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Progressively perfecting your set up

Alps Outdoorz makes several budget friendly packs that carry bows and also work well to carry sticks. They sell on Amazon.
I bought the Pursuit this summer and I really like it.
 
I use my exo 3500 but I wouldn’t buy that unless you plan on packing meat out with it. I use it for backpacking and elk hunting out west as well.

If I want to put my bow on a day pack I use my under armour day pack and use a couple rok straps to attach the bow or sticks.


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On my first saddle hunt, I went up the tree with the hand climber method. Had my pack on my back. I was a sweaty mess when I got up. I think it was the insulation of the pack and not so much the added weight. It's sweet to be up with all your gear at once, but I think the next time I will pull my pack up after the climb.
 
The last two hunts, 3 and 4 ever with a saddle. I found it easier to leave my pack on the ground. It is been a mess for me. My pack can only hold my 4 Muddy pro sticks and they stick up high so they catch on brush as I walk. I hold my bow in hand and carry my predator platform. I use Doyle’s gear hoist to bring my bow up and tie paracord to my predator to pull it up, which is a hassle and things get tangled. I have much to change, learn and test. Either I need to only hunt my bolt setups so I don’t have my sticks or get spurs. Otherwise I may need a new backpack.


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I just ordered a XOP striker pack today, i believe it'll fit my needs perfectly!

I typically leave my bow on the ground when I go up. I like to get up and get everything situated and then pull my bow up.
 
I load my pack with 40 lbs of weights out of a weight vest, then all my day hunting stuff. And climb the tree with it. Good workout and practice for load carrying and back country hunts! Granted I'm new to saddle hunting, but I like extra effort and work... makes light loads easy.
 
Perfection.
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Heck are y'all jabberin' on about? I don't see no cat, that black thing there is a dog!

Seriously, I despise cats. But that little dude is one of a kind. He followed me home from a glass shop in Ft. Payne, Al. Made a beeline to me while I was in there suffering through my wife shopping. My wife and the lady that ran the shop were flabbergasted that we hit it off.

He's chill as a cucumber, and follows me around like a lost child. Never seen anything like it. Only cat I've ever seen that you could whistle up like a dog. He's an inside cat, but he'll go on car rides with me.

Crazy.
 
Ain’t nothing more purrfect than a boy and his cat
 
Letemgrowitllshow said:
Are you guys that strap the bows to your packs as you go up doing any mods to the packs? I hate pulling that thing up. Noisiest part of my setup by far.

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Just buy it once... I use a Stone Glacier Archery pack. I carry everything up with me including extra weight as a good workout... don't get me wrong, it means extra sweating in early season. But the pack is ****in' amazing man. It will be the only bag you need your whole life if you just buy it once. But also some people are into making things let's say "easy" and that's a different kind of argument all together.
 
@Nutterbuster thanks for stunting on all the public land guys who can't bore into a tree
Cute little plastic toys ya got there to get up and down
but here is a 5 uppie

double duty gear =zero added weight
I go trad
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thenickgann said:
Just buy it once... I use a Stone Glacier Archery pack. I carry everything up with me including extra weight as a good workout... don't get me wrong, it means extra sweating in early season. But the pack is ****in' amazing man. It will be the only bag you need your whole life if you just buy it once. But also some people are into making things let's say "easy" and that's a different kind of argument all together.
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What model are you using?


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zer0 said:
@Nutterbuster thanks for stunting on all the public land guys who can't bore into a tree
Cute little plastic toys ya got there to get up and down
but here is a 5 uppie

double duty gear =zero added weight
I go trad
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That looks about like something a trad hunter would try. Pretty sure roadrunner was a wheelie-bow man. ;)
 
I hoist up pack and bow. Tried carrying pack and bow for several seasons. Liked the practicality of having everything up there together. Didn't like the safety aspect of weight shift, extra work load and sweat that came with it.

Everyone pretty much tries them all and adjusts to personal preferences and comfort. That's the beauty in the system.

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I found silent strips are really good for what they are meant to do. My Muddy pro sticks are whisper quiet now, my range finder has it now, and my platform will have it when it come in. I leave my pack and bow on the ground and hoist it up. The loudest part to me is my homemade rachet strap and bollman silent approach steps. The steps sound like rattling antlers if they hit each other, and the rachet strap sounds like a rachet strap.

I've did three sits in the saddle and I've about got my system figured out. First sit was a sweaty mess, second sit was equipment arrangment, and the third was just movement from me trying to get comfortable. If I get the movement, comfort, bollman ring of steps, and rachet strap figured out then the deer have A LOT to worry about. My confindence continues to grow with every sit. I had a doe munching acorns under me last night while I practiced drawing and moving into position.
 
I just can’t get enough clear space between me and the ground. Our trees down here are often short, limbs, and full of vines. Some trees I could never get a pull up rope to get the stuff through, it would tangle up.


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