Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: Fairchild #17]
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11/17/19 06:10 PM
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I hunted from one all year. Some times just standing on the top step of my sticks, and sometimes out of a traditional hang on stand. Even in a traditional stand I spend the majority of the time leaning into the saddle or sitting in it. It's just more comfortable that sitting in most stands. Now it doesn't compare to a summit seat or M100 seat, but it beats almost everything else. Safety factor and your ability to shoot while leaning into the saddle make it worth the purchase alone. I bought a Tethrd Mantis and made my own rope rigs with 8mm Oplux climbing rope. Small diameter and ultra strong. I'm looking at the Terhrd Mantis and the Aero Kestrel.
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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11/17/19 10:11 PM
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I wear the saddle and carry just one lone wolf stick. Google the "one stick method". If you are in descent shape it is the way to go. Sometimes I'll pack the saddle in a back pack and strap a single stick to the outside of it. I'll still hunt with minimal carry weight, and if I see sign I want to hunt that night I'll climb and hunt right there. You can literally forget you're carrying your gear it's so lite. The saddle weighs under a pound and the stick is around 2.5lb. Ropes and carabiners......maybe 4.5-5 pounds for the entire package you need to hunt (saddle, ropes, hardware, stick)
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: jbyrd63]
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11/17/19 11:57 PM
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LOL , I have never tried one but speaking as someone with back issues that would cripple most folks. Not to mention be terrible for your cirrculation. This is false. When set up right, people with back issues have been able to sit for hours in comfort where as not so long in a tree stand.
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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11/18/19 12:33 AM
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LOL , I have never tried one but speaking as someone with back issues that would cripple most folks. Not to mention be terrible for your cirrculation. This is false. When set up right, people with back issues have been able to sit for hours in comfort where as not so long in a tree stand. Ok so you have back problems? You have sit in one of these for hours? If a person has my back issues they would be lucky to sit in a lazy boy recliner for HOURS !!! I call BS and have never seen one !!!!! I'm sure if someone said it hurt their back you would say "it's not set up right"
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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11/18/19 12:43 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lKPj1H_0RQJust watched this video on using a saddle and first climbing the tree.. NO WAY IN hadeas that anyone with back issues can even get up a tree using this method. Besides that what are you standing on ??? ALL the vids I watch they are carrying a little platform....
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: jbyrd63]
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11/18/19 01:18 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lKPj1H_0RQJust watched this video on using a saddle and first climbing the tree.. NO WAY IN hadeas that anyone with back issues can even get up a tree using this method. Besides that what are you standing on ??? ALL the vids I watch they are carrying a little platform.... They're for the mobile hunter, which you are not.
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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11/18/19 01:54 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lKPj1H_0RQJust watched this video on using a saddle and first climbing the tree.. NO WAY IN hadeas that anyone with back issues can even get up a tree using this method. Besides that what are you standing on ??? ALL the vids I watch they are carrying a little platform.... They're for the mobile hunter, which you are not. Yep, great for people who can.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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11/18/19 06:06 AM
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That thing is just a glorified bosun's chair. Riggers and sailors have been using them forever.
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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11/18/19 05:38 PM
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I've been trying one this year. I made my own because I already had a harness. Plenty of info on saddle hunter forum for those that want to go that route. Benefits - very light, quiet, safety, only owning one "tree stand" instead of ten, no theft issues, essentially can be used in any tree rather than finding one that works for your stand, shoot 360 degrees, comfortable Downsides - Learning curve, takes 5-10 minutes to be up in tree, if you plan to be up there over 3 hours you will want the platform or a good branch to stand on, some hip pinch in long sits (again mine is homemade, can't speak for the real ones)
The manufactured ones would be better while climbing up the tree as they have loops for the lineman rope. I will probably build or buy a platform before next year.
I would become a ground hunter before I would go back to stand hunting after using this set up. Happy hunting!
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: Chuckles84]
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11/18/19 09:01 PM
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Seems like a whole lot of screwing around with gizmos and gadgets.
Just get a 7 gallon bucket with a padded lid and sit at the base of a tree.
They lost me at the 1st 30 seconds.
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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11/18/19 10:17 PM
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Mostly I just sit on the ground against a big tree. I can see how the concept of the saddle would be nice. Maybe one of those Eno hammock style seats. Not a hammock, but they make one that's like a seat you can lean back in. Attach it to a tree limb or leaning tree. In that saddle, I'd be afraid I'd fall asleep and be hanging possum style???
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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11/18/19 10:28 PM
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I will stick with my Summit thank you. A heck of a lot simpler! Heck, my old Tree Lounge stands are heavier but simpler than the saddle set up too.
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Re: Ditching tree stand.
[Re: Scout1]
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11/19/19 07:22 AM
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Mostly I just sit on the ground against a big tree. I can see how the concept of the saddle would be nice. Maybe one of those Eno hammock style seats. Not a hammock, but they make one that's like a seat you can lean back in. Attach it to a tree limb or leaning tree. In that saddle, I'd be afraid I'd fall asleep and be hanging possum style??? I dont think youll be handing upside down unless you let out too much rope on your harness.
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