Aiders

[vdep217]

Ordered aiders from https://customamsteelproducts.com/collections/custom-stick-aiders got in 4 days easy to install but must take 1 step off.  I thought about making them but for 15 dollars each it wasn't worth it to me.  They make them for each type of stick I ordered the ones for the heluiums.

[BowhunterNJ]

Those look nice.  I always wonder how hard it will be when climbing down in the dark to locate those with a bulky winter hunting boot.  It looks pretty big, so maybe pretty easy but it's obviously not like a rigid metal step that's fixed in position/place.

[hammer4reel]

1 minute ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Those look nice.  I always wonder how hard it will be when climbing down in the dark to locate those with a bulky winter hunting boot.  It looks pretty big, so maybe pretty easy but it's obviously not like a rigid metal step that's fixed in position/place.

Plenty of guys fall when they  don’t release from your boot also.

I have used them going up where I put my foot in for the first step . Always bypassed it coming down .

as I get older I’m just adding another stick lol

[vdep217]

So far it dosnt seem to bad as they fo hang out from tree a bit

[VFL]

What’s the diameter on that Amsteel?

[BowhunterNJ]

15 minutes ago, hammer4reel said:

Plenty of guys fall when they  don’t release from your boot also.

I have used them going up where I put my foot in for the first step . Always bypassed it coming down .

as I get older I’m just adding another stick lol

also a good point, if you put your foot in so far as to pass through, that removal assist lug on the back of your boot might make it hard to get back out (i.e. it'll catch) and you have no way to reach down and undo it easily (especially as we get older).  Vito's a spry young buck, he probably climbs trees like a squirrel still

 

[VFL]

21 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Those look nice.  I always wonder how hard it will be when climbing down in the dark to locate those with a bulky winter hunting boot.  It looks pretty big, so maybe pretty easy but it's obviously not like a rigid metal step that's fixed in position/place.

I haven’t used one but if/when I do, I think it’ll only be on the first step so if I do go down, it’s close(r) to the ground. 

[BowhunterNJ]

Just now, VFL said:

I haven’t used one but if/when I do, I think it’ll only be on the first step so if I do go down, it’s close(r) to the ground. 

Yeah, that definitely limits the risk and lets you get a little extra elevation that way.

[vdep217]

19 minutes ago, VFL said:

What’s the diameter on that Amsteel?

1/8

 

17 minutes ago, BowhunterNJ said:

also a good point, if you put your foot in so far as to pass through, that removal assist lug on the back of your boot might make it hard to get back out (i.e. it'll catch) and you have no way to reach down and undo it easily (especially as we get older).  Vito's a spry young buck, he probably climbs trees like a squirrel still

 

35 still going strong but working smarter not harder any more.  Will only use ball of my boot to put in aider I'm gonna test them tomorrow 

[OMC]

I would end up in trouble 

I know my kid and his friends are using them I will just bring an extra stick.