Jimmy Wallhanger
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If it does not hurt it helps.
I agree 100%I feel like I practice good scent control, but last year was my first with stealth stripped sticks and i got winded more times than I have in the last 5 years. I couldn't fit my sticks in a scent free tote( Full length lw) like everything else. Every hunt they are sprayed with scent killer but it just felt like I was lining the tree with a giant scent wick. It could have been any piece of my gear also. I love the product but decided to leave it off my new sticks this year to give it a try.
I also had a buck come check me out at the base of my tree last season. My noise must of bumped him off his bed and he came back. I had one stick on the tree and my bow setting on the ground. I hid behind the tree and he closed the distance to 5 yards. He couldn't smell me at all so we had stare down for a minute then he bounded off. So sound scared him off but he still came back. Now if he had smelled me. Not a chance he would have returned.
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What do u use to attach the stick to the tree?I agree 100%
I have scent control down stone cold and are literally a scent control fanatic
And rarely get winded anymore but without fail when I do I have either deviated from my scent control protocol or brought with a piece of equipment that either wasn't throughly descented or could not be descented
That is why items like SS concern me
I have only used my LW steps for one season and fewer than 10 hunts and used the factory strap and went back to SIS as they were much easier to pack and deploy and essentially silent to install yes took noticeably longer to install and remove my 12-14 SIS vs 4-5 sticks but well worth the extra time in exchange for a essentially silent installation and removal and ridiculously easy to transport and install vs sticks are much safer than sticks and I can get SIS in almost any size or shape tree can't say that about my LW sticks.What do u use to attach the stick to the tree?
Yep!! ^^^^^^^ ThisDrop away rests... way better than anything any manufacturer uses
I stealth stripped the plate in my head and everything is much quieter now. I can barely hear the voices these days