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Originally Posted by Suzuki
Unless you hunt from an open stand and/or require the harness to lean out I question the need for one once in your stand. Your not going to fall then. You fall climbing in and out or on the way up or down.
The correct tool would be a safety line all the way up and down the tree. I know they sell them now because by brother uses one.
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If you are going up the tree with some form of step , screw in , strap on etc , safety lines are a good idea , I almost exclusively use a climber and I tie my safety harmess off to the tree before I go up and stay hooked up till I get back down , moving the strap as I go , as far as not needing a harness when in a stand , I have two friends that got life flighted the same night with exactly that mentality , one is in a wheel chair for the rest of his life , the others back is basically one steel rod and will never work again , any stand can break with you in it , anyone can slip in a tree stand , macho thinking about safety harnesses is going to eventually get you hurt
as far as the corect tool being a safety line , it is part of a correct set up , not " THE " correct set up