I can say that it was
@g2outdoors and his youtube videos that got my juices flowing and heavily interested in saddlehunting, prior to seeing him I can remember only one time seeing an ad for a tree sling many many years ago in a bowhunting mag and thought it ridiculous. So I give him and Tethrd the nod for bringing saddlehunting to the masses via social media.
The Mantis was the first I bought and soon to be the first I will sell, it just doesn't work well for me comfort wise. I love my Kestrel and Tactisaddle and bounce back and forth between them. Also plan to make a few of my own once the season ends, but only because I love tinkering and diy stuff. My current stable of saddles is enough for me and I wont buy any commercially made saddles going forward.(hope I don't have to eat those words)
And here we have all of you egotistical maniacs bickering who started the saddlehunting craze and which was the first blah blah blah like it really makes a difference what a fellow hunter on the internet opinion is. How about y'all get off the keyboard, get in your pet saddle, punch some arrows thru deer and upload some pics!