I know it’s frowned on, but I was pleased to see the leg straps were removable when I received my buzzard roost. I put them up and out of the way.Started off the season with the TETHRD saddle & switched early on to the Buzzard roost. Preferred the Buzzard roost though Id still like to do something different with the leg straps. I found the ones supplied to be near impractical to utilize.