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John Eberhart's Kestrel modifactions

I'm ordering a size 2 as well. I love the size 1 but if the size 2 is more comfortable I may cream my tree diaper. Lightly used market will be strong next fall.

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Im gonna wait a few weeks to order as im sure they are still backlogged with orders.
 
I will probably order a size 2 and we can die together. Our wives must think the same I am about your size my size 1 is good but a size 2 may be better


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And I am going to use the two of you as an excuse when I order my size 2 next year also. My wife is getting tired of hearing @g2outdoors name anyway.
 
Im gonna wait a few weeks to order as im sure they are still backlogged with orders.
For sure. Plus, for me there has been no shortage of holiday shopping plus the black friday stuff.

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Im gonna wait a few weeks to order as im sure they are still backlogged with orders.
I think I was told 4 weeks on mine. Ordered it on the 17th of Dec. I am glad I went with the size 2 from the sounds of everyone. I'm 6'3" 240ish and wear 36" jeans, but I figured I may be layering up in late season or getting fluffy that the bigger size would be needed.

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Lol, the guys next to you are going to be so bumbed out when they see your set up.

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I will probably order a size 2 and we can die together. Our wives must think the same I am about your size my size 1 is good but a size 2 may be better


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If you get a size two, I’ll buy your size one...I’ll protect you from her! Hahaha

Awesome thread. Love the fact that opinion, experience and information can be shared between members and there’s no one being disrespectful.

Cheers,
 
Awesome thread. Love the fact that opinion, experience and information can be shared between members and there’s no one being disrespectful.

Cheers,

I love the fact that we are free to voice both sides of the discussion. On some other websites, especially sponsored websites, anything possibly negative would be immediately deleted
Thanks for that Red


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This is what this site and community is all about. We help each other!! Im am going to go with a size two as suggested and see where it compares to a size one. As i have said in the past and advocate to new saddle hunters Newtribe is the way to go for safe entry into this game. A minimalist saddle or mods are up to the user to decide and conduct their own risk assessment. I went with the kestrel not because the sitdrag was unsafe but because Newtribe has helped to fuel this community and i feel compelled to support those that support us!!
 
If you get a size two, I’ll buy your size one...I’ll protect you from her! Hahaha

Awesome thread. Love the fact that opinion, experience and information can be shared between members and there’s no one being disrespectful.

Cheers,

I will sell an aerohunter. To buy a size 2. Are you a Canuck Save duty and exchange


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I love the fact that we are free to voice both sides of the discussion. On some other websites, especially sponsored websites, anything possibly negative would be immediately deleted
Thanks for that Red


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That's because people aren't allowed to share an original thought anymore unless it parallels the popular. Sad but true.
 
I cannot speak for John..... But everything I have ever heard from him would lead me to believe he does not modify his saddle because of comfort issues. He certainly don't modify them for safety reasons. He modifies them to be more effective hunting tools. And I totally agree with what he does after having tried it myself. And I have tried almost every saddle ever made to include the original aerial hunter and the new Kestrel… and to date the most effective hunting saddle I've ever sat in has been my modified version of the G2 sit drag.

Spot-on Dave

Use what's most comfortable to you.

As you well know Dave, almost all harness users that are uncomfortable in them, are likely using them wrong in some manner. The height you hook-up the lead, the potential lean of the tree where hooked up, how deep or shallow the seat is, how high the seat comes up your lower back, how low the seat goes down into your thighs, the fabric make-up of the seat, how you drape in the seat, how you adjust the seat from time to time, your step placements around the tree and how upright or leaning forward you sit while hunting. Any one of these things can create discomfort and I'm sure I forgot some things as well.

Hey guys, help me out with other things that can potentially create discomfort.

What I'm trying to get across here is that a harness offers so many advantages over any form of conventional stand whatsoever that curing whatever issue or issues you have by asking questions on this site, will up your success rate immensely.

As I've written many times in articles and said innumerable times in seminars, on podcasts, and to whoever would listen, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that a minimum of 50% of the bucks I've taken since 1981 when I began exclusively hunting from a harness, would not have been taken. It's that big a deal when you've scouted and hunted as many new properties as I have. I lose permission all the time and get new and being able to freelance and prepare as many locations as I have and only have one stand (harness) to hunt them all from, conventional stands just wouldn't have got it done.

I looked at a few of my old log books and I've hunted well in excess of over 100 properties.

Now if you own property and am going to hunt it for the remainder of your life, stands might be OK, but you still lose the 360 degree mobility advantage, the visual of stands and especially ladder stands (which I believe draw visual attention from mature bucks in heavily pressured areas), the advantage of using the tree as a blocker, comfort and the advantage of having a ton of locations while only using one harness.

Just saying
 
I climbed into a lock on set, hooked into my harness, felt like i was in a tree house living room. Could wine and dine up there, picknick all day with ease lol

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I climbed into a lock on set, hooked into my harness, felt like i was in a tree house living room. Could wine and dine up there, picknick all day with ease lol

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Heck, I can’t sit more than a couple hours in a loc on. My back kills me in a traditional stand. My sit drag, on the other hand, comfortable as can be. I’m sure the Kestrel would put me to sleep.


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Heck, I can’t sit more than a couple hours in a loc on. My back kills me in a traditional stand. My sit drag, on the other hand, comfortable as can be. I’m sure the Kestrel would put me to sleep.


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Yea, that didnt come out properly. Let me redescribe. I climbed in a friends lock on and got set up in my sit drag. Felt like i was in the taj mahal

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My bridge on my sling hybrid is 23 inches and I have a 32 inch waist and that makes a difference. You look to be a small framed guy as well so 23 inch bridge would work. Another great thing about the new Kestrel is the bridge loops have a couple inches of adjustment on each side so you can adjust according to whatever if you put a permanent bridge on it.
 
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