First post. This website got me started. Always used a rock climbing harness with my LW climber and now went with muddle areolite sticks and a sitdrag. Ropeman is my friend and I use a few. Now I’m onto 1 stick and descending with gri gri. Killed a nice buck on first sit which I caint say was because of the saddle but sure made my 1 hour set up worth the while. Man was I beat !!! One month in and I’m so much more proficient it’s not funny. Glad to hear u started like me and thanks to everyone for posting great info !!!
As for my bag I just switched over from my normal treestand pac to my Kuiu ultra 1800 pac that I use for pac country trips. Really helped me. Light and stays on my back awesome while I’m climbing and clips against tree well. Not my pac placement all depends on the tree or tree set I’m in but usually the top of the bag is lower than my waist height and can be on the complete opposite side of the tree.
Good luck. I have lots to learn.
As for my bag I just switched over from my normal treestand pac to my Kuiu ultra 1800 pac that I use for pac country trips. Really helped me. Light and stays on my back awesome while I’m climbing and clips against tree well. Not my pac placement all depends on the tree or tree set I’m in but usually the top of the bag is lower than my waist height and can be on the complete opposite side of the tree.
Good luck. I have lots to learn.