Here is what I do, I have the xt model, I go in super light dressed, tie paracord to the iwom at the base of the tree, make one trip up like always with my mission platform and mini sticks, once I am all settled in I pull up the Iwom and crawl in, and then try not to fall asleep, I am sure some people can but the mission is probably the smallest platform I would feel comfortable in with my iwom, saddle goes on the inside of it, I leave a second bridge with biners on each end in the pocket of the iwom, once its on I just fish a biner through each slit on the iwom, theres a perfect spot already there for this, and im done, this way I am always tied in while taking it off or putting it on, kind of confusing to explain maybe but it works good and I didn’t have to do any mods to the Iwom. I have never bow hunted out of it, it’s too warm here that time of year. I haven’t used it much but can tell you it’s staying here, it’s a beast for cold weather hunting and I wouldn’t be without one. My biggest problem is staying awake in it, I fell asleep this year in a blizzard and woke up with half my stuff I leave on the ground buried in snow with a 2 hr walk out, that wasn’t fun.