I thought I'd ask the people that should know best.

I hunt from a treestand and I'm thinking a rock climbing harness - like a Petzl Calidris - is far better than a treestand shoulder type harness if I fall out of the stand. Even with the leg loops, these shoulder harness have a waist strap that gets pulled up into the ribcage when the restraint line is pulled tight.

I'm thinking the rock climbing type would be a better choice and less resticting on my legs and chest - am I right about this or comepletely off base? Thanks.

I thought I'd ask the people that should know best.

I hunt from a treestand and I'm thinking a rock climbing harness - like a Petzl Calidris - is far better than a treestand shoulder type harness if I fall out of the stand. Even with the leg loops, these shoulder harness have a waist strap that gets pulled up into the ribcage when the restraint line is pulled tight.

I'm thinking the rock climbing type would be a better choice and less resticting on my legs and chest - am I right about this or comepletely off base? Thanks.

I think the question was quite simple so why do you provide your own opinion about hunting ? I am also not a fan but who cares ?

I think hiding for hours on end just to kill something that doesn't know you're there is pretty cowardly.

Well I don't find fault with what other people do or how to live their lives. I assume you must be a vegan and would never eat meat that was slaughtered or harvested by a "coward".

I wound up buying the top rated treestand safety harness today so I'm all set. Thanks.

A couple of issues:

- As mentioned, the tie-in at the front can make things a little difficult. You can still connect to it, but you will need more slack and should you actually need the harness to stop a fall, you're going to fall farther.

- If you happen to fall, and you go the extra little distance and you're still not touching the ground, you risk flipping around, and even more so, something called "Harness hang syndrome" if you're stuck there for too long with no way up or down.

Keep in mind I don't hunt, and I have no idea how tree stands work. I think hiding for hours on end just to kill something that doesn't know you're there is pretty cowardly. I dig tracking though.

The animals still have the ability to see and smell you when you are in a tree stand, it is just a different way of hunting an animal. So long as it is done while following laws and recognized ethical practices, hunting like this honors a long standing American tradition as well as an alternate and arguably more palatable way to bring meat to one's family table.

As a vegetarian for over 2 decades, I think hunting is more humane than the cruel conditions animals have to endure on a factory farm or slaughterhouse. Any bacon-eater shouldn't be slinging stones.

Do I have any advice on your harness choice? Nope. Sorry!

I still think hiding with a gun sucks. I'm not a vegetarian, nor a hippy.

I used to give the same shit to the German Soldiers who would hang out in the watchtowers in Afghanistan and shoot at animals that would wander near the camp.

Like I said though... tracking is awesome, takes a degree of skill and the hunter in that case has earned what they kill.

I'd like to thank those that gave a positive response to my question. But I sent an email to the support section here requesting that my registration be voided. Basesd on some of the comments here I don't think this is a forum I would like to follow. Good luck.

tpcollins

I still think hiding with a gun sucks.

No doubt you have had at least a few people spray a similar statement in your direction, being that you were in the armed service.

No doubt you believe that the service you volunteered was honorable and valuable.

Yet, some people might say that you, in effect, were hiding with a gun, shooting at something that didn't know you're there.....

Of course, you might say "This is different." And you would be entitled to that opinion. But others would disagree.



I'm not suggesting anything of the sort - just making an observation.

The OP gave no indication he was the sport of drunken sport-hunter that behaves that way.

Sorry to bite and run, but I need to log off. Again, my apologies for riling you. It just peeves me to watch you consistently blasting at people the way you do. Same as it went with the old BET people - I don't hide like a coward afraid to stick my neck out and call it out when I see it.