• The SH Membership has gone live. Only SH Members have access to post in the classifieds. All members can view the classifieds. Starting in 2020 only SH Members will be admitted to the annual hunting contest. Current members will need to follow these steps to upgrade: 1. Click on your username 2. Click on Account upgrades 3. Choose SH Member and purchase.
  • We've been working hard the past few weeks to come up with some big changes to our vendor policies to meet the changing needs of our community. Please see the new vendor rules here: Vendor Access Area Rules

Carrying sticks in...

Spartan said:
Why do you not do the backpack? Have you tried it? It's my preferred method to cinch my sticks and platform to a small frame pack like the Kuiu 2300 if I'm running multiple sticks and doing longer hikes in. Very secure. Very easy. I wouldn't automatically discount a pack when saddle hunting, even if in the past you had no need for one. Open your heart and mind (and wallet) to the breadth of the saddle hunting experience, and the saddle Gods will bequeath upon you big bucks and plentiful does :wink:
Click to expand...
I've never had the need to carry that much stuff in, just a handful of necessities (knife, rib spreader, rubber gloves, license, pull up rope, bottle of water, ETC.) Big backpack I have was just WAY too big for my hunting.
 
Spartan said:
Why do you not do the backpack?
Click to expand...

I posted this in another thread as my current hobby is colonial stuff, but I never truly understood how much crap we carry until started researching how frontiersmen hunting.

A flintlock needs far more stuff than a bow yet they’d hunt for days with stuff comparable in size to a fanny pack and a grocery bag. Do a single day hunt and ditch the grocery bag.

Point being, we bring alot with us out of convenience but how much do we actually use? A fanny pack with a ROS, a knife, a headlamp and candy bar equals a half day hunt. Add a canteen slung over your shoulder and you got a full day. Everything else is fluff, AKA “I want the convenience at the expense of weight and bulk”.

It’s a funny thing with hunting. Men will joke about the secretary that brings 3 purses/bags to work hauling who knows what yet will do the exact same thing heading into the woods while criticizing the “minimalists”.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
MNFarmHunter said:
I posted this in another thread as my current hobby is colonial stuff, but I never truly understood how much crap we carry until started researching how frontiersmen hunting.

A flintlock needs far more stuff than a bow yet they’d hunt for days with stuff comparable in size to a fanny pack and a grocery bag. Do a single day hunt and ditch the grocery bag.

Point being, we bring alot with us out of convenience but how much do we actually use? A fanny pack with a ROS, a knife, a headlamp and candy bar equals a half day hunt. Add a canteen slung over your shoulder and you got a full day. Everything else is fluff, AKA “I want the convenience at the expense of weight and bulk”.

It’s a funny thing with hunting. Men will joke about the secretary that brings 3 purses/bags to work hauling who knows what yet will do the exact same thing heading into the woods while criticizing the “minimalists”.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
I,ve bought two new packs this last yr trying to upgrade a little. Sold both and went back to my small pack from Wal Mart. I cant stand all the weight and stiffness of a good pack. Most of what I carry never gets taken out all year anyway. I've said before, the pics of guys hanging in a saddle looks like a garage sale on the side of a tree. I'm not sure where the mountain man carried his snacks and water??? My possibles bag sure isn't big enough for a days hunt!!
 
Outside of rut times I use pull straps i get from trail cameras and attach them to the front of whatever pack im going to be using.
Currently i own a military pack with molly loops that are perfect and i own a xop striker pack which also has the same.
Platform, kneepads, essentials inside pack and sticks attached on outside im at 13 .9 lbs.
I had very limited time this year to hunt but, whrn i was able it worked perfectly
During rut i use hybrid setup which attaching is pretty well known for sticks
Even during rut fir all day sits which i rarely do I am a super minimalist
 
Blacksmith said:
Snip... My possibles bag sure isn't big enough for a days hunt!!
Click to expand...

If you look at their setup, assuming right handed, their hunting pouch (with everything used for weapon maintenance and "hunting") would be on their right side. On their left side, they'd have a slightly larger possibles bag or small haversack which was my "grocery bag" analogy. That bag would hold a fire kit, eating kit and some bread or pemmican. Water would be a canteen of some type.

Translating that to today with a bow, the weapon is self-contained with maybe a small tool kit that could fit in your hand and a release. Add a knife, headlamp, a few snacks and a gatorade bottle or a canteen. Everything else in convenience which is a luxury but not necessary. All of which could fit in a fanny pack.

That leaves the climbing system and this threads primary question. For multi-sticks, many others have mentioned making a simple sling which is quick and easy. If you do use a pack, strap them to it since it's there. The wildcard is the platform. If you use a platform like a Predator, you almost need a pack solely because the bulk of the sticks plus platform makes a pack easier to carry everything. If you use a ROS, it can fit in the fanny pack which goes back to the stick sling.

However, in true saddlehunting fashion, you are required to change your entire system no less than 5 times during the off-season and at least once during the season.
 
Blacksmith said:
I,ve bought two new packs this last yr trying to upgrade a little. Sold both and went back to my small pack from Wal Mart. I cant stand all the weight and stiffness of a good pack. Most of what I carry never gets taken out all year anyway. I've said before, the pics of guys hanging in a saddle looks like a garage sale on the side of a tree. I'm not sure where the mountain man carried his snacks and water??? My possibles bag sure isn't big enough for a days hunt!!
Click to expand...
Using a for real frame pack is not about taking gear into the woods, it is about hauling dead animals out of the woods. When I was young and dumb I hunted with a fanny pack or just stuck what I needed in my pockets and dead stuff got dragged to the truck or boat. Then I got introduced to leaving the hide, guts and carcass in the woods and hauling the yummy parts out on a pack designed for such endeavors. The old saying, ignorance is bliss, well it aint wrong.
 
BTaylor said:
Using a for real frame pack is not about taking gear into the woods, it is about hauling dead animals out of the woods. When I was young and dumb I hunted with a fanny pack or just stuck what I needed in my pockets and dead stuff got dragged to the truck or boat. Then I got introduced to leaving the hide, guts and carcass in the woods and hauling the yummy parts out on a pack designed for such endeavors. The old saying, ignorance is bliss, well it aint wrong.
Click to expand...

Can’t do that here though, everything but the guts comes with you.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
One thought too is how high do you really need to go?

For bow, height is an advantage to draw them in closer. With gun, however, it’s less important. With aiders, I can get about 12’ with 2 trophyline sticks. Depending on your background environment, that may be enough.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
BTaylor said:
Using a for real frame pack is not about taking gear into the woods, it is about hauling dead animals out of the woods. When I was young and dumb I hunted with a fanny pack or just stuck what I needed in my pockets and dead stuff got dragged to the truck or boat. Then I got introduced to leaving the hide, guts and carcass in the woods and hauling the yummy parts out on a pack designed for such endeavors. The old saying, ignorance is bliss, well it aint wrong.
Click to expand...
90%+ of my hunts are residential small properties under 10ac.
My "honey hole" is a small 2.5ac. lot that butts up to a few larger properties and is a great funnel spot.
I usually go 20'-25' up in my climber and 18'-ish in my hang-on depending on where I'm at due to terrain or cover.

So, not like I'm walking miles back in the big woods, but still do once in a while on public land (Pretty Boy or Liberty Reservoirs)

Just looking for easy.
 
Skunkworkx said:
90%+ of my hunts are residential small properties under 10ac.
My "honey hole" is a small 2.5ac. lot that butts up to a few larger properties and is a great funnel spot.
I usually go 20'-25' up in my climber and 18'-ish in my hang-on depending on where I'm at due to terrain or cover.

So, not like I'm walking miles back in the big woods, but still do once in a while on public land (Pretty Boy or Liberty Reservoirs)

Just looking for easy.
Click to expand...
For small properties like that I don’t see the use in doing anything else. They are easy enough to carry. Back when I used sticks that what I did 9/10 times.
 
Full length sticks are pain to pack. I believe your best bet for full lengths is a strap worn sling style.
 
You'll probably like using a turkey vest in lieu of your fanny pack.

A lot depends on what sticks you're carrying, and how bulky they are when packed down. A 4-pack of full-length steel River's Edge sticks is a vastly different proposition than the same number of Hawk Minis.

That said, you could probably bungee your sticks to a Camelbak or empty backpack. Bonus TimberPimp points if the backpack has My Little Pony or Pokemon or something on it. Or get some of the backpack straps for carrying hang-on stands, and attach them to a cutting board or plywood scrap with lashing holes drilled into it.
 
XOP tree stand backpack straps attached to the steps and a Fanny pack for my gear.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top