Quick tip that changed my mobile hunting life forever: When you're attaching a strap to a stick, always always always put the loop with no buckle on first, and start the strap significantly shorter than you will need it to be to get around the tree. Hold the buckle in your hand as you pass it around the tree, and let out just enough slack in the strap to barely hook it onto the button, then cinch it tight. Then you never have to fuss with the strap dropping as you try to tighten the strap, and the buckle can never contact the metal stick.

Good video. I have used my tether as a second lineman’s rope to go around branches so you’re always connected.

Just gonna offer some recommendations for safety and information purposes.. as someone above mentioned, never unhook your lineman’s belt. When you get to a branch, use your tether to get around the branch then either at the next branch or at the top of your climb, reattach your original lineman belt. 2nd suggestion... please don’t step off of your stick and onto your platform with just your lineman’s belt. At the top of your top step, go ahead and set you tether, and hook into your bridge before you make the transition to your platform. Then, once your into your platform with your tether hooked into your bridge, at that time, disconnect your LB. Just looking out for you and new guys getting into it. Thanks for the video bud.

Excellent video. Straight forward, everything I needed to know to start climbing.

Good video, looks like a good setup.

Awesome video, i’ve been wanting to get into saddle hunting lately. As i primarily hunt the mountains of Northeast PA, i prefer to pack lightly and saddle hunting would give me the versatility i need for tree selection. Keep up the good work!

Being from Marshall count in West "By God" Virginia and not being a fan of hang on or climbing stands, I have been wanting to get a tree saddle and try it out. I wish there was a rental program or somewhere close to me to try it out and learn before making the investment in a Tethrd or even their competitor in AeroHunter. Since I mostly hunt the property around me I am not going to set up permanent stands even though I do like ladder stands especially double mans. So a tree saddle system and either ground blinds (mostly natural) are what I have to go with. I want to hunt more public land in WV and some places are really step so that would give me a nice vantage point. Would be cool to arrow a deer or a black bear or a turkey during fall season while in a saddle. Some people will actually wear their saddle into their stand since it is so light, just to save a step. Thanks for sharing.

In not currently a saddle hunter I’m gathering info before I make my purchase, but I am a power lineman (10yrs) when u clip your lineman rope in make sure your clip is facing out this will prevent your body opening the gate and “possibly” un clipping you wich could result in falling off the platform.not sure if that was stated in above comments or if it was just by mistake.but in the trade it has happened allot.stay safe brotha great video.thank you for taking the time to explain your technique. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

excellent info excellent job!

love the video i hope you gonna made much more videos

What part of West Virginia do y’all usually hunt (counties) ? I’ve got family and friends that hunt up there

Yea I will just stick to my summit that looks like a lot of work

Great video! As far as the safety side of it, not so much… I carry a second lineman’s belt that stays attached to my harness when I’m climbing up to my hang on platform stand as it is always smarter to stay attached to the tree when going around branches, you just never ever know what can happen and in a split second, you’re either laying at the base of the tree with a broken back or neck and paralyzed for the rest of your life and now Hunting is over for you forever, or even worse, dead… If I’m using my saddle, I attach my Tether before disconnecting my lineman’s belt, it literally only takes an extra 5 seconds! Also. If your lineman’s belt is ever below your waist and a strap breaks, climbing stick fails, or you just slip, there’s a very good chance that you are going straight to the ground like a bowling ball rolling straight down the tree because your lineman’s belt can’t catch and is just falling with you. If you’re lucky and don’t fall all the way down, I can say for a fact and speaking from a bad experience you will 100% hurt yourself terribly and enough to not want to be there anymore as you’ve just fallen atleast 6 feet and your entire body jarred just like a head on collision in a car crash and look down due to unbearable pain coming from the side of your calf where a climbing stick ripped you open 2” wide, 8” long, and an 1” deep while about to pass out from watching what looks like pints of blood poor down the tree and dripping so much at the base of the tree that it sounds like it’s raining in the woods… I’ll spend the extra 5 seconds attaching my Tether or my other lineman’s belt and keep it at or above my waist at all times. Thanks!

Love it. This is very useful

Good video. Very informative. Just got my whole Tethrd saddle setup can’t wait to use it this year. Question which Badlands pack do you have and do You like it?Does it hold the sticks good?Need a backpack that can hold my sticks nicely.

What do u think I should do if I wanna get into saddle hunting but cannot afford it

Great video guys. I'm working on a similar video and incorporating some of the best ideas from what other people are doing. Thank you!

where did you get your aiders?

What pack are you using?

Glad to see more people getting into saddles. My only suggestion would be to ditch the cam buckle straps and go to a rope mod, versa strap, dynema daisy chain or something like that. Way faster and quieter. Good luck

The tether rope looks little too small for me. Great video 📼

You using 11mm ropes?

That seems like alot work I'd be sweating like crazy coulda been up and down that tree with my climber and on a new tree already I like the idea of it just seems like to much

What are you using for you aiders is that Amsteel

Love the videos guys come to coolridge wv and see us

Never tried this, but looks like a lot of work. I can be up in a tree in less than 5 minutes with a climber. What’s the advantage of this?

You would be surprised what you can do with your "eyes closed". I'm legally blind and I don't use a flashlight very often. No cure for my eye sight and I love hunting. Not saying I would do THIS without a light though lol. I'd have to use this a lot and have some sort of routine to be comfortable to do it without a light

Man they really do give u a lot more movement and shooting angles. About how high up do the sticks allow u to go? Just average?

Pretty cool but just seems like a lot...it would be a lot to get used to facing the tree after 35 yrs of using sticks and hang ons or climbers

Pretty sure if you ever fall, you are gonna want those leg straps on. When they are just hanging there undone they lose their safety effect

You don't even need daisy chains. Use the strap with no buckle and cinch it into the button

Meanwhile I've already made it up the tree, got settled, poured a cup of coffee and sitting comfy in my climber in the time you got to your second stick

I want them sticks pm please I'll buy them

Im a Hunter, I live in Germany. Never seen smth like this before. We dont use this kind of stuff, we even dont have this kind of stuff... but its cool as fuck 😅

Bad example unhooking lineman’s top multiple times and no using your leg straps

$679 & no steps?

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Dude unhooking your linesman rope without attaching your tether around a branch is so foolish. Your a bad catastrophic fall waiting to happen. Please don't do that.your too young to get hurt or die.