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Muddy pro /beast stick Mod

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67elmustang

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I’ve seen guys doing the Beast stick drilling hole mod on other brand sticks.
Has anyone done this on Muddy Pros and what was the weight savings!
 
There's a guy on here who posted a thread on it. He drilled a bunch of holes in his muddys and only saved like a pound for all four sticks.
 
ImThere said:
A pound is a pound. Is it worth it?


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Depends on person mostly if I was walking 20 miles yes but for a 1-2 mile walk in no. I usually tie all my stuff to my hawk crawler cart and haul it in about 90% of the way, last 10% I take it off and creep back to my spot. The cart makes it effortless and that way I dont have to walk back to my truck to get it when I tag out.

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TheTracker said:
Depends on person mostly if I was walking 20 miles yes but for a 1-2 mile walk in no. I usually tie all my stuff to my hawk crawler cart and haul it in about 90% of the way, last 10% I take it off and creep back to my spot. The cart makes it effortless and that way I dont have to walk back to my truck to get it when I tag out.

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That’s the way I used to do my climber.
I usually know the 90% mark to my first set up for the day if I’m hunting all day I may scout in another mile so now I got a cart sitting in the woods a mile from me. Now I cannot short cut to the truck.


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That pound adds up. Hunt after hunt, season after season. Ounces equal pounds and pounds equal pain. I'm not knocking anyone, but that pound is absolutely worth losing in something like sticks. You aren't hurting the function or safety at all. OOOOOOrrrrr just order some 1/16th wall tubing, and save even more weight lol.
 
@ImThere have you ever switched out the posts on muddy pros to see what the weight difference would be? I'm just curious although I think most of the weight is in the step assemblies
 
will4554 said:
That pound adds up. Hunt after hunt, season after season. Ounces equal pounds and pounds equal pain. I'm not knocking anyone, but that pound is absolutely worth losing in something like sticks. You aren't hurting the function or safety at all. OOOOOOrrrrr just order some 1/16th wall tubing, and save even more weight lol.
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That depends on the person and the payoff. I wouldn't hack up gear and make it more susceptible to the elements to save an amount of weight so small I won't even notice. If it would cut the weight in half of probably do it or if I carried so much gear that it would make a difference but I don't carry a whole lot anyway.
 
Murph4028 said:
@ImThere have you ever switched out the posts on muddy pros to see what the weight difference would be? I'm just curious although I think most of the weight is in the step assemblies
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No, I changed the steps. Slotted the sides of the tubes. My steps fold inside the post. If you change the stick you will need a versa button or a good machinists. Under the cam clear there is like half a smilie face for lack of a better term that will have to be machined in to the new stick if you want to use the stick cam cleat.
I am not sure what they weigh. I am about half way in to the project.


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will4554 said:
That pound adds up. Hunt after hunt, season after season. Ounces equal pounds and pounds equal pain.
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You're speaking for yourself and that's fine but if a lb is causing you pain then maybe you should consider exercising. I run 5-6 miles 4 days a week on top of weight lifting, So for me a lb is absolutely not worth it, Some guys take these weight saving ideas too far sometimes. I could see shedding a lb for elk hunting in hilly/mountains terrain walking 10-20 miles a day as making sense.

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will4554 said:
You missed the point.
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Not at all, I see your point and I could see it being valid under certain circumstances. For instance if I was a Member of a SEAL team out in the open ocean doing a mission then sure a lb or more weight loss would be extremely beneficial, But not walking out to my set hunting for deer. Point I'm making is to "Me" it's not worth messing up a set of sticks for a very minimal gain. But to each their own and people have a right to do as they please.

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