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What common SH accessory don't you use?

Water bottle.

Strange as it may seem I didn't take a water bottle on a single hunt last year. Granted, I got sick during gun season so I never did a full day sit. I find I don't need one on a morning/evening hunt. Too heavy and just going to make me have to drain it out the other end. I also live almost in Canada so it's not like I'm hunting in a heat wave ever.
 
Knee pads or a recliner are the 2 that most people say is a must. I've never felt like I needed knee pads and I tried the recliner and just didn't care for it. It's all personal preference.


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Haven’t gotten my saddle yet, but I have no plans to use knee pads. They seem...wimpy? Sorry to y’all who use them, and I don’t think YOU are wimpy, but I just feel like they’re probably the least necessary part of a saddle setup, aside from a back band.
 
DelaWhere_Arrow said:
Haven’t gotten my saddle yet, but I have no plans to use knee pads. They seem...wimpy? Sorry to y’all who use them, and I don’t think YOU are wimpy, but I just feel like they’re probably the least necessary part of a saddle setup, aside from a back band.
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If you hunt with a ROS they are not necessary, but are valuable. If you hunt with a platform, and aren't a full on leaner from start to finish, I don't see how you can not have them. Putting 100+lbs of pressure on your knees on a rough barked tree for hours doesn't seem like something most folks could do.
 
DelaWhere_Arrow said:
Haven’t gotten my saddle yet, but I have no plans to use knee pads. They seem...wimpy? Sorry to y’all who use them, and I don’t think YOU are wimpy, but I just feel like they’re probably the least necessary part of a saddle setup, aside from a back band.
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@redsquirrel turned me onto kneepads, and I haven't looked back. I believe he also converted @John Eberhart hisself.
 
kyler1945 said:
If you hunt with a ROS they are not necessary, but are valuable. If you hunt with a platform, and aren't a full on leaner from start to finish, I don't see how you can not have them. Putting 100+lbs of pressure on your knees on a rough barked tree for hours doesn't seem like something most folks could do.
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Funny, I would think it’s the opposite, since the ROS automatically puts your legs in more contact with tree, from watching others use both systems. I have a pair of knee pads in my kit JiC, but I can’t see myself caring. Maybe I’ll be wrong. I like your feedback.
 
DelaWhere_Arrow said:
Funny, I would think it’s the opposite, since the ROS automatically puts your legs in more contact with tree, from watching others use both systems. I have a pair of knee pads in my kit JiC, but I can’t see myself caring. Maybe I’ll be wrong. I like your feedback.
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With a ring of steps, your feet are on either side of the tree, not in front of it as with a platform (my single biggest reason to not use platforms). Your knees, therefore, are not pressing into the tree. They're on either side the tree. At times, with different angles, or shots, etc, you will make contact, and they're nice to have. They save your pants too.
 
kyler1945 said:
With a ring of steps, your feet are on either side of the tree, not in front of it as with a platform (my single biggest reason to not use platforms). Your knees, therefore, are not pressing into the tree. They're on either side the tree. At times, with different angles, or shots, etc, you will make contact, and they're nice to have. They save your pants too.
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The pants comment is super fair. I buy ripstop for all legwear, because I hunt on the ground 80% of the time currently, and often find myself kneeling on rocks or against stumps. I don’t do it for hours though, only 15-20 minutes at most before slinking a few yards further to the next rock or stump, so that’s not the same as saddle. I can see how constant pressure might be an issue. I plan to use a platform when I get my saddle and get a ROS to practice with once I get into saddle shape. I will take your advice and @Nutterbuster to heart, and try knees both ways. I won’t know until I practice.
 
I sit about 50% of the time and don't use knee pads. When sitting I straddle the tree with my knees rather than pushing them up against the trunk.

kyler1945 said:
If you hunt with a ROS they are not necessary, but are valuable. If you hunt with a platform, and aren't a full on leaner from start to finish, I don't see how you can not have them. Putting 100+lbs of pressure on your knees on a rough barked tree for hours doesn't seem like something most folks could do.
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kyler1945 said:
If you hunt with a ROS they are not necessary, but are valuable. If you hunt with a platform, and aren't a full on leaner from start to finish, I don't see how you can not have them. Putting 100+lbs of pressure on your knees on a rough barked tree for hours doesn't seem like something most folks could do.
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Answer: tree pad. Cut a piece of yoga mat and tie it around the tree. I went this route without ever trying kneepads, seemed simpler in my mind.
 
elk yinzer said:
Answer: tree pad. Cut a piece of yoga mat and tie it around the tree. I went this route without ever trying kneepads, seemed simpler in my mind.
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Haha, but it's still a kneepad, albeit one you don't wear. I actually like having kneepads on climbing and what not. Extra protection. I wear gloves too when I'm climbing, I'm a sissy.
 
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