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Post by joeyb on Oct 3, 2011 14:34:54 GMT -5
I'm looking at buying a treestand safety harness. I've only used one brand to date, and I hate it. I just don't use it because of it. I've never found one that is easy to use. End result is that I'm 30 ft in a tree with no harness. As I get older things become a little different, and I value my life a little more. Any recommendations on a certain brand of harness that you like?
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Post by raporter on Oct 3, 2011 14:42:05 GMT -5
Which one do you have that you hate so much. Many of us have harnesses that came with stands we are willing to give away.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2011 14:51:40 GMT -5
Hunter Safety Systems is hands down the best. I
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Post by swilk on Oct 3, 2011 14:53:49 GMT -5
Hunter Safety System.
I currently use the pro series and also have an older reversible. As easy to put on as a vest and comfortable enough that you dont know you are wearing it.
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Post by joeyb on Oct 3, 2011 15:19:00 GMT -5
I have an old HSS from like 2000 or 2001. It's a hundred straps that I can't ever figure out. I think I'd like the the vest if it isn't bulky. When I think of a vest I think of a boating life jacket.
I've always wondered how many people do an don't wear them.
How many of you folks don't wear a harness?
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Post by wileyonetoo on Oct 3, 2011 19:43:53 GMT -5
I never climb a tree without my HSS vest on and tied to a HSS Lifeline. They have new models that are much lighter that I'm looking at now. They're not cheap but what's your life worth?
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Post by bassrangerr81 on Oct 4, 2011 7:19:07 GMT -5
I agree! Hunters Safety System is awesome. Takes seconds to put on! I wouldn't be in a tree without a harness period!
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Post by gobblerstopper on Oct 4, 2011 7:32:48 GMT -5
I wear one that came with one of my stands. There are a bunch out there that look a lot easier to figure out in the dark, but I'm sure this one will do the job if ever needed.
I never get in a tree without it and have went home before when I realized I did not have it. I used to not wear it in ladder stands because I felt confident in their construction and the amount of room they offer. A guy on our farm had a ladder fail and he broke his back. Something about him telling me how he had to crawl back to the truck makes me think it is more comfortable to have a harness on.
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Post by realhunter on Oct 4, 2011 7:47:56 GMT -5
My favorite is the Mudddy Outdoors harness, Its extremely lightweight, has a built in bino harness, comes with a lineman's rope and carabineer. I have used the HSS in the past, but found it to be too cumbersome and hot in the warmer months. I also put up a safeline after I hang my sets - so that I am attached all the way up and down....
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Post by joeyb on Oct 4, 2011 8:30:03 GMT -5
Well thanks all. I ordered this one... www.Dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11881832. As a teenager I was fearless going 30-35 feet in a small tree, wind blowing, taking the climber apart to go over limbs 15' up, etc. All with no harness. The other morning I stood up to stretch, and for some reason I got real nervous. There's no place in the deer woods for a height nervous shooter. You already have the adrenaline pumping, and the wind blowing the tree. Adding the nervousness of being in a stand is going to kill confidence. I think the harness will help me feel a lot less nervous. Kind of weird that this is the first year it started happening. |
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Post by bowhunterjohn on Oct 4, 2011 14:31:09 GMT -5
I use a HSS vest, all tied snapped into a vest, easy to use , has car seat belt buckles for the legs.
Would not go up without one, fell from 25 plus feet early morning in the dark, my HSS vest saved me
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