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Recent content by Exiled in MD

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    What Looks Good To You?

    This is all good advice. Saddle for the rut. Benches are great but the ones facing South will hold dear late. Look for the thickets and don't forget to just enjoy your walk in the woods!
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    Whats everyones favorite venison recipe?

    I slowly smoke my roast. Delicious! But to be truly honest if it's your venison I'm going to love it no matter how it's done.
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    New from Eastern shore of MD

    Welcome from Annapolis!
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    How do you wear your saddle

    Over my under layers until we get to late season. Then I have a problem with my outer parka riding up which exposes my butt/back to the breeze. It ain't so cool being cool in January. Sure I can buy new outer shell but I'd rather buy saddle gear instead! The other day I noted on a FB post...
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    Burned Out!!! Tips?

    Do you know what's refreshing about this post? Burn out happens to all of us. It's our tuition in learning how to be great hunters. Growing up my Dad would tell me the time deer would move through. And most of the time he was within a half hour. Scouting and knowing how things happen...
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    Telephone Pole Rub

    "If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money because I'm a saddle hunter. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare to deer like you. If you hide now during the October lull...
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    One Stick Climbing - Will this work?

    That's pretty much how I learned it. Good luck!
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    Climbing Method for a new Saddle Hunter

    Without a doubt this topic gets attention. I have WE with a 5 step aider. Big learning curve but to get to 25' with 5 steppes with something fits in a backpack seals the deal. I just learned DRT and as noted already it works great for pre sets. I even like the single stick. Learn multiple...
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    Food or water?

    As long as it's warm I think the water is more attractive.
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    Close call

    This is a good thread. It highlights what I think is an important safety discussion. As much as we all love to go light we have to remember that the climbing manufacturers never tested their stuff with all of the add on stuff that we use. It's not the saddle, nor the stick or the stepp. It's...
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    3 step movable aider

    The comment on stability is legit. I had a single loop. I got really comfortable with it. So I bought a 5 step aider and slowly got my comfort level on using all 5 steps. My point is that the weight on them is hardly noticeable, it's professionally manufactured and if you only ever get...
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    Scent control sprays

    Ozone with Dead Down Wind spray and wash. DDW makes some concentrated packets for the spray. I buy those and usually use 2-3 per year. As for the ozone I bought one of those small generators for $25 and a large tub that I lined with carbon mats. Nothing is 100% but this seems to help as I've...
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    DRT....oh yea

    Thanks to those NY Saddle Hunter guys you've got another DRT convert here. I love to be tied up the whole time and the knots are easy. Since I have a Kestral I just shorten my linesman belt to make my short bridge. Add a locking carabineer to that, time my knots and up I go. I use 11.4 mm...
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    Love the Interchangeable Gear

    This is just my opinion so taki it for what it's worth. I was looking at my set up today and really want to compliment everyone of the major saddle gear companies and those whov'e experienced a boom in sales due to their products crossing over to hunting. Most if not all of the stuff out there...
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    Any ideas on printable maps...preferably free?

    I've done this with CalTopo and it works great.
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