I have the predator platform and it is nice but if I had the bigger option like the mission back then, I would have gotten the mission. I’m 6’3” and weigh 220 with a size 13 W. On straight trees my predator is great, but if the tree leans or curves slightly towards me, it honestly isn’t enough real estate to stand up straight to remove pressure so you can make your adjustments. So personally I’d go with the mission
I ended up buying an Easton baseball equipment back pack. It has an upper and lower zip pocket so you can load ropes and straps in the bottom and keep jackets and snacks in the top. That way I don’t have to pull everything out fumbling for gear. The side pockets are made as bat carriers which hold snake guards or large water bottles perfectly. The back has a helmet/base carrier which is perfect size for strapping a platform in. It came in an olive drab-ish color with some old traditional camo coloring. I’ve seen and used many many packs ranging from $39 Walmart ones to $89 field and stream and even tried out the new one from Trophyline but at the end of the day, for $79 that Easton back pack is the single best pack for saddle hunting I’ve ever used. The mission fits nicely in that outer helmet compartment as well.
Link please sir.
Most guys laugh when I say I bought a baseball pack for all my gear but man it has tons of space/compartments and even features a strap with a hook so you can hang the pack on a gear hook or hanger. It isn’t near as big or heavy as it appears in the adds. Honestly it was about the same size as my old field and stream hunting pack but way better as far as functionality- what good is gear that looks cool but isn’t really that functional?
It is almost funny because when I started DIY’ing saddles 4 years ago, everything in every place I went, I’d look to see if I could somehow improve my setups not just for shaving weight like some, but for comfort and functionality. What good is being super light weight if the stuff is breaking or you aren’t able to stay comfy? I mean my whole set up weighs less than 15lbs including my pack, platform, saddle, climbing method and bow. Could I get lighter? Sure but my old hang on stand weighed nearly that on its on and I still had to carry all that other stuff too. So my goal is to be safe first, comfortable comes in at a very close number 2, function (ease of use of the gear) is number 3 (it’s pretty much a tie with number 2) and weight is my last consideration. I’m known the kayak into places and have even walked as many as 12 miles in a day round trip for a hunt. But the day I can no longer carry 15lbs of total weight is the day I can no longer drag a deer or pig out of the woods anyway. In other words that will be the day I give up hunting and fishing
My buddy thinks I need a new truck, I like my old truck and think it’s funny it drives him nuts that I could snap my fingers and have a new one tomorrow but won’t do it, I tell him it’s not the truck the horns are in the back of...... but the size of the horns in the back of the truck. LOL
I still regularly drive my 1982 Ford F-150. It has the 300 in line 6 and a three on the tree. An 8ft bed. I can’t kill it, truth is, it’ll probably be my 9year old sons first vehicle but I’m totally with you. If it ain’t broke you don’t fix it. PS bucks and pigs fit nicely in the 8ft beds
Thank you for that but it appears to be a bad link.
