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The Saddle Hunter Setup Quiz

Hunter260

Hunter260

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So there’s a ton of posts about how high you set up or what side of a leaner or how do you set up in a fork or whatever. I thought to help a few people and to get a discussion going. I’ll post a few pictures of trees, and you tell me where you would set up, based on height or cover or personal preference, or if you wouldn’t even hunt it at all. 30” helium included for scale.
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A. Probably wouldn't climb, vines in my area tend to leave trees dead so I stay away, but if I did, I would be on the right trunk, platform towards the middle, feet or waist even with the split on the left trunk. Left handed shooter, but cover is better than worrying about a weak side shot.

B. Hanging off the center most fork of the top center v. My platform would probably be below the v, but not by much.

C. Only way I would hunt this is if I knew there was a big animal, and no other trees in area were alright, but I would be about 15' the trunk you have you stick on, and hoping the photographer was the target, set up for a drop shot.

D. All the way up, set up to shoot them as they stage before coming into the field. Platform probably just above upper thick branch on the left.

Disclaimer: Left handed and used to hunting thick public with a lot of pressure. We go high, thick, and deep to get a shot.

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I would hunt all of them but the last one it is to open for me to hunt it where I live the deer would not even walk close to one like that and as soon as they walked out they would be staring straight up in that tree expecting a hunter to be their!! As far as the rest of them most likely in the forks or where enough foliage cover was available! Hard to say without seeing the whole situation ie where the deer are coming from, how I need to set up for that shot, wind etc......
 
A. I might hunt that one from ground level. Set up so the seat of my jx3 is about a foot off the ground.

B. Probably set my ROS just above the Y, on the left trunk.

C. Would probably just sit on the ground at the base of that one. Or maybe just stand in the crotch leaning on one of the trunks.

D. As high up in the cover as I could get while still having decent shot windows.
 
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