API Outdoors Bowhunter - Page 15

ATTENTION!! WHEN YOU SEE A “ WARNING!” BE SURE TO HEED THE MESSAGE!
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THESE MESSAGES CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!!
READ THIS MANUAL IN ITS ENTIRETY PRIOR TO USING THIS PRODUCT(S).
This instruction manual complies with the Treestand Manufacturers Association’s TMS 04 - Standard Practice for Treestand Instructions and TMS 02 - Standard Test Method for Treestand Fall Arrest Systems.
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STEP 3. NOTE: For ease of entrance onto the climbing stand, it is recommended that you rotate the seating
platform 45-degrees from the standing platform as shown in Figure 4. This practice allows
the user to step up onto the standing platform and gently rotate the seating platform
around while stepping over it and into the climbing treestand.
WARNING! NEVER use the last hole of the climbing cable on your climbing treestand.
NEVER drill additional holes near end of climbing cable. Failure to follow these instructions
may result in serious injury or death!
NOTE: 
gradual narrowing of the tree. To compensate for this gradual narrowing, you must tilt
both the standing and seating platforms slightly, in an upward direction to compensate

manner at ground-level, once you reach your desired climbing height, your stand will be

WARNING!           
Additionally, NEVER attempt to level your standing and/or seating platform at heights above the
ground. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury or death!
STEP 4. 
into account the gradual narrowing of the tree as shown in Figure 1, you’re now ready to
install the connector rope. Tightly secure the connector rope from the standing platform
NOTE: 
length between the standing platform and seating platform as shown in Figure 5.
WARNING!                
UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES should you operate this treestand without this rope connected as outlined in this Instruction Manual.
Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious injury or death!
STEP 5. With your full-body fall arrest harness donned as previously outlined, attach the tether/tree belt as high up the tree

WARNING! When hunting from a treestand falls can occur any time after leaving the ground causing injury or death.
Always wear your
 
all times after leaving the ground while using climbing treestands. If you are not wearing your full-body harness properly
attached to the tree that is protecting you from a fall, do not leave the ground. Failure to follow these instructions may result
in serious injury or death!
STEP 6.
onto the standing platform. With your weight centered in the middle of the standing platform, slowly reach down and

platform.
STEP 7. With your weight centered on the standing platform, slide your left foot

over your boot heel as shown in Figure 6, see page 14 for detailed instructions. With
both your feet secured in the foot straps, grasp the seating platform (by the padded


          
.
WARNING! DO NOT bounce or jump on any portion of the climbing treestand in
an attempt to seat it to the tree. Failure to follow these instructions may result in
serious injury or death!
STEP 8 (for model GCL205-A [Bowhunter]). While supporting your weight on the
seating platform, turn feet downward slightly to free the standing platform from
the tree. 

             
. (See Fig. 8A)
STEP 8 (for models GCL300-A, GCL303-A, GCL305-A, GCL405-A). Gently sit down
With
all your weight on the climbing seat of the seating platform, turn feet downward
slightly to free the standing platform from the tree.    
up a comfortable distance (typically about 8” (20 cm) to 10” (25 cm)). Engage the



STEP 9. 
underneath you and in the foot straps, stand up. Slide the full-body fall arrest
harness tether/tree belt up the tree as far as possible as shown in Figure 9. With your
full-body fall arrest tether/tree belt raised, gently lift the seating platform up the
same distance as you previously raised the standing platform (typically about 8” (20 cm) to 10” (25 cm)).
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Snap Pin
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