Saddles are freaking awesome.
I bounced around for 6 or 7 days with my saddle on public land. I hunted at least 10 different trees and found me a goodern.
HEROES of the trip:
Juiced Ripcurrent S e-bike - holy crap e-bikes are the TICKET for long treks into public land.
Saddles - we bumped into 4 or 5 hunters lugging around climbers. They were BLOWN AWAY when we explained saddle hunting. We even met a couple dudes in the parking lot to put on a saddle demo. There were some guys from OnX and First Lite hunting with us as well. They hunted with Lome Wolf hang ons the first day. After that, every single one of them switched to a saddle lol. VICTORY!
Down Sweater & Volt heated vest - I skipped the traditional layering system and went with a heated vest and ultralight backpacking down pullover. Mine weighs about 4 ounces and is filled with 850 down. The Brand is Stoic Hadron but I don't think it's made anymore. I've had it for about 8 or 9 years. This system worked really well with zero bulk. I wore a baselayer, then Volt heated vest, then down pullover (when necessary), then Russell APXg2 Whiteout jacket (discontinued) or the First Lite Solitude jacket. I only needed to add the down pullover twice. We had temps in the single digits with wind chill. Volt vest worked really well on medium. Setting for about 4 hrs per battery.
Scentlok Heavyweight baselayers - the best/warmest base layer I've ever used. Period.
LOSERS of the trip.
Badlands pursuit pack - it was noisy and the zippers suck. It's the perfect sized pack, and the price is right (79), but I wanted to throw it away after every hunt.
Scentlok Morphic Jacket/Pants combo - jacket was really bulky and not that warm. The pants don't have full zips on the legs. Really? Impossible to get on with big boots on.
I did a full video on the trip. Part 1 is live now. Part 2 is going live next week.
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I bounced around for 6 or 7 days with my saddle on public land. I hunted at least 10 different trees and found me a goodern.
HEROES of the trip:
Juiced Ripcurrent S e-bike - holy crap e-bikes are the TICKET for long treks into public land.
Saddles - we bumped into 4 or 5 hunters lugging around climbers. They were BLOWN AWAY when we explained saddle hunting. We even met a couple dudes in the parking lot to put on a saddle demo. There were some guys from OnX and First Lite hunting with us as well. They hunted with Lome Wolf hang ons the first day. After that, every single one of them switched to a saddle lol. VICTORY!
Down Sweater & Volt heated vest - I skipped the traditional layering system and went with a heated vest and ultralight backpacking down pullover. Mine weighs about 4 ounces and is filled with 850 down. The Brand is Stoic Hadron but I don't think it's made anymore. I've had it for about 8 or 9 years. This system worked really well with zero bulk. I wore a baselayer, then Volt heated vest, then down pullover (when necessary), then Russell APXg2 Whiteout jacket (discontinued) or the First Lite Solitude jacket. I only needed to add the down pullover twice. We had temps in the single digits with wind chill. Volt vest worked really well on medium. Setting for about 4 hrs per battery.
Scentlok Heavyweight baselayers - the best/warmest base layer I've ever used. Period.
LOSERS of the trip.
Badlands pursuit pack - it was noisy and the zippers suck. It's the perfect sized pack, and the price is right (79), but I wanted to throw it away after every hunt.
Scentlok Morphic Jacket/Pants combo - jacket was really bulky and not that warm. The pants don't have full zips on the legs. Really? Impossible to get on with big boots on.
I did a full video on the trip. Part 1 is live now. Part 2 is going live next week.
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