Knots - Hitches - Cow Hitch
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How to tie a Cow Hitch
![Cow Hitch Cow Hitch](../img/knots_cowhitch_002.jpg)
![Cow Hitch Cow Hitch](../img/knots_cowhitch_003.jpg)
Double a length of rope to form a bight. Pass this bight up through the ring or around the pole (from back to front). Make sure the bight is nice and wide and sits either side of the long ends that you are not using (standing parts)
![Cow Hitch Cow Hitch](../img/knots_cowhitch_004.jpg)
![Cow Hitch Cow Hitch](../img/knots_cowhitch_005.jpg)
Pull the standing parts up through the bight.
![Cow Hitch Cow Hitch](../img/knots_cowhitch_006.jpg)
![Cow Hitch Cow Hitch](../img/knots_cowhitch_007.jpg)
Pull tight.
How to tie a Pedigree Cow Hitch
![Cow Hitch Cow Hitch](../img/knots_cowhitch_008.jpg)
![Cow Hitch Cow Hitch](../img/knots_cowhitch_009.jpg)
If only one end of the rope is going to take some strain you can use a Pedigree Cow Hitch.
Repeat as above. Now take the end of the rope and pass it between the bight and the ring.
![Cow Hitch Cow Hitch](../img/knots_cowhitch_010.jpg)
![Cow Hitch Cow Hitch](../img/knots_cowhitch_011.jpg)
Pass it all the way through and then pull on the standing part to secure the knot.
![Cow Hitch Cow Hitch](../img/knots_cowhitch_012.jpg)
Buntline Hitch | Clinch Knot | Clove Hitch | Constrictor Hitch | Cow Hitch | Figure of 8 Hitch | Fisherman's Bend | Killick Hitch | Klemheist Knot |
Marlinspike Hitch | Pedigree Cow Hitch | Pile Hitch | Prusik Knot | Rolling Hitch | Round Turn and 2 Half Hitches | Sheepshank | Timber Hitch | Waggoner's Hitch |