Hauling Hunting Equipment Into a Stand
- Do not climb with anything in your hands or on your back.
- Always use a haul line of heavy cord attached to your stand to bring up your bow, arrows, and pack or to lower them prior to climbing down from your stand.
- Before attaching the haul line, arrows should be secured in a quiver attached to your bow. The quiver should have a hood that covers the broadheads of the arrows.
- If hunting with a crossbow, cock the crossbow at the base of the tree or stand—but do not load an arrow—and then attach the haul line to the stock of the crossbow so that the haul line is away from the trigger with the crossbow pointed down.
- Slip the end of the haul line through your belt—leave it untied so that it can pull free if you fall. With your FAS on, secure yourself to the tree, and climb to your stand.
- Raise and lower all hunting equipment on the opposite side of the tree from your climbing route.
