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Recent content by CavemanRob

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    Platform Painting Really Necessary?

    hunting a lot of public land, sometimes close to the people trails, I camo'ed up my stuff to make sure other people didn't see it right away. The deer dont much care, but I don't want the occasional runner/hiker to spot my all grey sticks on the tree off in an oak flat 30 yards off the trail...
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    Hawk helium platform squeaks and creaks

    I guess there is a possibility it could be something else....im running amsteel daisy chain for straps. Only seems to do it on the top platform though......its mostly when I put any kind of side pressure on it. Thanks everyone
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    Hawk helium platform squeaks and creaks

    This is my 1st full year of saddle hunting, I, I did 1 or 2 sits last year. When I was looking for a platform, the predator was back ordered so I didn't get it last year. I went with the hawk helium platform on top of my helium sticks. It was a good deal at the time and it got me up in the tree...
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    Hello from MA

    Welcome from CT.
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    Painted my Hawk Helium Steps

    Seems like it works. As long as you are comfortable on it, that's all that matters. I really like the mesh laundry bag way of doing camo on rifles, but I really hated it for the steps. I think the smaller profile of the steps didnt lend itself to the larger macro patterns you get when doing...
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    Painted my Hawk Helium Steps

    2021 will be my first year saddle hunting, I figure I have about 9 months to get ready, so I started by painting my new Helium steps and HSP platform. Tried covering with a mesh laundry bag, but I hated it, so I did the sponge method instead. Pictures below, also a link to a video I did on it.
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    Amsteel Bowstring

    So, do you bremel lock the amsteel ends for loops?
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    Hawk Helium sticks and HSP platform value leader.

    I just got my platform, painted it, and I have to say, with the plastic bushing on the platform mounted on the stick, just with the pins its a solid fitment. I will still probably switch out the pins for bolts, because I have 4 sticks and one will be a dedicated "top stick" until I get...
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    HuntStand vx OnX

    I used basemap this year. I switched over from OnX and really liked it. Both seemed to work well, but basemap has more layers. I really enjoyed having the USGS topo maps as an option for a layer. I would have to give the "huntwind" part of basemap about 3 starts out of 5. It works okay for...
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    Rappelling kit

    Rope.com sells all sort of climbing rope by the foot. you can get into 45 feet of good rope for about 80 bucks, and a madrock safeguard for under 100 also.
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    Hawk Helium sticks and HSP platform value leader.

    This is exactly what I want to try eventually. right now I am going to stick with running 3 sticks and the platform, and see how I feel. Once I get comfortable, this setup looks ideal, because I usually have to hike a mile plus into public land to get to some spots.
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    Hawk Helium sticks and HSP platform value leader.

    This is my exact setup. 2021 will be my first season saddle hunting, and what you laid out is exactly what I will be trying for my first year. platform should be here today, I'm interested to see how sturdy the attachment is to the top of the sticks. I assume you could swap out the pins for...
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    Glider Dynamic rope

    https://www.rope.com/products/glider-dynamic-ropes?variant=33022598021154
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    Glider Dynamic rope

    its from rope dot com I am still unaware of the rules for posting direct links to sites. If its okay i will post the direct link. they have two sizes and multiple color options.
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    Glider Dynamic rope

    has anyone tried this rope for one-sticking/rapelling with a madrock safeguard? Looks like quality rope, but I am not a climber, so I'm not sure if this is a safe bet or not. This next season will be my first using a saddle, and while I'm going to start with 3 sticks, linemans belt and tree...
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