Honestly I want more depth than the pursuit or scout. I want a predator cut in half on two posts. Problem is I guess, would be more post than platform weight. I image to make it solid, you would need a good post. So you would end up carrying in more post than platform. Or would require two straps to make it all secure enough and offset the simplicity. Not worth the effort in the end. Just carry a bigger platform..I had more scout like platforms in mind from the description @MattMan81 gave.
I am hoping/planning on trying 2 or 3 pursuit around a tree and see how it does.
Maybe just get away from a post for this idea. That's a lot of leverage to counter though. It's an interesting ideaHonestly I want more depth than the pursuit or scout. I want a predator cut in half on two posts. Problem is I guess, would be more post than platform weight. I image to make it solid, you would need a good post. So you would end up carrying in more post than platform. Or would require two straps to make it all secure enough and offset the simplicity. Not worth the effort in the end. Just carry a bigger platform..
Is that the Jell-O platform you were talking about before in our private messages? Take and bake, shake and bake, then hang and hunt with the Jell-O Jigglers platforms? It's the Jell-O ROS! Goes around the tree!I got plenty of ideas for new platforms but I can't share them cause then I can't make a million dollars off of all u suckas
Patents flying this way and that.... cease and desist orders....unholy alliances and backdoor dealings ....
U can keep all that mess
The ridged post with a couple V shaped things and a strap is getting pretty played out.
What the.....? That contraption looks like you got a rabbit in a snare trap and just compressed it down to flat. Waiting for an eyeball or piece of intestine to poke out of the mess or something! Good camo though.
What are your thoughts or plans on the two pursuit platforms? When I tried one I thought putting them on the tree at 8/7 and 5/4 o'clock on the tree and tethering in between them, feet on the inside edges or in the gap. Then you could walk around the tree and use them more normally tooI really like the Pursuit. I have the Gen 1 but don't experience the flex others seem to have but I am planning on getting another one GEN II. This with with four Gen III Tethrd One Sticks and I'm going to be running a superlight setup.
I haven't thought about it but I may try that this year too. They're certainly light enough to carry two and you could bind them together with the OCB buckle and strap them to your pack. They are so light two wouldn't be bad I wouldn't think to carry at all. I could probably set up in bigger trees too if I seriously considered doing that.What are your thoughts or plans on the two pursuit platforms? When I tried one I thought putting them on the tree at 8/7 and 5/4 o'clock on the tree and tethering in between them, feet on the inside edges or in the gap. Then you could walk around the tree and use them more normally too
To me the place with the most opportunity for development is in hybrid stand/platforms. There are some configuration options there that would solve a lot of issues and no one to this point has really come close to building it, imo.Hoping to stir up a good discussion. What are your thoughts about where platforms are or should go from here?
Lighter, more compact, different dimensions?
Any choice immediately brings its trade offs. You can’t eat your cake and have it too (yes, that’s the right way to say that.
I’ve read some guys lamenting over the “camming” style of platform. If so, what else is there?
My main request would simply be more ergonomic footprints or dimensions, but I hope the discussion goes deeper than that.
Jake
Agree 100%. Little tweaks and some adjustments.I predict they go the way other treestands have gone. Lots of very minor variations on 3-4 main designs, more for the sake of product differentiation than anything else. I really think we're already there and have been for a couple of seasons.
To me the place with the most opportunity for development is in hybrid stand/platforms.
I know, I was giving him a little crap… he will be a JX3 guy before longI had more scout like platforms in mind from the description @MattMan81 gave.
I am hoping/planning on trying 2 or 3 pursuit around a tree and see how it does.
Hybrid is using a small treestand as a saddle platform. LWCG .5 would be an example. Maximizing that concept hasnt really even been scratched yet.What are you referring to by “hybrid”?