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I'm having trouble picturing how to wear that hybrid saddle... would ya model for it us please? :mrgreen:

(Seriously, I'm having trouble...)
 
Team 4 will take 12 more points! Not the biggest antlered deer ever, but my biggest and most importantly a mature deer. My blood trailing dog Grizzly made short work of this trail.



Thanks,
Boswell
 

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First deer of the year...quite small. Around 9:30 yesterday morning, 3 deer came bounding in my direction. One ran off; one past me to the field behind me; and this one stopped below me to my right. I eased my Excalibur Vortex off the turkey hook on my left, crossed the bridge and took aim on my right with a left hand shot as I swiveled my hips to the right at she was almost below me. She began to trot to my left so I had to reposition, re-cross the bridge, and re-aim to the left after switching for a right hand shot. My arrow hit on her back, exiting the chest and hitting her front right leg on its way back to earth. I picked up the trail approximately 40 yards away, where I last saw her standing. She piled up in some thickets 40 yards from where I first found blood.
My wife was sad that shot such a small deer (said that my saddle was as big as the deer). To me, that's meat for the hungry. I donated this deer to FHFH.org. I will keep 1 per year and the rest go to FHFH.
 
Boudreaux said:
Team 4 will take 12 more points! Not the biggest antlered deer ever, but my biggest and most importantly a mature deer. My blood trailing dog Grizzly made short work of this trail.



Thanks,
Boswell
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Nice buck Boswell! I think he is a great one by any normal deer hunters standards :D

And good work Grizzly!
 
Vorsteg said:
First deer of the year...quite small. Around 9:30 yesterday morning, 3 deer came bounding in my direction. One ran off; one past me to the field behind me; and this one stopped below me to my right. I eased my Excalibur Vortex off the turkey hook on my left, crossed the bridge and took aim on my right with a left hand shot as I swiveled my hips to the right at she was almost below me. She began to trot to my left so I had to reposition, re-cross the bridge, and re-aim to the left after switching for a right hand shot. My arrow hit on her back, exiting the chest and hitting her front right leg on its way back to earth. I picked up the trail approximately 40 yards away, where I last saw her standing. She piled up in some thickets 40 yards from where I first found blood.
My wife was sad that shot such a small deer (said that my saddle was as big as the deer). To me, that's meat for the hungry. I donated this deer to FHFH.org. I will keep 1 per year and the rest go to FHFH.
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Congrats!
 
Mr. Bos

That is an exceptional buck by any standards and I know how hard you work at it as we have talked on the phone a few times. Great job!
 
John Eberhart said:
I've been hunting from harness style systems exclusively since 1981 and this system is far and away the most comfortable (not even close). The cool thing about the sling style seat is that you can make the seat section as wide as you want at any moment as the 2 parts of the seat are separate and can be adjusted. The hook-up is also key, not only for mine but for any type of harness system.

The saddle company used to show a really high hook-up in their set-up DVD and I tried to get then to change it but they didn't want to spend the money. If I had no option but to use the old saddle the way they showed it in the DVD, I wouldn't use it because it makes your upper body too upright and uncomfortable.

A head height hook-up aids dramatically in comfort vs. an arms reach hook-up. The higher you hook-up the more upright your body has to be. The more straight down you are from hook-up, the more upright your upper body has to be and also the lead strap has to be dealt with when drawing your bow on a deer directly to the side as the lead is in the way of your elbow during the drawing process. With a head height hook-up the lead comes to your waist at about a 45 degree angle and when you draw on a deer to the left side (if right handed) your elbow will not come close to the lead as the lead is lower. With the low hook-up your upper body can lean forward as the lead is not in your face as it is with a high hook-up. With the low hook-up you can lean forward onto the lead, wrap your arms around it, and nap if you want. No way with a high hook-up. Also much more comfortable.

Will say this, if in a large tree (with mine there are no diameter restrictions) the lead needs to be a bit higher so you can move farther around the tree and have the necessary lead to do so. When I'm stepping the ring at the top on a large tree I also screw in the stepsons r going around the tree about an inch to an inch and a half higher per step. When going around a large tree the lead wraps as you go and forces your body up and the steps have to adjust for the raise.
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Hey John that looks very interesting. I have the exact same harness that I used in 1995 when I was in my late twenties. I have the original Big Buck tree sling made by Anderson. I loved using it and my friends thought I was nuts. Unfortunately as I got into my thirties and gained a few pounds it was too uncomfortable and I ended up buying a climber. I hunt public land 70 % of the time in Michigan and as I take hunting more seriously the climber just isn't as stealth as I would like. As you probably know the original had just a long strap with a carabiner that you wrapped around the tree and had no way to adjust the length. I tried to use it again but I don't think I will last more than a hour it that thing now. I was thinking of buying a guidos web but your modification has me thinking I might be able to work with what I have.

Would you be so kind to explain what you had to do to modify it. Did you do it yourself or take it somewhere? By the way just out of coincidence I just bought one of your books 3 weeks ago and that gave me the idea to try the sling again. I know your probably very busy especially now with the early stages of the rut but if you have time I would certainly appreciate it. This is my first post on here so I don't know if you can do pm's.
 
Boudreaux said:
Team 4 will take 12 more points! Not the biggest antlered deer ever, but my biggest and most importantly a mature deer. My blood trailing dog Grizzly made short work of this trail.



Thanks,
Boswell
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That's a stud buck Boswell! Congrats! I'd be willing to bet he suffered an injury earlier in his life that caused the atypical antler growth. Still a trophy to be proud of!
 
Nice buck Boswell! You stick him on that farm in VA where you posted the map on the Beast?
 
Waymore

The original treesling by Anderson was green and when Big Bucks bought them out they changed the color to brown. What I di was cut off the lead in its entirety and left the pull strap which basically does nothing other than allow me to tighten it around my waist while climbing the tree. I took a saddle lead strap and cut off the hook end below the double fall arrest loops. I then cut off about 30 inches of the lead strap and had the center 18 inches triple folded over and stitched. This left about 6 inches of flat webbing on each side of the folded over and stitched strap. Each flat side of that section of strap was put through the oval rubber coated loops on either end and stitched back to itself once through. Basically forming a skinny bridge strap that the lead could slide along once it was permanently attached. The most difficult part was figuring out how to permanently affix the lead strap over the bridge strap and still have 8 inches of drape adjustment. You can tell from the picture how that was done using the existing adjustment buckle from the saddle lead. Once the drape adjustment was installed and sewn together I had the remainder of the lead triple folded and stitched and then had it looped over on the very end so that it could go around a T or spike.

I would never suggest anyone do this as it might be a bit unsafe, but that's what I did.
 
John Eberhart said:
Waymore

The original treesling by Anderson was green and when Big Bucks bought them out they changed the color to brown. What I di was cut off the lead in its entirety and left the pull strap which basically does nothing other than allow me to tighten it around my waist while climbing the tree. I took a saddle lead strap and cut off the hook end below the double fall arrest loops. I then cut off about 30 inches of the lead strap and had the center 18 inches triple folded over and stitched. This left about 6 inches of flat webbing on each side of the folded over and stitched strap. Each flat side of that section of strap was put through the oval rubber coated loops on either end and stitched back to itself once through. Basically forming a skinny bridge strap that the lead could slide along once it was permanently attached. The most difficult part was figuring out how to permanently affix the lead strap over the bridge strap and still have 8 inches of drape adjustment. You can tell from the picture how that was done using the existing adjustment buckle from the saddle lead. Once the drape adjustment was installed and sewn together I had the remainder of the lead triple folded and stitched and then had it looped over on the very end so that it could go around a T or spike.

I would never suggest anyone do this as it might be a bit unsafe, but that's what I did.
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Its good to know your harness lasted this long and I know its safety risks and would never hold you responsible for your suggestions. I have been thinking about this for a couple days and I think what I might try is to cut off the entire lead and use a piece of webbing for a bridge and I was thinking of just tying a stopper knot after putting through the coated loops. I would then use a caribiner to the bridge and attachingto a rope with a prussic to attached to a tree. Also I was thinking of tying in some loops on the sides to be used as a linemans belt. But before I do all of that I am going to use what I have around a practice tree and try the head height idea which I will probably have to wrap the end around the tree 3 times to see if it is any more comfortable. Not sure if my body can handle this anymore :lol: If not maybe i'll ship it to you and atleast you could shoot a deer out of it.

Thanks for your help
 
Team 8 on the board. I have been chasing this guy for 2 seasons now. Well tonight was my lucky night and his unlucky night. Not a monster but for eastern NC it a very good buck


Proverbs 27:17
 

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Just got this picture from fellow Team 4 member Sparrowhawk
 

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EVER HAD ONE OF THOSE MORNINGS WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOING RIGHT....AND THEN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG....AND THEN GOES RIGHT ? I KNEW I SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE HUNTING ...PLUMBER COMING AT 11 AND HAVE TO BE AT WORK AT 2. BUT I WANTED TO TRY MY NEW BOWBAT BY GAME PLAN (WORKED GREAT!) I HAD 3 DOES COME IN AROUND 7 AM AND THEN 3 MORE AT 7:15. I WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME MOVING ALL AROUND THE TREE TRYING TO PICK OUT THE BIGGEST ONE AND SHOOT. AFTER THE SHOT THE OTHER DOES JUST HUNG AROUND AND KEPT EATING THE ACORNS. IT IS RUT TIME SO I GRABBED ANOTHER ARROW JUST IN CASE A BIG ONE SHOWED UP. WITHIN SECONDS HE DID, ALONG WITH 3 OTHER DOES ! THEN THE BIG BUCK STOPS AT 10 YARDS AND I SHOT.I NAMED THIS BUCK "UNICORN" BECAUSE OF A ONLY 1 ANTLER. I HAD BEEN AFTER HIM FOR OVER 6 WEEKS. (THIS IS PART OF THE BAD) HIT HIM REAL HIGH WITH NO EXIT WOUND AND KNEW RIGHT AWAY IT WAS GOING TO BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND HIM. I GOT DOWN AND GRABBED MY FIRST ARROW AND HEADED HOME FOR A CUP OF COFFEE...IT IS ABOUT 75 YARDS TO MY BACK DOOR ! AFTER AN HOUR I HEADED BACK OUT TO FIND MY BIG DOE. I TRACKED HER FOR OVER A MILE ! SHE JUST WOULD NOT BED DOWN. WAS STILL FINDING BLOOD WHEN I FELT A SHARP PAIN IN MY LOWER BACK AND THEN 3 MORE ON MY UPPER BACK.....YELLOW JACKETS ! I AM ALLERGIC SO I FIGURED I BETTER QUIT AND GO GET SOME ICE AND BENNADRYLL. ON MY WAY OUT I WAS BUSY CHECKING OUT ALL THE BUCK SIGN ALONG THE SWAMP WHEN I LOOKED UP AND THERE WAS THE FAMILIAR WHITE BELLY. (THIS IS WHERE THINGS START GOING RIGHT). I GOT A LITTLE CLOSER AND SAW ANTLERS STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND. THIS WAS MY BUCK THAT I HAD BEEN HUNTING FOR OVER 6 WEEKS!
I NEVER DID FIND THE DOE, HAD TO CALL IN SICK FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, THE PLUMBER FINISHED AND MY WIFE IS HAPPY, AND MY TAXIDERMIST IS ENJOYING LIFE. HAD I NOT SHOT THAT DOE I DO NOT THINK I WOULD HAVE FOUND THIS BUCK. ISN'T LIFE FUNNY ! GO TEAM 5 !!
 
Geez, glad you found him Chuck! Too bad about the doe!
 
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