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I keep reading about carrying ratchet pruners and I have two questions:
1. Is there an advantage to the ratchet system? (I've never used one)
2. Get bypass or anvil style? (if that's an option)
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I bet they make a little noise, not good. I simply keep a fiskars bypass in my vest.
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Florian ratchet, which are anvil style, are good. They're not noisy. If too spendy check Fiskars.
I used to carry them before I got a better idea about what spooks gobblers. They are handy for bow hunting off the ground, though.
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Florian ratchet, which are anvil style, are good. They're not noisy. If too spendy check Fiskars.
I used to carry them before I got a better idea about what spooks gobblers. They are handy for bow hunting off the ground, though. florian r good pruners...also chk out ezcut almost indestructible
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Florian ratchet, which are anvil style, are good. They're not noisy. If too spendy check Fiskars.
I used to carry them before I got a better idea about what spooks gobblers. They are handy for bow hunting off the ground, though. What spooks gobblers?
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EZkut guarantee the best in industry. Sent a pair back years ago to get blades sharpened and in few days got a new pair in mail. Never broke a pair and have gut some logs with them. Remember turkey hunting sitting behind a barb wire fence and had took my shears and cut some limbs to conceal me, and 2 gobblers heard me and just as I was rolling back in my seat, they crossed to my right about 5 yards, went under that fence and out into the pasture looking for that hen they thought they heard. Got out there about 25 yds and thought they had separated....well, I picked out the longest beard and BOOM....shot and killed both of them! Bad mistake, but got out of there with one at a time and didn't get caught.
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EZkut guarantee the best in industry. Sent a pair back years ago to get blades sharpened and in few days got a new pair in mail. Never broke a pair and have gut some logs with them. Remember turkey hunting sitting behind a barb wire fence and had took my shears and cut some limbs to conceal me, and 2 gobblers heard me and just as I was rolling back in my seat, they crossed to my right about 5 yards, went under that fence and out into the pasture looking for that hen they thought they heard. Got out there about 25 yds and thought they had separated....well, I picked out the longest beard and BOOM....shot and killed both of them! Bad mistake, but got out of there with one at a time and didn't get caught. And people wonder why the game warden shows up!! 
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I'm a big fan of ratcheting pvc pipe cutters, but haven't used them on trees.
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I purchased the Garrett Wade hand ratchet-pruner. Great tool. While cutting multi-flora bushes in a fence line wasn't watching what I was doing and cut into a barbed wire a few times. Ordered not one, but four extra blades for just in case. https://garrettwade.com/product/rat...f57XHjbA6QdmRuCBalIg8YXS0OUaAhPDEALw_wcB
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EZkut guarantee the best in industry. Or near the best, I'm a fan of their cutters, and I've broken their stuff over the years from cutting bigger limbs than I probably should have. The rep at the Great American Outdoors Show has never failed to replace them, or anybody else I've sent his way.
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Much easier on thicker branches. It ain’t a saw tho.
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