations and have at it. Hate to hear that for you TC but it is better to be safe and hang around another day for the family. It is when I have to start hunting from the ground that I am not looking forward to. "Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."

Re: Giving up lock-ons [Re: Mbrock] #3213751 09/08/20 04:18 PM 09/08/20 04:18 PM
Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 5,209 Georgia and Missouri Semo 12 point
Semo 12 point Joined: Aug 2018 Posts: 5,209 Georgia and Missouri	Originally Posted by Mbrock I used the screw in steps for years. It wasn’t until recently that I started using stick ladders. By recent I mean last 10 years or so. I still use the 20’ ladders to get me close, and then finish off with screw ins to get me another few feet. Didn’t think anything of it back then at all. Now with a family and having a few more aches and pains than I did then I do think every time I cross that expanse between step and platform. that is exactly how I do it and how I now feel about it. My theory was always to make my stand difficult to get in so others wouldn't want to. Now I just pucker my butt and realize I'm not as flexible as I used to be.

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