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Gear bag
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rakbowhunter
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I attach 2, one on each side. Have a 3rd but have not needed it at this point. I have 2 Tethrd SYS Haulers and one SYS ES. I keep the SYS ES on my right side and the SYS on my left.
Kurt
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I started with 2 sys hauler bags
N1ChBryant
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BRAVEHEART
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Just ordered the same for my saddle, sys hauler for girth hitched linesman's, ES on the right for tether, etc.
hokiehunter373
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Nobody does like DIYSportsman and just walks in with them over their shoulders? I’m also just getting into this but that seemed like a simple enough solution and you don’t have to spend a few extra bucks. No?
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rakbowhunter
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I keep other essentials in them as well. I find there to be much less movement moving my hand to the pouch than my body to my pack. Once my tether and linemans are out of the way, I'll stick my grunt tube, wind checker, snacks and other things in there that I may need.
Exiled in MD
Active Member
I have the big SYS hauler on my Kestral. It holds pull up rope, 5 step aider, Thermacell (seasonally), kill kit, tether, grunt tube and maybe some food. I daisy chain the linesman belt. Wear a Camelback hydration unit and that's about it for early season. I carry a pack for all day/late season hunts but all my climbing and tree organization stays in the SYS. My WE Steppes already have a bag. You've just got to figure out what works for you. There's no wrong way.
There are a lot of simple solutions, and they're mostly cheap. Figure a system that works for you. At times it would be nice having a more streamlined saddle(i have a couple of trees where my bag can rub and make noise if not cafeful), but its also nice having a built in place to store my linemans belt up the tree, while keeping it permanently attached and saving a biner.
If I know where I'm going and have the tree in mind and it's not a long way in, I do that. Otherwise I do what @DanO does
If you need a pouch and wanna save a few bucks go to a local army surplus store and pick up a molle pouch. They work just fine and can be bought used really cheap.
I must be the odd man out. I don't run anything on my saddle except for some Paracord loops and Molle hooks. No pouches for me. I keep my tether, lineman's, and other essentials in a small shoulder bag.
Don't like anything pulling down on my saddle on the walk in and occasionally wear a pack with a hip belt so pouches get in the way there. Sometimes I'll carry my saddle in my pack as well so I want it to pack as small as possible.
Don't like anything pulling down on my saddle on the walk in and occasionally wear a pack with a hip belt so pouches get in the way there. Sometimes I'll carry my saddle in my pack as well so I want it to pack as small as possible.
hokiehunter373
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I’ve got 2 of these already I used for hauling in my ropes and straps when packing a hang on. That’s what I plan to use if I ever need something
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I have a bunch that were issued to me that I used to use. They worked fine. The looks I got at the gear turn in facility when they saw blood on them was priceless. The questions were even better.
rutjr
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Same here. When I pull out my tether I have a accesory strap under it in the pouch with molly loops that I strap to the tree. My bow, pack and grunt tube hang from it.
Same here...once I finally start practicing off ground level! Lol
JBDaddy
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I had 3 molle entrenchment tool bags on my saddle last year - freaking heavy.
1. Tether with Prussik & Ropeman
- Tether is an old HSS harness strap that is pretty heavy, plus it's original prussik + ropeman.
2. Bridge-end on an amsteel whoopie sling with carabiner, + gear hanger
- Gear hanger was about 20 feet of paracord, with small loops tied in every few inches. Turns out I never used it, and my goal of girth hitching it through one of the loops to fit any tree still left a lot of wasted cord hanging. Other bridge end was girth-hitched on the saddle, and that could be reduced to a spliced end.
3. Lineman + carabiner + ropeman.
- This was a Sterling HTP 7/16 rope, not spliceable, so extra weight is encountered in a figure-8 knot on one end.
I re-arranged it before packing it away for the winter and got down to just 1 e-tool bag:
1. I swapped out the tether for a lighter, shorter rope (I always ended up with a 6-foot tail), and I'll be replacing THAT with something I can splice a loop in to get rid of some knot weight, and replacing the prussik on it with a lighter rope too- still to have a backup on the ropeman, but without so much weight.
2. The whoopie sling is adjustable, but I _never_ adjust it. Did a spliced end and a locked brummel, got rid of around half that length - although it was already amsteel and not heavy. Still using a carabiner so I don't have to step into the saddle, but I might convert on that, yet.
3. I dumped my heavy lineman belt that was full climbing rope for accessory cord that still has a 2k lbs rating, and realistically never sees that much weight - I'm not suspending from it, ever - just leaning back. It could still support my full weight if I did drop on it.
4. I dumped my heavy carabiners for much lighter (half the weight), slightly smaller versions, still climb-rated.
I dumped my gear hanger
5. I cut my gear hanger in half and got a Nite-Ize cam-jam to tighten it around a tree. Down to just 4 loops tied in it now, takes less space/weight, still holds everything I need with less waste. The cam-jam weighs less than the knotted unused length of paracord I ditched.
6. I used a DIY saddle I made from ckossuth's kestrel pattern, and for ditching some of the e-tool puches, I also got rid of one of the molle rows on it. I'm seriously re-thinking the saddle design too and contemplating more of a net design with a few straps and no cordura fabric at all, and lesser-than-dive-belt webbing. I've found there are more options that are still as capable at much less weight.
All fits (though tight) in 1 e-tool pouch. If I were going to switch - and I'm thinking about it... I'd sew up a fleece bag with a drawstring/elastic mouth on it. The e-tool pouch material is a little noisy, the click-buckle is hard to get without looking at it and is still noisy.
1. Tether with Prussik & Ropeman
- Tether is an old HSS harness strap that is pretty heavy, plus it's original prussik + ropeman.
2. Bridge-end on an amsteel whoopie sling with carabiner, + gear hanger
- Gear hanger was about 20 feet of paracord, with small loops tied in every few inches. Turns out I never used it, and my goal of girth hitching it through one of the loops to fit any tree still left a lot of wasted cord hanging. Other bridge end was girth-hitched on the saddle, and that could be reduced to a spliced end.
3. Lineman + carabiner + ropeman.
- This was a Sterling HTP 7/16 rope, not spliceable, so extra weight is encountered in a figure-8 knot on one end.
I re-arranged it before packing it away for the winter and got down to just 1 e-tool bag:
1. I swapped out the tether for a lighter, shorter rope (I always ended up with a 6-foot tail), and I'll be replacing THAT with something I can splice a loop in to get rid of some knot weight, and replacing the prussik on it with a lighter rope too- still to have a backup on the ropeman, but without so much weight.
2. The whoopie sling is adjustable, but I _never_ adjust it. Did a spliced end and a locked brummel, got rid of around half that length - although it was already amsteel and not heavy. Still using a carabiner so I don't have to step into the saddle, but I might convert on that, yet.
3. I dumped my heavy lineman belt that was full climbing rope for accessory cord that still has a 2k lbs rating, and realistically never sees that much weight - I'm not suspending from it, ever - just leaning back. It could still support my full weight if I did drop on it.
4. I dumped my heavy carabiners for much lighter (half the weight), slightly smaller versions, still climb-rated.
I dumped my gear hanger
5. I cut my gear hanger in half and got a Nite-Ize cam-jam to tighten it around a tree. Down to just 4 loops tied in it now, takes less space/weight, still holds everything I need with less waste. The cam-jam weighs less than the knotted unused length of paracord I ditched.
6. I used a DIY saddle I made from ckossuth's kestrel pattern, and for ditching some of the e-tool puches, I also got rid of one of the molle rows on it. I'm seriously re-thinking the saddle design too and contemplating more of a net design with a few straps and no cordura fabric at all, and lesser-than-dive-belt webbing. I've found there are more options that are still as capable at much less weight.
All fits (though tight) in 1 e-tool pouch. If I were going to switch - and I'm thinking about it... I'd sew up a fleece bag with a drawstring/elastic mouth on it. The e-tool pouch material is a little noisy, the click-buckle is hard to get without looking at it and is still noisy.