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Can anyone recommend a good set of shoulder straps?

Sorry this is my first year saddle hunting so this may be a dumb question but my curiosity got the best of me. Why would you need shoulder straps? Now i have a molle ii harness that you can pretty much modify to do what ever you want. I put mine on a summit climber and it made a world of difference.
 
I have a trophline saddle. It came with shoulder straps built in but the were lousy! I cut mine off,went to Home Depot and purchased a set meant to be used with a tool belt. Just find what works for you.
You don't need them to hunt but they do a great job hitching your saddle up while walking.


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The ones I have are military molle mesh style, I just looked them over and found a small tag that says condor. I bought mine on ebay years ago pretty cheap, they work great, no metal at all, comfortable, n lightweight.
 
stl tree hugger said:
Sorry this is my first year saddle hunting so this may be a dumb question but my curiosity got the best of me. Why would you need shoulder straps? Now i have a molle ii harness that you can pretty much modify to do what ever you want. I put mine on a summit climber and it made a world of difference.
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Not a dumb question at all and I typically wouldn't use shoulder straps for saddle hunting but I recently switched up my climbing process and need a set of shoulder straps to keep the saddle on me and to keep it from falling off when climbing.

I switched to climbing a tree with 1 muddy climbing stick and 1 climbing aider. It takes some practice but it's the most lightweight setup I've been able to find. I set my stick at around shoulder height and then attach the aider to the bottom part of the stick. I climb up the aider, then up the stick, and secure myself to the tree using my rope strap just as if I were hunting from the saddle. I then put all my weight on the saddle and move the stick and aider up the tree. I mount the stick near head height and relieve the tension from my rope strap (which is why I need the shoulder straps because my saddle would fall off of me without them) and again climb the aider and the stick. Once I'm at the top of the stick I again secure myself to the tree with my rope strap and repeat the process until I'm at my desired hunting height.


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