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I have different length slings so I can usually grab one that's the right length. I can also connect two together and/or take two wraps on the limb. When there's no fork or nub big enough to prevent slipping, I'll usually wrap the rope twice. On that particular cut there's a nub that you can see...

I've never one handed a saw in my life, Burnham. At least not that I'll admit. ;)

treevet, it's an oak. We call them laurel oaks here. Also, make note in the first picture how the carabiners are positioned. They are laying flat on the log and the orientation is such that the load will be on the spine of the carabiner, not on the gate side. In the second picture you can see...

I have a half dozen slings of different lengths that I made up and keep hanging in my bucket, along with a couple loop runners. The slings are spliced at both ends and have steel rigging carabiners on each end. The loop runners have a single steel captive eye biner girth hitched. I use the...