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<blockquote data-quote="geocodyrgia" data-source="post: 1644667" data-attributes="member: 98212"><p>With my single line suspension setup I can go between trees up to 50' apart and slide my tarp anywhere along the ridgeline. I use amsteel for my line and it has worked well. I use polyester straps of at least 1" width to go around the trees a couple times to go easy on the bark with a descending ring tied on a loop. I take my amsteel ridgeline up trough one side, down through the other and to the other side of my hammock (with an adjustable ridgeline between ends of the hammock to control the amount of sag) and that gives me my hammock suspension and tarp ridgeline all in one with the bonus of pulling my tarp more taught when I get into the hammock instead of causing it to sag. I hammock camp with the scouts pretty regularly, but would imagine it would work well for hunting as well as long as you had timber available that wasn't too thick. That said, I use a military patrol bag with the old woodland camo bivy and keep a down blanket in there so I can just throw it on the ground and sleep on top of everything with a blanket , with sleeping bag and blanket, or whatever combination works. It's not the lightest setup but it works for me and I'm not like most of the other Scout hikers always searching for a sub-20 lb pack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geocodyrgia, post: 1644667, member: 98212"] With my single line suspension setup I can go between trees up to 50’ apart and slide my tarp anywhere along the ridgeline. I use amsteel for my line and it has worked well. I use polyester straps of at least 1” width to go around the trees a couple times to go easy on the bark with a descending ring tied on a loop. I take my amsteel ridgeline up trough one side, down through the other and to the other side of my hammock (with an adjustable ridgeline between ends of the hammock to control the amount of sag) and that gives me my hammock suspension and tarp ridgeline all in one with the bonus of pulling my tarp more taught when I get into the hammock instead of causing it to sag. I hammock camp with the scouts pretty regularly, but would imagine it would work well for hunting as well as long as you had timber available that wasn’t too thick. That said, I use a military patrol bag with the old woodland camo bivy and keep a down blanket in there so I can just throw it on the ground and sleep on top of everything with a blanket , with sleeping bag and blanket, or whatever combination works. It’s not the lightest setup but it works for me and I’m not like most of the other Scout hikers always searching for a sub-20 lb pack. [/QUOTE]
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