Victoria, Australia to be precise.
Glassing and walking up or stalking deer is the norm in this country. I got interested in saddle hunting after a couple of times I bumped deer stalking around trail heads or transit areas and reflected that if I were elevated I would have bagged one.
This kind of hunting is practically non-existent here. You might find the odd hunter who knows what a tree stand is, but I am yet to find another one that knows about saddles.
I have slowly got myself set up and been practising over the last 12 months. I have an Aero Hunter Shrike and Helium 20" Stick which I have been using to one stick and rappel with a grigri+. I'm currently looking at getting a foot ascender so I can preset good trees to come back and quickly SRT up at a later time.
Glassing and walking up or stalking deer is the norm in this country. I got interested in saddle hunting after a couple of times I bumped deer stalking around trail heads or transit areas and reflected that if I were elevated I would have bagged one.
This kind of hunting is practically non-existent here. You might find the odd hunter who knows what a tree stand is, but I am yet to find another one that knows about saddles.
I have slowly got myself set up and been practising over the last 12 months. I have an Aero Hunter Shrike and Helium 20" Stick which I have been using to one stick and rappel with a grigri+. I'm currently looking at getting a foot ascender so I can preset good trees to come back and quickly SRT up at a later time.