I agree except for the part about not selling many. There is a limitless supply of hunters dropping big dollars on hunting gear. Look at the performance hunting gear clothes and packs. A grand doesn’t seem like much when you compare that to what you pay for big ticket stuff
Yea!!
The more you spend the more likelihood of success right?
I hear so many guys say they can shoot 360... I found I couldn't even shoot 180 out of a saddle. I couldn't get steady swinging around the tree, with the tether yanking me back to the side, and then the stupid bridge gets in the way of your draw elbow half the time.
I've had people tell me it's not possible to shoot 360... So I climb up a tree and have had a couple people put a target wherever they wanted and I'd shoot it. It's kind of a fun game!
I'm going into year 3 in a saddle and it's absolutely a learning experience. One step forward, one step back, eventually I'll get the hang of it. For someone that doesn't get out nearly as much as I want to because of family responsibilities, it's hard coming from a Summit climber making the adjustment. But, ultimately, it's lighter and can get me in more trees. One day I'll get all of the adjustments to where I'm comfortable, but up to now it's been a lot of powering through discomfort. I will say, a good set of knee pads is a nice addition to be able to rest against the tree and not beat your legs up.
My saddle is a tethrd Phantom. I got the backrest and that helps a lot with comfort. I will usually pull it out if I'm sitting for more than 3 hours! It's similar to hunting in any stand. You have to adjust once in awhile to stay comfortable.
I have the same saddle and just picked up the back band (one more thing to figure out...). Somehow like an idiot I just discovered this summer how to adjust the bridge. Talk about a freaking light bulb going off. For the life of me I hadn't been able to figure out how guys could have the tree attachment at chest height because the bridge required me to have it so high otherwise I couldn't maintain tension. 100% in agreement - any time in the tree is good time, even just 20 minutes to sort out where you want things to be.
With 4 of the hawk helium 20" climbing sticks, I can get up to about 16'. I can go higher if I stretch it. But most of what I hunt is between 12-16ft. Much higher and I'm up into more limbs and I don't want to deal with that. I've hunted as low as 8'. I shot my buck a couple of years ago out of a stand hung at 7-8ft. It's all that the spot allowed but worked well. Shot the buck at 10 yards!I have the same saddle and just picked up the back band (one more thing to figure out...). Somehow like an idiot I just discovered this summer how to adjust the bridge. Talk about a freaking light bulb going off. For the life of me I hadn't been able to figure out how guys could have the tree attachment at chest height because the bridge required me to have it so high otherwise I couldn't maintain tension. 100% in agreement - any time in the tree is good time, even just 20 minutes to sort out where you want things to be.
The steps are another thing to figure out (part of what I loved about climbers is you hook the top/bottom on, attach to the tree, and away you go). I have a short 4 piece set of sticks with an aider on the bottom step and don't feel like I get quite high enough, but also don't really trust aiders on the rest of the steps. Plus each new attachment (step) is another place to go wrong. It always feels like it takes 3x the time it should and I'm getting 5x sweatier than I would in a climber but 80% of that is flop sweat from berating myself about how bad I am at the whole thing. Man, do I have issues
Why is the caption blacked out on the knee pads?
