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How many saddle set ups do you use

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Muskyhunter

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I am wondering how many saddle set ups everyone uses. I am in year 4 of saddle hunting and have settled on 3.

1. ESS Saddle, ROS and an EWO satchel. This is my minimalist set up. I use this set up for 6 hours or less and if I do not need to carry in extra layers.
2. ESS Saddle, ROS and Eberlestock X2. I use this set up 6 hours or less when I need extra layers.
3. JX3 and ROS. I use this set up for all day hunts.
 
It's a work in progress since this past season was my first season to hunt out of a saddle. I used a Recon sling with at ROS and 4 Lone Wolf Sticks with an aider as the go-to and used DRT sets a couple of times to get in some huge trees.

My plan is to use 2TC as my go to this fall along with the Recon sling and the ROS.
 
I have settled on my original saddle with a ring of steps for short evening hunts (same baseball back pack regardless of the trip, only my climbing method may change)
Now all day hunts, or multi day trips, I take my deluxe saddle with 2 slotted squirrel steps and a ridge runner platform.
 
I have settled on one saddle, a Cruzr XC with my "MRS" bridge. My climbing methods typically fluctuate between WEI Stepps and a K/S setup or SRT. WEI ROS when using the Stepps, and a OOAL angled Scout with a 2-step ROS when climbing SRT. I've owned and tried 10-15 different saddles and almost all the climbing methods lol, and this is where I personally settled (so far...). We won't go into the money that has been "cleaned" through my "investments" haha!
 
2 right now.
Anderson tree sling I’ve had for 30 years, modified bridge. SRT or sticks.
Mantis for JRB.
Thinking of trying a Driad drey.
 
1 saddle XC (sold my backups)
2 platforms - Perch and EDP

That’s all I use anymore
 
ESS with Trophyline sticks and a Mission platform.
Areo hunter Flex with Muddy pro sticks and a ring of Ameristeps.
Cruzr XC with Helium sticks and a ring of rope on steps.
Guidos Web with Wild Edge steps and Mission platform.
Treesuit saddle with Skeletor sticks and a ring of Ameristeps.
Also have a set of 4 full length Lonewolf sticks that I use now and then.
My favorite saddle is the ESS.
 
Cruzr XC and angled scout on EWO 1 stick primary. Usually with a few steps
Method 2 and Skeletors with Predator secondary.
 
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Tethrd mantis and an ess
Sticks
One stick
Srt
Bolts
Cranford steps
Ring of steps
Predator platform.
I don’t much feel like typing an essay on how and why I use so much but believe it or not I use most of it throughout each season
 
I have the cruzr xc with ewo ropes and pouches
3stick set and 4 stick set of ewo feather lights with the amsteel guy aiders
mission, edp, and kuhnerts platform
eberlestock x2 to pack whatever i need wherever
 
I got a transformer, kestrel, and Cobra. Plan to sell one once I spend some more time in the cobra.
Predator/mission. (Would be happy with just an EDP) but not enough to trade/sell these off to do it. All day sit is usually with the mission.
EWO one stick, and set of hawks.
Last season was 1 stick with the Transformer or a few sits I did the sticks and kestrel.
If I am on the private, I mix things up some depending on the tree I am headed to.
 
Use…..only 1 at the moment. My XOP platform and XOP sticks, with a heavily modified XOP/ewo saddle. I have my trophy line saddle as a backup and my rock harness as emergency/stand hanging.
As far as sticks go, in addition to my XOP ultras I have hawk mini sticks, my muddy pros & my hawk 30’s with a platform that mounts on a stick. I’m Naldo have a hawk seat I can use as a platform lol f needed
 
Also xop platform with heavily modified xop saddle. Climb with just the xop platform with a homemade 2 step aider.
 
I have an Overwatch Transformer which is probably going to be my primary. I also have an AH Flex and a Cruzr XC and a JX3. I will probably get rid of several of those eventually.
 
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