Tree stand harness options?

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So I'm wondering if there's a harness option out there that is kinda like a saddle but can be used in a tree stand? I have tried saddle hunting but I just can't settle down. I also can't stand the tether of a full body harness. I've tried the ones that come with the stands, high end slim line, bulky and everything in-between. Just thought maybe there's something out there that I can't find o the ole search platforms. Thanks in advance.
 
The treestand harness at tactisaddle.com might be just what you are looking for.

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Check out rock climbing/mountaineering harnesses. I’ve used a Black Diamond Couloir for many years for tree stand hunting and would never go back to a regular harness.
 
Check out rock climbing/mountaineering harnesses. I’ve used a Black Diamond Couloir for many years for tree stand hunting and would never go back to a regular harness.

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Climbing harness is also 1/2 the price of a saddle. However a saddle is a little easier on the legs.
 
I’ve been in the rock climbing harness camp for a long time. I’ve actually fallen a couple times in the RC harness, and it wasn’t bad at all. Very easy to self rescue and self correct.

I’ve got a black diamond alpine bod harness, tied a lineman’s belt with 8mm climbing rope (two over hand knots on either end of the rope, runs around the back of the harness through the common loop on the back), secure myself to the tree tether with a beal dynaclip girth hitched over the buckle of the harness.


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HSS works well up until certain weight, you just need to check manufacture date and change them every 5 yrs.
More info here on similar subject
 
I've used a Muddy Ambush harness for the past 3 or 4 seasons. It's been nothing but great. Helps to have gear that has the slits in the back of the jacket to slide the tether to when adjusting your layers. I thought I'd hate it but it's been a pleasant surprise. I can leave the strap on the tree and my climber on the bottom of the tree to get in and out the next day super quietly. I've shimmied up a tree with deer underneath me before daylight and never spooked them.

I've been doing more blind hunting lately because I've been sneaking my son in with me so there might be something new and better out but I have no reason to look for anything else.
 
I tried to find a way to bring my son up the climbing tree stand, no safe way to do it, now we are using blind as well
 
With a climber, the only safe way to go from ground to hunting height is to use a rope style tree tether with a prussic knot. As you go up the tree, steadily move the tether up above you. You’re never disconnected from the tree.

With fixed stands, use a lifeline.

With hang and hunt set ups, employ a lineman belt in conjunction with the tree tether.

There’s literally zero excuse to not be hooked to the tree at all times from the moment you leave the ground until your return.

The vast majority of falls happen on climbing in and out. Leaving a strap at 22 feet then clipping in when you get there isn’t doing a bit of good when you fall on your second to last step and hit the ground from 18 feet up.


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With a climber, the only safe way to go from ground to hunting height is to use a rope style tree tether with a prussic knot. As you go up the tree, steadily move the tether up above you. You’re never disconnected from the tree.

With fixed stands, use a lifeline.

With hang and hunt set ups, employ a lineman belt in conjunction with the tree tether.

There’s literally zero excuse to not be hooked to the tree at all times from the moment you leave the ground until your return.

The vast majority of falls happen on climbing in and out. Leaving a strap at 22 feet then clipping in when you get there isn’t doing a bit of good when you fall on your second to last step and hit the ground from 18 feet up.


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Well said, totally agree
 
I'm not reading all this so sorry if it's been suggested, but I use the Dryad Killdeer for mobile hunts.

If you go the rock climbing harness route, just know the loops on them are not load bearing if you intend to use a linemans. I was going to get one and have a parachute repair shop sew loops on till I thought of how stupid that would be to save $20. Just buy this harness if you can swing it. It's what you need.

 
This is what you want:

 
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