I'm Dan Pickar with Easton's hunting journals today we're gonna learn how to
tie the sheet Bend the sheet Bend is a really useful knot used to simply
connect two ropes usually it works the best with two different size ropes this
knot could be used for tent lines if you have two odd pieces of rope and you need
to connect them to make one rope this is the knot you want to use so you take your big
end and you make a loop you don't have to have that much of a tag end you take
your small rope and you go up through the loop around the back side and then
back through tucked underneath your small rope and this also is very
important on how you tighten it down you have to be careful you don't want the
small rope to slide down over the big loop like that and tighten
otherwise you'll lose the integrity of the knot you got to keep that small rope
up top pull on that small rope just like that
this is my favorite knot and probably the most useful knot that you'll need to
know in the backcountry the main use of it is for tent lines down to tent stakes
and it's adjustable it's it doesn't slip it has many applications you can tie it
to your pack frame when you want to lash meat on your pack frame or you can use
it to hang quarters or whatever the case may be but you tie it around your object
and it won't slip and it's a very good all-purpose knot take your tag in go
around your tent stake or in this case a pole or tree whatever you're tying to cross
it over your mainline you make a loop to the inside wrap it around once wrap it
around twice come back over to your mainline go underneath and then back
through the loop you just made and be sure you tighten it down it kind of
looks like a three half hitch really but you tighten it down and then that knot
will grip your main tent line no matter how hard you pull it's not going to
slide on you but if you need to adjust the length of your line you can grab
onto the knot slide it down or opposite and shorten it and you're good to go
that's the taut line hitch
this is one of the most useful knots out there it's used to tie around object and
and cinch down and be secured you can use it to tie your tarp lines to your
tarp I use it all the time to hang quarters from a meat pole the more
pressure you have the tighter the knot will be around the object so you take
your tag in and you go around your object simply cross it over and tuck it
inside the loop come around the outside and tuck it and make a loop around your
main rope suck it down on your object without grip whatever you're tying to
whether it's a meat quarter or the your tarp eyelet or whatever it might be and
the tighter you pull the more that's going to grip it's really simple to
untie - since it's a sliding knot so you can unslide
and you're done
this knot can be used to tie around a pole to start a square lashing to start
any lashing for that matter and it can be used to grip a pole or a stake or
whatever you're tying it to and it won't slip alright you take your tag end of
your rope throw it over the rail that you're tying to usually a tree or
whatever we used to tie these a lot and Boy Scouts and we're setting up wall
tents to hold the walls up so you make your ex cross it over two wraps around
and then your tagging comes up from below and you tuck it through just like
that pull it tight this knot is strong if you want to pull it on the tag in if
you want to do in the middle of your rope or if you want to do it on your
object end it won't slip either way obviously slips a little bit on this
metal pole but it's a real secure knot it can be a little hard to untie unless
you tie it with a quick release now you tie it the same way two wraps around
make your ex a little more here and then you tuck your tag end through leave it
like that tie up your wall tent and you leave that
all weekend it's real cold out and come back to untie it and all you have to do
is pull down on your tag in and it's untied
now this knot is used to bind an object with two ropes around it it's very
simple as you tie it and take to tag ends and it's right over left left over
right you simply take the right side left side cross over the right tuck it
through and you have the square now and you can tell us a square knot we're
going to loosen up like this this knot can be overused it's not a
safe knot under pressure so you don't want to put anybody's life
on the line with this knot but you know it's a square knot when both tag ends
are on top
I don't use this not too often in the back country but it's a very important
knot and an absolute necessary knot to know how to tie if you're ever in a
rescue situation or need to tie a loop that's fixed around something you take
your rope put it around your waist the tag end should be in your right hand the
object that you're going to tie off to is in your left hand to make a simple
loop with the rope on the underneath side going to your object just like this
and this is the simple way to remember it and how I was taught how to do it when I
was a young kid the tag in is your rabbit so you go up the hole around the
tree and back in the hole and then make sure you pull on all of the ends evenly
and tighten it evenly otherwise you can mess up the knot and the knot should
look like this and once again this is used as a rescue loop around my waist
like this if you need to hoist somebody up out of something whether it's a
person or a pet or you could also make a fixed loop and throw it around a horse's
neck and this isn't going to slide down on them so anytime you need to tie a
fixed loop the bowline is the knot to do it
today we are gonna learn how to tie the hichy knot or how to tie your horse to a
hitching rail if you're coming on a hunt out west and you really want to impress
your guide know how to tie your horse up to a tree that way he doesn't have to
babysit ya when you're out hunting first off how do you lead your horse and how
do you carry the lead rope the first thing you might want to do is coil it up
and carry your lead rope like that as you're leading your horse that is in
fact really dangerous if that horse pulls back you can get your finger caught
that's how you lose a finger so you do not want to make coils in your lead rope
and lead your horse like that that's a no-no you always want to take your lead
rope and put it in a bunch like that so if you're hiking down the trail and that
horse pulls back it just pulls out of your hand and you don't lose your
fingers this is a really simple knot it's basically a slip knot so let's cut
to the chase all right so you just got off your horse say you have some elk
spotted you got to tie your horse up come up to your tree make a wrap around
from right to left take your tag in and go underneath the both pull up through
suck that down tight cool insurance in there if you got a wily
horse time high and tight that way they won't put their front leg or get
themselves in trouble with their lead rope and you'll come back to a safe and
happy horse it's a quick release it's simple it's easy and you're done