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Finally trying to Saddle hunt!

Holt

Holt

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Hi everyone, new to this site and wanted to introduce my self. I live and hunt in Maryland. Been hunting for a little over 25 years with the bow. So for the last 5-6 years I have been wanting to use a saddle to hunt. So this year I decided I'm going for it! I started doing some research, and found this site right away. The knowledge here is great and has been able to answer almost all questions I was looking for.

For saddle setup, I decided to use my HSS ultra lite harness for now for safety and I got a Sit and Drag. I built a rope bridge, linesman belt, and tree tether out of a new safe line kit for hang on stands. Got a 35' safe line on sale last winter at cabelas for $13, its 1/2" line but does the trick. I also plan on using a small platform that I pieced together from a hang on stand seat and a 12" cut off piece of Lone wolf stick. The setup so far is really solid and I feel comfortable in it. I started shooting my bow out of it at about 6 feet up just to get use to it. I'm going to need a lot of practice!

Looking forward to using a saddle this season and sharing my adventures and talking with you guys!
 
I'll tell you, I bought the guidos web early in the summer so that I could get used to it before season....never used it that season.
Kept working with it and reading (on this site) and learning.
The next season, I used it 8 - 10x.
The next season, I sold my summit and went 100% saddle.
Now, I DON'T LOOK BACK, even when I go into a sporting goods store and see the aisle with stands, I turn and walk in another direction.

Good luck with the sit drag, (I have one of those also) and your saddle hunting experience.
STAY SAFE!
 
I went the same route as you. I wanted to try a saddle without much money. I had been using a rc harness In my tree stands for years. I bought a sitdrag and some rope and started hunting. I was going to buy a new tribe but this works great. I dropped the rc harness after the first year and am using a lineman belt from Ernie
Continually tinkering to find the perfect set for me.

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ImThere said:
I went the same route as you. I wanted to try a saddle without much money. I had been using a rc harness In my tree stands for years. I bought a sitdrag and some rope and started hunting. I was going to buy a new tribe but this works great. I dropped the rc harness after the first year and am using a lineman belt from Ernie
Continually tinkering to find the perfect set for me.

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I'm liking the Sitdrag right now, but haven't put any real time in to see how it feels after a few hours. At this point I will stick with it. I want to try a commercial saddle at some point to see if there is any difference. But I don't want to pay the price for a new one before trying one out first. I still have a rc harness back from when I was younger and did some rock climbing. I may have to dig it out and give it a try
 
I started using a rock climbing harness last year. Researching it brought me to this site. I then realized I already had a Sit Drag. I had bought climbing rope to make tethers and lineman's belts last year too so I was ready to roll. Hunted twice out of the sit drag and I can tell you I am hooked!

It's such a liberating way to hunt. Good luck and I hope you enjoy!



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