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What did you do today that’s related to saddle hunting?

I took the opportunity of a Friday off work to drive down to one of the areas I remote hunt to do some scouting before things green up. Even though the weather wasn't optimal I covered a bit more than 4 miles in 30F and 30 mph winds with intermittent snow. It was useful though, I found few travel corridors and bedding areas I wasn't aware of. One of the bedding areas is overlooking one of my normal access trails in one spot. I'll keep that in mind and alter my path into that area next year based on that. It was good to get out and stroll around. Snow's been off this area for a couple of weeks but it doesn't appear that any deer have moved back into the area yet. I didn't see any fresh tracks or scat. They should be migrating back in anytime now though.
 
AKB said:
I saw my neighbor pulling up the telephone poles that outlined his driveway. Got a 22’ pole from him to put in my backyard for saddle practice. Now I need to figure out how to get it vertical in a 3’ deep hole of concrete.
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You don’t really need concrete. Power poles are set with gravel usually. You just need an uplift cleat and compacted sand and gravel.
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I'm pretty sure there's a ratio of how much pole needs to be buried for it to be safe, like 1/4, depending on soil composition and frost depth. My neighbor's a linesman at the local co-op, I'll ask him when he gets back in town.

If you happen to get to know a local linesman, they might be willing to swing by on the way between jobs and use their equipment in exchange for a couple of bucks or a case of beer. When I lived in AZ I got a couple of nuisance trees dropped in exchange for a bottle of bourbon.
 
AKB said:
I saw my neighbor pulling up the telephone poles that outlined his driveway. Got a 22’ pole from him to put in my backyard for saddle practice. Now I need to figure out how to get it vertical in a 3’ deep hole of concrete.
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Get about 4 buddies to come help you, see if you can find some really strong iron water pipe and y’all work in tandem. It is called piking. Lineman used to do it all the time before center mounts were common. Dig your hole 4’ and do not concrete it in, as concrete hold moisture and will make the pole rot at the ground level much faster. Dig the hole to allow about 4 to 7” around the poles diameter and use a two by four to pack the dirt very tightly after every couple shovels of dirt as you back fill. The pole will be plenty strong and should last a long time.
 
Iron_llama said:
I'm pretty sure there's a ratio of how much pole needs to be buried for it to be safe, like 1/4, depending on soil composition and frost depth. My neighbor's a linesman at the local co-op, I'll ask him when he gets back in town.

If you happen to get to know a local linesman, they might be willing to swing by on the way between jobs and use their equipment in exchange for a couple of bucks or a case of beer. When I lived in AZ I got a couple of nuisance trees dropped in exchange for a bottle of bourbon.
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It’s 3’ for any pole 15’ or less and you add 1’ for every ten foot there after in normal soil conditions. If it’s really wet soil and or loose sandy soil you add an additional foot for every ten ie 3’ + 2. Pole depth is usually calculated by the engineer long before lineman go swap a pole or add new ones.
 
Saddle related……..spent money. I bought 3 cable aiders, a double step, some amsteel, and a back and finally. I’m dialing in my setup little by little….the rough framing is there, just need to polish it up……I may have some items going up for sale soon haha.
 
Looked at the new FirstLite Omen rain gear. Looks exactly like what I've been looking for in serious rain gear....but the price...serious ouch!!! :oops: :oops::oops:

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I've been shooting traditional for 5 or 6 years now and feel like in the past 2 years things have really started to work for me. I have good days and bad. Yesterday evening, right at twilight I shot a great round when it was barely light enough to see and somedays, I can't hit well in broad daylight.

I am favoring simplicity also as I get older.
 
A17ABD38-4D95-4B9B-96A8-DBCFF9B60968.jpegThe wife, the kids and myself are spending the weekend doing the South Florida Outdoor Expo. We are in a booth next to some awesome hunting charters, the guys from Fl Camo and an awesome way to hang your bow from a company called Bow Spider! It’s been a great time so far
 
More 2TC practice...I've gotten the 20-foot climb down to a little over 5 minutes without pushing it. Tried out the Kong Slyde today.
 

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I went to the local weld shop and we are designing a attachment/ foot rest that utilizes the Chippewa Wedge Loc design method of connecting to the tree. I stressed light and strong so I turned him loose with some of my preliminary sketches. Hopefully we will come up with something that will work well with my cinched srt method. I love using my Falcon but this is specifically for climbing and then I will utilize a ROS at the top.
 
cedar paul said:
I went to the local weld shop and we are designing a attachment/ foot rest that utilizes the Chippewa Wedge Loc design method of connecting to the tree. I stressed light and strong so I turned him loose with some of my preliminary sketches. Hopefully we will come up with something that will work well with my cinched srt method. I love using my Falcon but this is specifically for climbing and then I will utilize a ROS at the top.
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This should be interesting to see!
 
This tree connection has the least fiddle factor of all I have tried but I will probably work on a modified tree strap but it will be tough to beat the original.
 
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