Feet are killing me!!!!

[johnw91]

Rubber boots on a non angled platform is part of your problem. Get some lace ups and a type of platform you can angle down a bit.

 

[PFD42]

It's odd that your feet hurt while leaning in a saddle but not when you are standing in a loc-on. What kind of feet pain are you experiencing, or where is the pain occurring specifically? When you lean you say that the pressure of the platform is more on the arches of your feet. This may be out of left field but have you looked up the symptoms of plantar fasciitis? It can happen to runners, bigger fellas, and in shoes with poor support.

It’s the arches of my feet that hurt , so much so it’s painful to walk the next day.

When hunt ya lockon I stand 90% of the time with my back against the tree. Every couple hours I’ll sit for 15min to give my legs a break, but my feet never hurt. I try to do the same in a saddle but facing the tree . But with added

 

[PFD42]

With added rope, Ropeman , biner and bridge your forced to lean some what even when sucked up tight. This is where I’m getting pressure to my feet

 

[Jtaylor]

Nothing wrong with keeping your Millenium stand either! I don't think there is a one size fits all to every location. I prefer to hunt off the ground actually but sometimes that isn't always the best approach either. I have the Trophylines and found them to be pretty comfortable after a decent amount of fiddling. Seems like if the trees aren't just right there's a lot of odd angles and pressures introduced too. Good luck, I hope it works out for ya and you don't have to drop too much money.

 

[Art_Vandelay]

I just want to add that I hunt out of lacrosse granges on a WE perch with no problems at all. They need to fit snug though. And I always make sure to wear a good quality heavy sock. I’ve noticed when I wear a really thin sock in summer they aren’t nearly as comfortable. I had some burlys that we’re a size too big and they hurt my feet on the platform. Got new burlys the correct size and now they’re fine. I stand/lean about 80% of the time and my tether is at neck height.

 

[Art_Vandelay]

The lacrosse grange definitely suck.

you take that back! I live in my granges. I’d wear em to church if my wife would let me

 

[Jefferson10940]

Have you tried to adjust the Ridge Runner to the platform angles down rather than parallel to the ground? That may help?

 

[realtown12]

I use Lacrosse Aeroheads 3mm and Lowa Renegades almost all season in MD. I mostly used WE stepps as my platform this year (still deciding on what platform to get), sometimes I'd put pegs on either side of the tree so i could straddle the tree once in a while. Anyway, when I was on my WE stepps, I just used different parts of my feet. I would stay on my toes, then my heels, then my arches and just kept rotating when I got tired. I found it very comfortable to put my heels on the step with my toes touching the tree as long as my legs were bent. Good luck finding a solution.

 

[ricky racer]

Somewhere I posted using box tubing to ease pressure on your feet while using bolts. I made these as an exercise to try it out and the 3" box tube worked great. My example is made of steel tubing but aluminum box tube would work as well. The round tubing is some aluminum tubing that I happened to have and it worked almost as well but the round tubing was a little small in diameter. You could use PVC or conduit too. They don't have to be super light since you only need 2 pieces for your main platform bolts. They could be drilled out as well... Just another way to skin a cat.

 

[dalton916]

I know everyone different but..... I seriously don't understand the boot issues. I'd guess over 80% of my saddle sits have been in crocs and the other 20% are in thin rubber boots. The angle of the platform is the issue not your boots or tether etc IMO. I understand not everybody can make their own stuff and no commercial platform has tackled this issue....

Same here.

 

[Recurveaholic]

Somewhere I posted using box tubing to ease pressure on your feet while using bolts. I made these as an exercise to try it out and the 3" box tube worked great. My example is made of steel tubing but aluminum box tube would work as well. The round tubing is some aluminum tubing that I happened to have and it worked almost as well but the round tubing was a little small in diameter. You could use PVC or conduit too. They don't have to be super light since you only need 2 pieces for your main platform bolts. They could be drilled out as well... Just another way to skin a cat.


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And DanO from eastern woods outdoors sells something just about like this with bolts and it works great because it can be angled to match your feet!!!

 

[Blackmamba]

Was it pain or were your feet numb? If numb I wounder if your saddle was putting a little too much pressure on the back of your legs.....

 

[swampsnyper]

3 suggestions:



2) get a platform that you can angle downward so it’s easier and more comfortable to get your feet flat.

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This!!! If you are a platform guy.