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  1. sampotter

    Platform Mod for sticks with double fold up steps

    Slapped this together in an hour after visualizing it while daydreaming in a tree. Not sure if this has been done before, but this is what I came up with: Very sturdy and stable with notwisting. I used a Leverage stick, but any stick with a double step should work. The only tweak I might...
  2. sampotter

    Are some of you really taking more than 1 trip up a tree to get set up?

    Just curious? The thought of taking multiple trips up and down a tree to get set up never crossed my mind in all my saddle hunting years, and I almost always am hang and hunting. I’d never heard anyone mentioning it until this year. Is this a problem specific to using climbing sticks?
  3. sampotter

    Anyone use just an etrier/aider to climb?

    Take a 5 step etrier, attach 6’ or so of amsteel to the top -tie to tree at eye level with a quick release knot -attach your tether above etrier -climb etrier -slide tether up the tree as high as you can reach -sit in saddle -pull the tag end of your quick release knot to untie etrier -tie...
  4. sampotter

    2015 Mock Rub

    It had been a few years since I made a fresh mock rub.... This one did not disappoint. The big 12 is dead in case anyone is wondering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fozwJnRzbvk fozwJnRzbvk P.S. I can't figure out how to embed the video, so if someone can tell me how or do it for me it...
  5. sampotter

    Saddle Hunters! New Way to Climb!

    If someone has seen this before, don't hesitate to say so. I've been hunting from a saddle since 2007. First it was the Tree Saddle and now the Guido's Web for comfort reasons. I am a mobile hunter and sit in a different tree than I've ever hunted out of before 90+% of the time. I've tried...
  6. sampotter

    New from NY

    Hello all- I'm in my 9th season of exclusively hunting from a saddle (I call it sling-style). As most of you have probably found; there is no safer, more versatile, or more mobile way to hunt from a tree! I love it and feel extremely uncomfortable in a treestand at this point. I used the...
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