1.) Swamp Fox - 04/10/2015

This is the place for random or detailed discussion.

Piggyback off this thread if you'd like


[url]http://forums.huntingcountry.com/forums/showthread.php?1262-Take-A-Look-At-This-Stand-Mod-and-Tell-Me-What-you-Think[/url]


or post your unrelated, new and/or most fascinationg thoughts and ideas here.

2.) Swamp Fox - 04/10/2015

One little trick I came up with while replacing treestand cables before they rust through and kill me:

When using chain as the replacement material, leave two or three extra links available on at least one end (you can pad them or rubber dip for quiet if you want).

The extra links allow you (with tools) to get that stand in a leaning tree---even a severely leaning tree---as long as you have the time to make the adjustment. Assuming you hang some of your sets long before you hunt them, this puts some adjustable treestands in your arsenal as you do routine maintenance to your stand collection over time.

3.) Deerminator - 04/10/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;31139]One little trick I came up with while replacing treestand cables before they rust through and kill me:

When using chain as the replacement material, leave two or three extra links available on at least one end (you can pad them or rubber dip for quiet if you want).

The extra links allow you (with tools) to get that stand in a leaning tree---even a severely leaning tree---as long as you have the time to make the adjustment. Assuming you hang some of your sets long before you hunt them, this puts some adjustable treestands in your arsenal as you do routine maintenance to your stand collection over time.[/QUOTE]

EXcellent:tu:

4.) Swamp Fox - 04/15/2015

I wonder what Luv2 thinks of this stand...Misses his 12 # weight goal by a pound, but otherwise I think it checks off all his other boxes...



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5.) bluecat - 04/15/2015

That looks nice.

6.) Swamp Fox - 04/15/2015

Plus it's extreme so you know it's really cool...


:bang:


:wink

7.) crookedeye - 04/15/2015

there made by communist.. there made by the old owner of lonewolf... andre the scorpion adiquesto..i'm sure there a good stand..heck its gotta be better than my 120 dollar gorilla stand I had up for 10 years..

8.) Swamp Fox - 04/15/2015

LOL...

I have a bunch of $50 Remington stands and $90 Gorillas. I like them fine, not that you get deluxe cushions or low weight... blah, blah, blah.

If the platform's big enough and a few other things line up (decent seat, minimum 21-inch seat height) I'll pay a good bit extra for a stand to carry in and out, especially if the weight gets down in this 13 # neighborhood. But at least for now, I'm not in the carrying in and out business, except in special cases.

This platform's too small for me to run out and yell "Shut up and take my money!" for bowhunting, but I appreciate the effort. :wink

9.) crookedeye - 04/15/2015

my silverback I had up in the tree for at least 10 years now was dead silent.. I have lonewolfs that I don't like to leave up in the tree for extended periods of time...the lone wolfs are a little smaller but you cannot get a better stand .

10.) crookedeye - 04/15/2015

there to expensive to leave up there..i bought the muddy seat for my alpha fix stand ..

11.) crookedeye - 04/15/2015

you read that on archery talk , didn't you you trader??? lol...

12.) Swamp Fox - 04/15/2015

That's what I'd do...Remember the old Brett Favre commercials? LOL

13.) Swamp Fox - 04/15/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;31234]you read that on archery talk , didn't you you trader??? lol...[/QUOTE]


LOL...I read the archery websites so you all don't have to...:-)


And also to have something to talk about around here....:wink

14.) crookedeye - 04/15/2015

I started using my lonewolf sit and climb from 2003...I've been through so many seats, and I finally went back to the lonewolf little camo sling seat..

15.) crookedeye - 04/15/2015

what about smoked brautwurst??? and ham and beans??

16.) crookedeye - 04/15/2015

lonewolf of 2003..i made a typing area..

17.) Swamp Fox - 04/15/2015

I'm talking about the commercials where Brettt goes around giving advice to people doing stuff about how he'd do it differently...

"I would have..."

I loved them. Can't find them on youtube.

18.) crookedeye - 04/15/2015

I wonder if billy made dadgum good macoronia and cheese on the smoker??

19.) Swamp Fox - 04/15/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;31238]what about smoked brautwurst??? and ham and beans??[/QUOTE]

Good choices, but check Grandpa Richard's thread where he goes to the dentist first...:-)

20.) Swamp Fox - 04/15/2015

I would like to find replacement seats or someone who will make them for Loggy Bayous. I need one or two sling seats and one of the big comfy cushion type.

21.) Swamp Fox - 04/16/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;31241]I wonder if billy made dadgum good macoronia and cheese on the smoker??[/QUOTE]


I bet he did, at least once, but he won't say so. He won't even respond to my real BBQ vs. barbequed beef comment....:wink

22.) crookedeye - 04/16/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;31243]I would like to find replacement seats or someone who will make them for Loggy Bayous. I need one or two sling seats and one of the big comfy cushion type.[/QUOTE]

I bought the summit seat for my lonewolf seat and climb...its to cumbersome to screw around with..it works great for it when you have a tree picked out...

how did that little slinge seat I sent you work out??

23.) crookedeye - 04/16/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;31244]I bet he did, at least once, but he won't say so. He won't even respond to my real BBQ vs. barbequed beef comment....:wink[/QUOTE]

you no how them guys from texas are....if they don't have Mr smittys barbeque its not barbeque....

24.) Swamp Fox - 04/16/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;31233]there to expensive to leave up there..i bought the muddy seat for my alpha fix stand ..[/QUOTE]


The Muddy seat is an excellent replacement. I like the fat Gorilla seats but the Muddys are much better, plus you can still get them, LOL.

25.) Swamp Fox - 04/16/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;31245]I bought the summit seat for my lonewolf seat and climb...its to cumbersome to screw around with..it works great for it when you have a tree picked out...

how did that little slinge seat I sent you work out??[/QUOTE]


It works fine on a little ground seat set-up I came up with. I think it didn't work for the first thing I wanted it for (I don't remember why or even what it was, except I know it was a treestand) but I came up with something different and put it to use. :tu:

26.) Swamp Fox - 04/16/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;31246]you no how them guys from texas are....if they don't have Mr smittys barbeque its not barbeque....[/QUOTE]


I bet it was a real fight between Billy and that prickly pear to figure out who was more prickly....:wink


:-)

27.) crookedeye - 04/16/2015

that's one thing about Texans....you don't question them about barbequeing...they will cut you...

28.) crookedeye - 04/16/2015

you get a Texan and a minasotian...its the battle of gettysburge all over again.

29.) Swamp Fox - 04/16/2015

Yeah, yeah, yeah...Remember to rent from Alamo...


:fire:

30.) crookedeye - 04/16/2015

what is the history of Alamo??? was it really 5000 Mexicans and jim bowa and Davey crokett??do we really no what are history taught us?

31.) crookedeye - 04/16/2015

sure its good to no that 12 americans took on 5000 Mexicans..but what really happen?? what about Custer and his last stand?? what really happen?

no one will ever no...

32.) crookedeye - 04/16/2015

are government has been telling us all lies.. what the ****** do they no?

33.) crookedeye - 04/16/2015

if you guys see me on the news in some old indian bury ground with a metal detactor..it s only because I what to study history...

34.) Swamp Fox - 04/16/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;31253]what is the history of Alamo??? was it really 5000 Mexicans and jim bowa and Davey crokett??do we really no what are history taught us?[/QUOTE]

LOL...

I think it's safe to say Disney got a few things wrong...I mean, think of Bambi....



[url]http://www.mysanantonio.com/alamo/article/Myths-surround-Alamo-history-1039374.php[/url]



There's an Alamo or Texas Independence series on cable this spring....Looks like it could be good. Not sure it will get you a PhD in history, though...LOL...Lots of explosions and saber charges, though...:grin:


Ten Podunk Points for anyone who posts history facts about The Yellow Rose of Texas without looking at the link above ....

35.) Swamp Fox - 04/16/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;31256]if you guys see me on the news in some old indian bury ground with a metal detactor..it s only because I what to study history...[/QUOTE]


:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:


Go for it, CE!

I hope you find Custer's hat, too!


:dig:


:beer:

36.) Swamp Fox - 04/16/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;31249]I bet it was a real fight between Billy and that prickly pear to figure out who was more prickly....:wink


:-)[/QUOTE]


Speaking of prickly pears, Shiner is now offering a sixpack of Prickly Pear...I am no longer forced into half-year seasonal abstinences and nit-picking through variety packs (if I play my cards right and don't drink them all in season)...