Since you asked, here's my past 2 public land bucks. Both while 1 sticking/platform climbing.
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Is one sticking really worth
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Since you asked, here's my past 2 public land bucks. Both while 1 sticking/platform climbing.
Awesome. Nice bucks!
I have killed most of my biggest bucks during the rut for obvious reasons. Most have been arrowed between 10- noon. During this time period using almost any method from ground blinds to tree stands and now 1 sticking…most roaming bucks are covering untold acres of turf before they are snuffed out by me. Setting up to close to a bedding area and being noisy with 1 sticking may bump a buck but I don’t get to excited at least during the rut. The buck you mayshoot never heard you when it was probably in the next count y when you where noisy setting up. Height of rut noisy set up not as important pre or post bedding areas.
WISCO
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Are you using just the platform and tether or are you running an aider on the platform?
MSbowhunter48
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Platform with a 2 step aider attached.
It's just a means to an end. Kinda absurd to suggest that it can't be done quietly or effectively, it just takes some practice to get good at it.
I'm actually revisiting it after getting into SRT and rappelling. One stick makes a lot more sense when you rappel down. I love SRT climbing but just can't make SRT work as I'm usually some form of run and gun, or you could alternatively say, I 100% lack the master planner personality trait to make a bunch of presets.
I think the one scenario I am struggling to make one stick work in my mind is with wet trees. Just a lot more body contact with the tree to get your clothes wet.
I'm actually revisiting it after getting into SRT and rappelling. One stick makes a lot more sense when you rappel down. I love SRT climbing but just can't make SRT work as I'm usually some form of run and gun, or you could alternatively say, I 100% lack the master planner personality trait to make a bunch of presets.
I think the one scenario I am struggling to make one stick work in my mind is with wet trees. Just a lot more body contact with the tree to get your clothes wet.
Dmathews87
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This is the one scenario i question as well being new to the one stick game....anybody with experience that can chime in?
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I only ever really touch the tree with my hands and my knees. The knee pads keep my knees from getting wet. I almost always have a spare pair of gloves with me, so that I can climb with one pair and switch out to the dry pair at hunting height.
Same as @DB4x4 , I generally only touch the tree with my right shin and my left hand. The rubber boot takes the brunt of the moisture on the shin and I leave my gloves off climbing if it's wet. Water dripping off the tether while sitting is more of an annoyance than climbing.
1 sticking on wet trees sucks. I hate it. You could always bring a change of gloves to help.
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Wait…wait! You’re worried about getting your clothes wet. Really? Yikes!
Put the bottle down man or come here and give me a swig.
Dmathews87
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no....worried about being soaking wet in a tree when its 30 degrees or less...
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It'll be frozen on the tree by then
It's really not an issue, just try to minimize contact with the tree. When you're hanging from a tether, a toe or one hand will keep ya away enough to hang a stick.
Dmathews87
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It'll be frozen on the tree by then
It's really not an issue, just try to minimize contact with the tree. When you're hanging from a tether, a toe or one hand will keep ya away enough to hang a stick.
im in south louisiana...we dont do well with the cold lol
That's okay, I'm in northern Michigan and I don't deal well with the heat (i.e. >60F).
Dmathews87
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That's okay, I'm in northern Michigan and I don't deal well with the heat (i.e. >60F).
i visited Michigan year before last in august for a wedding....didnt pack a single hoodie or long sleeved shirt because you know...its august...nobody told me how cold the evening still got (at least for me lol)
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I see a lot of talkie talkie but nothing to show for it most of the time. Sorry
What stick related factor led to success that day in your opinion?
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A few years ago I started hunting on the ground again as my primary method. (I just found it to be a lot more fun and it makes me a better hunter)
Just as you would imagine, I would find myself in situations where I didn't have a treestand but I wanted to get in a tree. That's when I picked up saddle hunting. I can throw it on and hunt in it or carry it in a pack until I'm ready to use it - GREAT. After trying every climbing method I could get my hands on, I finally threw an aider on one of my sticks and it clicked, one stick is the answer for me. This year I'll go into the woods with my saddle and The B.O.B. so I can climb if I want to, and I'll add a platform if I plan to be in a tree all day. It's quick, light, quiet, simple, and it's right for me.
Side note....
Just as you would imagine, I would find myself in situations where I didn't have a treestand but I wanted to get in a tree. That's when I picked up saddle hunting. I can throw it on and hunt in it or carry it in a pack until I'm ready to use it - GREAT. After trying every climbing method I could get my hands on, I finally threw an aider on one of my sticks and it clicked, one stick is the answer for me. This year I'll go into the woods with my saddle and The B.O.B. so I can climb if I want to, and I'll add a platform if I plan to be in a tree all day. It's quick, light, quiet, simple, and it's right for me.
Side note....
One of my favorite things about this site is that this stuff just doesn't happen. Nobody here has anything to prove to anybody - most folks who don't like the one stick method wouldn't be following this thread. It's really that easy. I hope you continue to find success and enjoyment in the methods you choose!
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The thread is a question “is one sticking really worth it?” I gave my response to which others politely responded differently so I asked a question of my own to be answered but haven’t received any proof yet. Yes most certainly does a lot of BS get thrown around here without any proof, success whatever. I can think back to the thread years ago on using Carbon Rods for tree steps. Came out to be the newer, lighter, faster way to climb but soon sank to the bottom of the ocean due to safety reasons. I’ve received a lot of good advice, info on here over the years that helped me transition into saddle hunting but most of that seems to of left here years ago along with some good people. Which is a total shame!