I am not sure about you guys but I always seem to have this one problem when out putting up setups. That is when I finally get into the stand and look for shooting lanes, it never fails that there is one limb with a bunch of leaves on another tree that I can't reach with my Hooyman saw from the stand and its a good 15-20' off the ground. So this leaves me with three options.
1. Leave the limb in the shooting lane and hope for the best. (Sorry that isn't happening).
2. Drag in a extension pole saw that can reach up to 20'. (Also not a option cause I am not buying one and that is just something else cumbersome to carry in with my stands, climbing sticks, and other equipment).
3. Climb and shimmy up the tree like some kind of monkey to get the limb chopped off. (This has been the option taken up till now. As I am aging though it is becoming less enjoyable and very rough on the body).
So I was talking with a fella at work about my dilemma and looking for solutions. He came up with this idea. (He is a member by the way just not very talkative yet. Thanks and credit goes to Quacksmacker on this one). We know it is already out there but buy putting some things together from around the house I have less than $6 in the whole thing and I can take it into any setup in my pack.
Here is the whole thing in one hand for size reference.
The total parts needed for this project was.
1. 18" chainsaw chain.
2. 40' 550 parachord.
3. A pouch to act as a weight bag. (Which was made out of fleece by my lovely wife. She made it so the only seem is around the top so that it won't have a blowout when hitting the ground).
4. A decent sized rock to put in the pouch for weight.
5. Two chain link couplings.
I took the chainsaw chain and took the coupling link out of it so that it was a long chain and not a circular chain. Attached the chain link couplings to each end of the chain. Then attached 20' of the 550 parachord to each of the chain link couplings. (Reference picture above). Then I attached the pouch with the rock in it to the end of one of the 20' lengths of parachord. This gives you something to throw up and over the limb you are wanting to cut. The weight should also fall far enough for you to grab a hold of if it didn't make it to the ground. Get the chain up over the limb amd just pull back and forth on the two lengths of parachord till limb is cut. Once the limb is cut you are ready to get it back to the compact size for packing out. To do this so that you won't have any tangles in the parachord next time it is needed you just wrap each section of parachord into what I like to call "The Fluteman Figure Eight".
Once each side is wrapped it is ready to put back into your pack.
No more scratched up chest, stomach and legs for me.
1. Leave the limb in the shooting lane and hope for the best. (Sorry that isn't happening).
2. Drag in a extension pole saw that can reach up to 20'. (Also not a option cause I am not buying one and that is just something else cumbersome to carry in with my stands, climbing sticks, and other equipment).
3. Climb and shimmy up the tree like some kind of monkey to get the limb chopped off. (This has been the option taken up till now. As I am aging though it is becoming less enjoyable and very rough on the body).
So I was talking with a fella at work about my dilemma and looking for solutions. He came up with this idea. (He is a member by the way just not very talkative yet. Thanks and credit goes to Quacksmacker on this one). We know it is already out there but buy putting some things together from around the house I have less than $6 in the whole thing and I can take it into any setup in my pack.
Here is the whole thing in one hand for size reference.
The total parts needed for this project was.
1. 18" chainsaw chain.
2. 40' 550 parachord.
3. A pouch to act as a weight bag. (Which was made out of fleece by my lovely wife. She made it so the only seem is around the top so that it won't have a blowout when hitting the ground).
4. A decent sized rock to put in the pouch for weight.
5. Two chain link couplings.
I took the chainsaw chain and took the coupling link out of it so that it was a long chain and not a circular chain. Attached the chain link couplings to each end of the chain. Then attached 20' of the 550 parachord to each of the chain link couplings. (Reference picture above). Then I attached the pouch with the rock in it to the end of one of the 20' lengths of parachord. This gives you something to throw up and over the limb you are wanting to cut. The weight should also fall far enough for you to grab a hold of if it didn't make it to the ground. Get the chain up over the limb amd just pull back and forth on the two lengths of parachord till limb is cut. Once the limb is cut you are ready to get it back to the compact size for packing out. To do this so that you won't have any tangles in the parachord next time it is needed you just wrap each section of parachord into what I like to call "The Fluteman Figure Eight".
Once each side is wrapped it is ready to put back into your pack.
No more scratched up chest, stomach and legs for me.
