Best sticks for mobile / lightest?

[lladnew]

Which climbing sticks are the best for mobile use? Anyone know which ones are the lightest? I see some cheap options, but they look heavy. Lone Wolf and XOP look like about the best design and the lightest. Am I missing any?

 

[Lbbowhunter76]

I just did up 4 lone wolf sticks with stealth strips and rope mods. I have heard a lot of guys going to the hawk helium sticks though. I think they might be a little lighter and you get the dual steps.


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[lladnew]

I just did up 4 lone wolf sticks with stealth strips and rope mods. I have heard a lot of guys going to the hawk helium sticks though. I think they might be a little lighter and you get the dual steps.


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Lighter with both steps? I guess I should look at those. I did see something about hawk helium and a button mod... going to need to look into that more. Tell me more about your mods. "rope mods" - what knots are you using... how does it cinch tight? "stealth strips" - what, where are those?

 

[Lbbowhunter76]

Check out stealth outdoors. Lou makes some awesome materials to silence sticks and stands. It's a really soft but rugged suede material. I switch over to rope due to it being lighter and no buckles. Check out diy sportsman on YouTube he's got a video on it. It's easier to watch than explain. Basically it's a looped overhand knot that goes around the versa button then the rope goes around the tree and back over the button and locks itself and you tie a overhand safely knot on the other side.

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[Lbbowhunter76]

Here's a pic of my set up Lone Wolf Assault stand all stealth stripped with stick talons. 4 Lone Wolf sticks stealth stripped and rope mods with a webbing aider for the bottom stick. I'm running around 21lbs with 4 sticks which will get me 20-25ft. Or I can run 3 sticks and be 18ft and drop a little weight.


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[lladnew]

excellent! Thanks for the tips and photos. Question... why not a climbing treestand if you carry both sticks and the hang-on... or do you usually leave in the tree? 21lbs is as much as or maybe even more than my Summit climbing treestand.

 

[Lbbowhunter76]

I do use my climber from time to time however I'm packing in 2-3 miles and climbers are bulky and noisy. This setup is very low profile and carries well. Most of the trees in my area aren't the telephone pole style so finding one to climb is tricky. The way this stand is designed I can pick my tree and be in the tree in under 10 minutes with bow in hand never making a second trip down the tree. It gets broke down every time I get out of the tree so I stay mobile. Being quite is of most importance because some of my sets I'm going very close to bedding areas. Sometimes within 100 yds. Climbers are just too noisy.


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[lladnew]

Gotcha, thanks for sharing. Always keen to learn about methods. I feel like I can operate my Summit fairly quietly, but it does make some noise. Mostly when packing and unpacking. Your setup does look like it would also be a little lower profile. 2-3 miles is quite a hike to a setup. impressive!

 

[lladnew]

using sticks and a hang on does open better tree options as well so that's a great point that I forgot to agree with.

 

[g2outdoors]

What camo is this? I couldn't find it on his website?

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[Lbbowhunter76]

What camo is this? I couldn't find it on his website?

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It's the new strata pattern. Send Lou and email telling him you want that pattern and he'll send it. He doesn't have it up on the site yet.


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[Carcher87]

What rope do you fellas use for your rope mods?