Safest way to get a rifle up a high seat?

[Bavarianbrit]

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I climb up most with the rifle in front of me. Strap across back. Haven’t really thought about it just seemed the easiest at the time.

Yeel ne gaetta me goin uppa dat ding.

 

[Dunwaters]

That’s far too posh! This is a kids plastic seat at the top of window cleaners ladder …

Then you may need to invest in some extra gear.



But my honest opinion is that only you can answer your own question.
We don't know how fit or limber you are, whether or not you get vertigo, what your rifle is or what it weighs, what sling you have on it and a round dozen other contributory factors.
What I can tell you is that if you fall from 15’ you should survive, you may not enjoy it and it could cause injuries and damage to your equipment but you should survive to learn from the experience.
I hope this helps with your risk evaluation.

 

[Freeforester]

We now have a new high seat which is very high, seat bit is 5M up due to terrain.

Im trying to think of the safest way to get a rifle up there, in the dark, which making as little noise as possible, without dropping or me falling off.

Perhaps a rope is the best option? If so how would you attach the rifle?

Have a drone fitted.

 

[Plitts]

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I climb up most with the rifle in front of me. Strap across back. Haven’t really thought about it just seemed the easiest at the time.

I think i would like to be clipped onto something to climb up that !!

 

[Freeforester]

BLIMEY !!!

A man’s massive erection is private and personal, and generally speaking it is best to confine one’s thoughts to oneself upon catching sight of it….

 

[pob]

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I climb up most with the rifle in front of me. Strap across back. Haven’t really thought about it just seemed the easiest at the time.

Please tell me that you roost shoot from that.

 

[long_range_rob]

Sling over right shoulder but with rifle in front and muzzle up. This gives you control over the muzzle as you climb so as not to clank and clunk the ladder on the way up. Goes without saying that the chamber is empty until securely in the seat.

 

[Covert]

Carry in a slip, buckle up, across my back.
Especially when getting into a seat on a dark morning.
Slip also good for sitting on for comfort and helps stops you from getting cold.

 

[JockStalk]

If you can train your bearer to climb up to you without spilling the G&T, he’ll be fine with an unloaded rifle.

 

[John Doe]

5m is very high, does it really need to be that high? Pretty hard to justify from a risk assessment point of view in my opinion.

 

[Camelfarm]

I think i would like to be clipped onto something to climb up that !!

The riggers I work with daily climb to that height and much, much further and every tower either has integral fall-arrest system (Latchway very common) or they climb with a harness and lanyards.

In 20 years in the industry the only fatal fall I have witnessed happened from a height of 1.5m

 

[Farmer_J]

Please tell me that you roost shoot from that.

I haven’t personally, but yes I believe they do use it for roost shooting!

 

[Farmer_J]

Sling over right shoulder but with rifle in front and muzzle up. This gives you control over the muzzle as you climb so as not to clank and clunk the ladder on the way up. Goes without saying that the chamber is empty until securely in the seat.

Exactly how I do it.

 

[Pete6.5]

The high seat from the beginning of this thread sounds to dodgee for 5 m. On one estate I know the owner cut the arm of a crane and set it in 2 ton of concrete. I wouldn't want to guess how high. It's set at a angle so easy climbing but I went up once and came down and said never again. (I'm not normally scared of heights with work I regularly work on scaffold and am regularly on 3 story house roofs)

 

[Chikentikka]

one leg above the other and do the same with your hands...

 

[sy247]

It’s completely stable, the pirouette at the top is tricky hence thoughts of a rope

I've used these types of seats and I know exactly what you mean. For a 5m climb I would haul it up on a rope / paracord

 

[John Gryphon]

I remember when we did a climb in NZ for nine hours from river to base camp, it was steeper and far more dangerous than climbing a 5m ladder. We pulled ourselves up with both hands,faark me it was tough going lol.
My rifle was on my back, there was no other option.

 

[sy247]

I remember when we did a climb in NZ for nine hours from river to base camp, it was steeper and far more dangerous than climbing a 5m ladder. We pulled ourselves up with both hands,faark me it was tough going lol.
My rifle was on my back, there was no other option.

I've been watching an Amazon Prime series about hunting in NZ. Incredible scenery, looks like amazing hunting and wilderness camping.

 

[Dorsetrifle04]

I've been watching an Amazon Prime series about hunting in NZ. Incredible scenery, looks like amazing hunting and wilderness camping.

What's it called?

 

[John Gryphon]

Incredible scenery, looks like amazing hunting and wilderness camping.

Its a must do if ye have the legs and have the hunting urge and want to do it the trad way without a lift up the mount with a chopper.