Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk Serious Deer Talk Forum When did you let you kid start climbing

I started climbing in the 70’s with those damn homemade angle iron jobbers, maybe 10 years old. My how times change, feral kids back then.

Any youngster should go ahead and acquire some rope skills and have a descender also since they have the strength to hook-in and utilize such instead of hanging from the rope like a dufus if they fall. They should be able to tie a prusik knot even if they are using the ready mades. They can also do their rope when they get up so it’s impossible to fall.

Personally I only use a seat harness and still have the ability to climb the rope by hand if need be. The last thing I’d want is to be hanging there by the scruff like a dog moving her puppies whilst looking for the relief to step into.

Gloves make life simpler and prevent rope burn if you have to ride one down.

Teach them to have that bottom tethered with 2 cords.

I believe in a lanyard for the rifle too because when them pines start swaying I have taken some epic naps. 😂🤣😂

Tell them not to worry about noise, just get up and setup, from 20 yards away it sounds like a squirrel going up a tree.

Once I get the rope to height I screw in a hook on the back of the tree so the rope can never slip and most times I leave the rope hanging because its a tree I will use again or leave my climber attached to.

I clamp a Camo umbrella on the left side of my bottom and open it forward after I get setup to hide my movements, taking a piss, or whatever. Its not really clamped, I use these rubber coated wire things. I wrap it a few times and twist them.