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First day in the saddle

GTel

GTel

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Well, I think I have everything setup correctly. Tether is girth looped to itself, biners all tightened, Ambush cam'd, used the linesmans belt as a slightly loose backup to the bridge. Gear is hung (ordered the sys strap so that some stuff can hang lower) and need to tape my hero hooks up so no metal on metal. Also going to put another prussik loop on the tether to connect the linesmans to in the future. Stepping over to the platform was definitely a new experience!

And had two small 8s chasing a doe under me within 10 minutes of getting up the tree. Good start!

The size large mantis is definitely a bit tight. Anyone know if the flex size 1 is significantly larger than mantis large? Or should I change my flex order to size 2? I'm 6' 3" 185, 34 waist.

And what a view!
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Ten days later, I've hunted from a Mantis, Kestrel, Flex and jx3. The jx3 is by far my favorite. The Flex is awesome and the Kestrel was a close second. The Mantis didn't fit me well. The main comfort issue for me with the Mantis was that all my weight was on the waist belt and I didn't feel any support under my legs. I slid the waist belt way down but then felt like I could slide right out the top of the saddle. The Kestrel distributed the weight much better for me and the Flex really spread the weight out, since it extended so far out under my legs. But the jx3, that's more comfortable than my leather office chair or my living room couch for that matter. And I think I can easily hunt out of it with an ROS instead of a platform, so that will help make it even more compact. Will be trying that out in next couple days and if all goes well, I'll be posting my Ambush platform in classifieds.

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