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Young kid climbing into stand.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 12/17/14 at 2:51 pm
The thread about the guy falling while climbing up into his stand make me think about how I climb in the stand with Tigerdeacon, Jr.
He just turned 5 and right now I only take him hunting on our food plots in the afternoons. However, he has started wanting to go in the mornings.
Right now I climb in and put all our stuff in the stand, climb down and then climb back up behind him while keeping an arm around him.
Any suggestions on a safer way? Is there a harness I can get to tether him to the ladder or to me? Seems like tethering him to me just doubles the chances that he might fall.
He just turned 5 and right now I only take him hunting on our food plots in the afternoons. However, he has started wanting to go in the mornings.
Right now I climb in and put all our stuff in the stand, climb down and then climb back up behind him while keeping an arm around him.
Any suggestions on a safer way? Is there a harness I can get to tether him to the ladder or to me? Seems like tethering him to me just doubles the chances that he might fall.
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Posted on 12/17/14 at 2:55 pm to TigerDeacon
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climb up behind him
I do this but rope my gun into the stand when we are up there, saves 2 trips.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 2:57 pm to swanny297
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swanny297
Looks like we are on dog duty the next week or so. Did you get the schedule?
Posted on 12/17/14 at 2:58 pm to TigerDeacon
I just climb up with him right in front of me. Be damn near impossible for him to fall without me grabbing him.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 2:59 pm to TigerDeacon
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TigerDeacon
Nope - thanks for the warning, I was hoping we wouldn't volunteer for any of this foolishness so I could come and go as I please...oh well..
Posted on 12/17/14 at 3:01 pm to TigerDeacon
I do exactly what you do. It usually takes me about 3 trips to bring all of my girls' stuff up, especially when I'm taking 2 of them.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 3:02 pm to tenfoe
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taking 2 of them
Awesome....
Posted on 12/17/14 at 3:08 pm to swanny297
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Nope - thanks for the warning, I was hoping we wouldn't volunteer for any of this foolishness so I could come and go as I please...oh well..
They have a whole schedule and everything. I think ya'll have most morning and we have the evenings.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 3:15 pm to TigerDeacon
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I think ya'll have most morning and we have the evenings.
Riley goes to Happy Tails when we are out of town - we will just take them there for the week, they will have more fun than being at home by themselves all day...
Posted on 12/17/14 at 3:41 pm to swanny297
This is why we have a lab and a big fence. If we are gone, we just need someone to let him out in the morning and kennel him at night.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 3:47 pm to TigerDeacon
So far I've only hunted ground blinds with the little demons. I'm thinking of investing in a two man ladder stand for next year since they're getting big enough to make the climb. I plan on doing what has already been described, climbing up right behind them. I'll probably use the pull rope to get the gear in the tree instead of making an additional trip down/up.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 3:49 pm to LSUballs
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I just climb up with him right in front of me.
That's what my pops did for me. I'll do the same for my daughter when she's old enough to tag along.
Posted on 12/17/14 at 3:56 pm to Road Tiger
rope with knots. build his strength and courage.
actually it sounds like you are doing just fine
actually it sounds like you are doing just fine
Posted on 12/17/14 at 4:46 pm to TigerDeacon
When I was about 9, my younger brother started hunting with my Pop and I. He couldn't take us together because we fought too much. I'd climb up some nails in a tree, to a wooden seat in a forked tree. Pop would come up and tie me to the tree with a yellow rope harness he made himself. He'd then go down and retrieve the gun. Bring it up to me, load it, and tell me not to shoot any does (1980s deer hunting philosophy I think).
Posted on 12/17/14 at 4:49 pm to TigerDeacon
so the kid is vulnerable to swoopedia attacks when you climb up with your bag.
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