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Advantage to a ROS

BoTheHunter said:
Is it comfy and light?
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Extremely comfy. Padded back pad and seat. Like a Lazy boy up there . But about 31 pounds. So not the lightest climber out there. I've had no trouble humping it in for a half mile or less. Farther and it starts getting heavy.
 
WannaBMonkey said:
Extremely comfy. Padded back pad and seat. Like a Lazy boy up there . But about 31 pounds. So not the lightest climber out there. I've had no trouble humping it in for a half mile or less. Farther and it starts getting heavy.
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Dang son, that’s a heavy one! Think I’ll get a summit.
 
BoTheHunter said:
Another question do you guys think the plastic steps are better than the metal ones? Or the other way around, if so why. @onestringer @Nutterbuster
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Plastic or metal, I don't think it matters. I haven't tried bullman steps all I have used are ameristeps and squirrel steps. In a perfect world I prefer ameristeps they are wider and have more surface area on the tree, the trade off compared to squirrel steps is packability and availability. Ameristeps are not made anymore.
 
I found another advantage of the ROS yesterday evening. Sometimes I can shave the edges off a square peg to get it in a round hole. Anyway I was hunting a conservation area yesterday that has a rifle range. For good reason the area behind the range is off limits to hunting. There are signs stating "do not enter", the range is closed on Wednesdays and deer......a bunch of deer bed behind the range, Its hundreds of yards behind the range. Deer pile out in the evening heading south, the trick is guessing which way they will go. Yesterday was the last day of season so I decided yesterday was the day I was going to sit up 10 yards inside the danger zone and cut the deer off. However yesterday day was also the day that conservation officials decided was a good day to replace all the signs? So there I was pondering the consequences of my decision hiding behind my tree just waiting to get called out. Fortunately I was not detected and I did see 24 deer. No shots though.

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Did the same hide behind the tree trick twice this year. Had bird hunters with dogs come into the woods from the field and walk within twenty yards of me while I slowly walked around the tree to stay hidden as they passed. Talk about feeling invisible.
 
onestringer said:
I found another advantage of the ROS yesterday evening. Sometimes I can shave the edges off a square peg to get it in a round hole. Anyway I was hunting a conservation area yesterday that has a rifle range. For good reason the area behind the range is off limits to hunting. There are signs stating "do not enter", the range is closed on Wednesdays and deer......a bunch of deer bed behind the range, Its hundreds of yards behind the range. Deer pile out in the evening heading south, the trick is guessing which way they will go. Yesterday was the last day of season so I decided yesterday was the day I was going to sit up 10 yards inside the danger zone and cut the deer off. However yesterday day was also the day that conservation officials decided was a good day to replace all the signs? So there I was pondering the consequences of my decision hiding behind my tree just waiting to get called out. Fortunately I was not detected and I did see 24 deer. No shots though.

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I have a similar spot I hunt. 2, actually. :)
 
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