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Old school!

That watching stuff gets crazy. I tried five throws the other day and missed the first five and when my neighbor showed up I nailed the very next one perfect. Of course as I had to draw the throw bag through another set of limbs to get it to the main crotch it got stuck. Which means I had to...

Same here... Mine came with a handle but I do not use it...seems to work better without.

I call that a Zorro. He does it with his bull whip... So does Indiana Jones

Used mine a few days ago to set a high pull line in an oak we took down. If the target crotch/limb is simple I'll try a few throws...sometimes throws are all I need. But if it starts getting ridiculous to keep throwing I'll get the APTA. It's consistently accurate.

Oak - nail...forwarder - hammer. Totally understandable.

First I have heard of using a plug with the apta. Cool idea. Scary story. No doubt there's a lot of power involved with the apta and with the Big Shot. And I'm sure the string if it wrapped around the wrong thing could amputate.

I think so. The FD got a new version of the lightweight air packs and retired the older ones. This is an earlier one but it holds more air than my larger scuba tanks that are aluminum and steel. And it is very lightweight compared to a SCUBA tank.

Portable air supply. It is a firefighters air pack tank, spun fiberglass, holds about 3,500 to 4, 000 psi as I remember it. I've got the tank mounted to an old scuba backpack so it's easy to haul to the tree as needed. It helps to have a son that's a firefighter.

Here are pictures of my APTA. Where I store it in my trailer, the bamboo ramrod I keep with it... I have lines drawn so that I know how deep it should go no matter which end of the ram rod I'm using... And I do not put any cloth in there, just the throw bag. You put the ring in first so the bag...

Ditto what DMC said. I still throw often but when it's a high tight shot, after three or four throws I'll just break down and get out the APTA. I also use the green laser when I can find it. I haven't gotten a permanent mount dedicated laser like Dave has but I think it's a great idea. I'll take...