More to your Hoist Rope than you would think
Here is a another helpful tip from Buckmasters that I never really thought of before. It should come in helpful.
By: Rick Kratzke
Be Careful With Your Hoist Rope
A good hoist rope is a must for any treestand hunter, but if you’re not careful it can work against you. Keep your hoist rope as scent-free as possible by treating it like an important piece of your clothing. It wouldn’t hurt to wash it in scent-eliminating detergent once in a while, perhaps tucked into the pocket of a jacket or pants. It’s also a good idea to coil your hoist and secure it up in your stand with you rather than just letting it hang loose.
Deer will sometimes lock onto the motion of a dangling rope and follow it right up to you, and the rope will emit more scent dangling in the wind than it will coiled and secured up high. Some hunters will even douse their hoists in doe pee. Others attach rattling antlers and lower the antlers down to ground level and work them from up above so a deer doesn’t wonder why bucks are sparring up in a tree.
There are also several new hoist products out there that keep your rope from getting tangled — some are self-retracting and some are wind-up models. Whether you use your hoist rope for multiple tasks or not, it remains an important piece of equipment. You spend hundreds of dollars on your gun or bow, so invest a few dollars in a good hoist rope and check it regularly.
–Thanks to Craig Heator of Blue Springs, Mo., for this week’s Tip.
Of course you could just use a GunTriever and avoid most of those problems. It’s green so it blends in. It doesn’t hang, it secures the gun while you’re hunting. It stays attached to the stand at all times.
July 29th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Kristine, point taken.
July 29th, 2008 at 9:41 am
There’s much to think about when hunting from a tree, that’s for sure. I might do my first hunting from a tree this year - never done it before, and believe me, it has taken some getting used to getting up in that thing for practice! I’m not real fond of heights, and even though I don’t get up very high, my mind keeps telling me it seems like I’m 3 miles up in the air!
July 29th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Tom, it does take a bit getting used to it but I think you will like the difference when you are sitting there and you see a deer coming in from farther out than you normally would. It usually allows you to take your time and prepare, to be able to pick your shot.
July 29th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Hunting from a tree is awesome. Those were some more great tips from Buckmasters. I actually store my hunting rope on my treestand and spray it down all the time so as to avoid the scent problem.
That worked last year anyway:)
July 29th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Arthur, as long as it worked I don’t see why it wouldn’t this year as well.
Unless my medical condition improves I feel my days of climbing tree’s are numbered.
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