The Coo's Bay cut is totally unconventional. It follows none of rules you ever learned about directional felling: limbs, spars or trees. Forget all that.
The Coos' Bay has no directional control. It's real worth in this work is in preventing massive woodpull and splitting.
For example, take...
"Now the limb could hit the ground and spring back butt first into the climber IF the distance from the ground to the limb is short enough to favor that scenario."
True that. But even if you're high enough to keep clear of that scenario a limb that hits tip first and bounces back to the trunk...
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