I Live and hunt on Long Island, NY and have been hunting deer with bow and gun for over 40 years. While I thoroughly enjoy firearms deer hunting my true passion is bow hunting. I hunt on the ground, from ladder stands and from my climbing stand but this past season I became captivated with th concept of saddle hunting, which I honestly had never even heard of before. I started doing as much online research as I could, reading everything I could find on saddle hunting and ultimately came upon this forum which I have been visiting as a guest every day. I wound up purchasing a Tethrd Phantom saddle and a set of Hawk Helium climbing sticks and am still in the process of deciding upon other gear. I have gained so much information from the reading I've already done on this forum and am looking forward to interacting with and learning much more from the experience of the members.