Thread: What rope and knots do you use when hunting

larks head...yip we use it all the time to close top of pikau.....a clove hitch is very similar except both loops are in same direction.... reef knot...figure 8 in a bite if I can be bothered or more usually just a overhand/granny knot on doubled over rope to form loop.
M10 or Bunnings sometimes have a hank of para cord cheap.
ive used a overhand knot with lots of turns...6-8 on doubled over rope when towing...by using lots of turns it gets grip WITHOUT getting super tight so you can get it undone again.

Originally Posted by Frogfeatures

What for ?
Hang a tent fly, or hammock ?
I use the truckers hitch for most things

Both and just sticky situations. Thought I should take a decent coil just in case. One of those light weight life saving sort of equipment.

Originally Posted by Tommy

Paracord: light, cheap, strong. Learn a few basic knots and they can do most stuff. Reef knot, Bowline, and a couple of different hitches (clove, log and half hitch). The trucker type knot is very handy for a force multiplied tensioning of line. I loved scouts, lashing was an art form. Then I got more into lashing the poonani so to speak, and out it went.

Yes. It has an interesting effect that. Once the genie is out of the bottle life is not the same.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

larks head...yip we use it all the time to close top of pikau.....a clove hitch is very similar except both loops are in same direction.... reef knot...figure 8 in a bite if I can be bothered or more usually just a overhand/granny knot on doubled over rope to form loop.
M10 or Bunnings sometimes have a hank of para cord cheap.
ive used a overhand knot with lots of turns...6-8 on doubled over rope when towing...by using lots of turns it gets grip WITHOUT getting super tight so you can get it undone again.

That's good to know. I need to be able to undo it!