[TowerTalk] wires in trees

[Jim White, K4OJ]

Dad used to wrap arrows with about a half dozen 16 penny common nails - 
the heads of the nails were side by side and then he would simply wrap 
black tape around their shafts to secure them to the arrow's shaft... 
made the arrow heavy enough that it would wanna pull the line through 
the tree as it fell and the heads of the common nails covered over the 
pointed tips...

Jim, K4OJ


Jim Jarvis wrote:
> Since there appears to be interest.... I use a 25lb compound
> bow to loft fiberglass fishing arrows, using a gametracker.
> (wa2sry and I think alike!). 
> 
> I replaced the tip of the fishing arrow with a hex headed 
> bolt.  It's heavier, and removes the possibility of drilling
> your arrow into a branch, and having it stay there for months.  
> Safer, too, if you have to pull it back and try again!  Bloody
> things come straight back at you.   
> 
> IMHO, crossbows are dangerous, and exert way too much power
> to be used in anything but remote areas.  If my 25 lb bow will
> put an arrow over 150' high trees....how can you need anything
> more?
> 
> What I do, though, is pull up 80lb monofilament with the 
> gametracker string...and use the mono to pull up the rope.
> Lighter monofilament would work, but will cut your hands.
> 80 is pretty workable.  
> 
> When I'm done with a pull, I discard both the used gametracker
> string and the monofilament.   Were you to use a spinning reel
> with the monofilament, you could improve on things.  
> 
> I also use a device designed to roll up extension cords, to 
> spool out the rope.  I keep 500' on the spool, put a brick on
> the base of the reel (home depot sells 'em), and can do the
> hoist single handed. 
> 
> OH...another tip....use electrical tape to smooth over your
> knots between lines.  I use a square knot, with long legs, and
> tape 'em up smoothly, so it'll go over branches in both directions.
> There's always ONE that's cranky, and you have to back up and yank
> a bit.
> 
> Like one guy said....I don't use pulleys or counterweights.  Instead,
> I plan to pull up a replacement line if it comes down.  That way, I can
> lay it over the very top of the tree.  I let a little slack in one of
> the hoist lines if there's a big blow coming. 
> 
> n2ea
> 
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