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Boudreaux Boswell

WISkyhunter said:
From my observations in this and other saddle forums, There seems to be a lot of underhanded things going on in the saddle hunting world and most of the “friendly” saddle hunting forums are hardly that.
Business owners engaging in various plots to undermine their competition. Cease and desist Letters from lawyers, new independent saddle makers using designs from larger saddle manufacturers to money grab because of the demand. Not to mention all the unsafe/bad advice being shared by all the “experts” out there.
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So basically like every other group of humans on the planet?
 
My family played this interesting game we got for Christmas called "Would You Rather".

These threads/posts make me think of a card that would fit with this game and relate to the evolution of the saddle hunting world over the last couple years.

So....Would you rather:

1) have a small, tight knit, DIY-based saddle hunting community?

or

2) lots of commercially available saddle stuff?

My apologies if this stirs controversy. To me it is a legitimate question with reasonable differences of opinion. The OPs question about Boswell seems related to the two choices (not meant to hijack thread). Moderators feel free to shut it down if you think this kind of discussion undesirable.
 
peteherbst said:
I wish there could be a way around all the BS and everyone could just get along. A lot of knowledge and mentors in those pro staff groups that got me into saddle hunting.

Never met any of them but I still consider them mentors.
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Yah. Get along and when we disagree and we will disagree get over it




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peteherbst said:
I wish there could be a way around all the BS and everyone could just get along. A lot of knowledge and mentors in those pro staff groups that got me into saddle hunting.

Never met any of them but I still consider them mentors.
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Humans didn’t evolve to be in groups of hundreds or thousands. Get enough people together with the aid of technology and civilization, and it all starts to break down. This is all an experiment boys! For a million years we never knew more than maybe 100 people. If you met the 101st person in your vicinity it usually meant life and death. Then we figure out how to farm, and suddenly were grappling with how to scale our instincts. Tack on combustion engines and the internet and holy smokes!

But honestly, you shouldn’t be surprised when a large group of people divides into smaller warring groups. You should expect that, and be surprised when large groups of people get along or get things accomplished...
 
TNSTAAFL said:
My family played this interesting game we got for Christmas called "Would You Rather".

These threads/posts make me think of a card that would fit with this game and relate to the evolution of the saddle hunting world over the last couple years.

So....Would you rather:

1) have a small, tight knit, DIY-based saddle hunting community?

or

2) lots of commercially available saddle stuff?

My apologies if this stirs controversy. To me it is a legitimate question with reasonable differences of opinion. The OPs question about Boswell seems related to the two choices (not meant to hijack thread). Moderators feel free to shut it down if you think this kind of discussion undesirable.
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That’s it in a nutshell, it’s really tough to accommodate both. We do our best but it’s a different climate than a few years ago when this place was a think tank & everyone was constantly bouncing innovation & improvements. Now that comes in the form of complaints about products, wait times or customer service. Not long ago at all things were quite different ( not necessarily better, but different) with all these new products comes the business interests of each competitor. There’s no real way to align that consistently........ so to answer your rhetorical question I’d pick #1 , but saddle hunting has gained a lot of exposure & it’s inevitable that here we are.
 
TNSTAAFL said:
My family played this interesting game we got for Christmas called "Would You Rather".

These threads/posts make me think of a card that would fit with this game and relate to the evolution of the saddle hunting world over the last couple years.

So....Would you rather:

1) have a small, tight knit, DIY-based saddle hunting community?

or

2) lots of commercially available saddle stuff?

My apologies if this stirs controversy. To me it is a legitimate question with reasonable differences of opinion. The OPs question about Boswell seems related to the two choices (not meant to hijack thread). Moderators feel free to shut it down if you think this kind of discussion undesirable.
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#1...
I used to frequent this forum quite often although I did not post a lot. Now there is enough nonsense that a don't come on here like I used to.

I think I miss the diy aspect the most. As a forum we have trended away from diy and exchanged it for whining about wait times and giving much advise on how saddle producers should be running their companies.

The saddle hunting boom has brought in people that started partly due to the "Cool" factor and will likely never make it long term.

There I got all that out of my system. Lol...
Back on topic I never quite understood why certain individuals felt so threatened by a start up saddle company. Seems to me there were enough differences that it was a stretch to say it was a copy. As someone else mentioned you can only modify a diaper so much and it still be a diaper. The Mantis addressed a number of things that I felt were definite improvements over what was currently offered. Wish Bobby hadn't been so touchy.....


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Something missed during that time and now is that Trophyline had a patent on tree saddles that is still valid, assuming they kept paying the fees to keep it alive and could technically shutdown both T and AH. There was a thread about it with a link to the patent, but I can't find it right now. TL and AH benefitted from the T marketing storm and they all won. Sad we had to lose Boswell in the process, but hey, the site makes up for his missing posts with 500 others on whether I can use a HSS rope as a tether!
 
I am still learning from this site.
SRT. Last week.
Really the site is great for new people. As saddle hunting expands choices expand.
Multiple saddles multiple steps multiple platforms multiple ropes Would I know the difference between a gri gri safeguard and lifeguard.
Or would I know about ultra tech or Oplux or Jx 3. Or a ditsel hitch or Dan O fleece bags Or squirrel steps
Without the newer videos on one sticking I would not have persevered with that method
The site still is useful IMO

I think Tethrd was good for new tribes despite the competition.
Tethrd has caused the market to grow. They are great marketers.
As far as DIY. There is less.

As far as Boswell maybe he posted today


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Bobby like to belittle folks when they had a different opinion.... whether it was platform use, tether height or even camoflauging sticks.

As far as saddles, no modern manufacturer has any claim to an original product... all the current models copied a lot from each other and from all the DIYs here.

It's best we let this dog lie and let new products dictate who is successful selling hunting saddles.
 
DaveT1963 said:
Bobby like to belittle folks when they had a different opinion.... whether it was platform use, tether height or even camoflauging sticks.

As far as saddles, no modern manufacturer has any claim to an original product... all the current models copied a lot from each other and from all the DIYs here.

It's best we let this dog lie and let new products dictate who is successful selling hunting saddles.
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That behavior wasn't exclusive to Bobby. That is still alive & well today.
 
Boswell was well before I got into saddle hunting, so I have no dog in this discussion. However his YouTube videos on the older trophyline saddles helped me a ton in shortening the learning curve, and was one of the few youtubers I could readily find with a similar model to mine, so theres that I guess.
 
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