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Saddle numbers

Weldabeast said:
How many random people did u meet this season who saddle hunting also? The season prior to this year I met 1 other guy who had converted.......this season I met 4 random people who have adopted it.
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Two. One helped me recover my buck and when he didn’t see anything but preset sticks in my tree, he asked what I shot it out of and we got into the saddle talk. The other one hadn’t converted yet but he is just getting into his 60s and is a little bit over the discomfort of sitting in conventional treestands but doesn’t want to give us on his cheapie 1-man ladder stands for many good reasons. So I am going to let him try my saddle in his ladder stand in the off-season to see if he likes the hybrid style.
 
I have converted several in the past couple years, and I know a few folks who saw the light all on their own... But this year was the first year I saw a rando out there sporting the ol' death diaper.

There goes the neighborhood...
 
I converted one friend in Georgia and he loves it now as well as one in South Carolina. They are both addicted to it now. I also have the grumpy old Clint Eastwood type of friend who still has his Summit and swears by it and ain’t nuffin gonna ever be better just tell me he needs sticks and a saddle also!
 
The few guys I hunt with on private think I’m insane and a lot of work. Little do they know and little will they ever know. They bow hunt only to rifle season, I bowhunt all season. I am converting my nephew and a friend and they have been pretty interested for when we hunt public


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There are 8 guys in my hunting circle of friends(I’m including [mention]Horn [/mention]even though we are just internet buddies at this point). 6 of us hunt from a saddle. The other two refuse to convert.

Outside of my circle of friends I don’t know any saddle hunters. Most people I knew described saddle hunting to me as the CrossFit of the hunting world before I started.


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Andrew920 said:
There are 8 guys in my hunting circle of friends(I’m including [mention]Horn [/mention]even though we are just internet buddies at this point). 6 of us hunt from a saddle. The other two refuse to convert.

Outside of my circle of friends I don’t know any saddle hunters. Most people I knew described saddle hunting to me as the CrossFit of the hunting world before I started.


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You need to saddle hunt, go to CrossFit, and be vegan to complete the trifecta...

... However a vegan deer hunter doesn't really make sense, so the trifecta may be nothing more than urban legend.
 
One guy stopped to chat while I was getting ready to go in who said he saddle hunts, but no telling for sure. All the confirmed saddle hunters I know are on here.

Zero chance I'm going to convert anyone, I'm crazy. Just ask them :tearsofjoy: actually I know very few people who actively hunt, or actually have intent to kill. A few guys are just taking mini vacations
 
I met a guy on his way out when I was helping my father in law drag a deer. I asked if he was on the forum and said yes but I didn't catch a name. First time I've seen another person using one but I was about an hour away from home. I also don't typically run into people during archery season.
 
I ran into 2 other hunters this year. One had a climber on his back, the other was loading up his lock on and a recurve, and said he didn't like shooting trad from the saddle because the bridge gets in the way. I don't try to convert people when I run into them i try to ask as many questions as they will put up with lol
 
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