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#9 – Graham Helwig
2021

#9 – Graham Helwig

This was my first season saddle hunting, and it’s my favorite way to hunt now. I first saw him in mid-October walking out of the woods. Hunting the Laurel Highlands mountains in SW PA. He was on th...
#10 – Eric Loso
2021

#10 – Eric Loso

Have been hunting a big block of public for 2 weeks, seen multiple shooters but no shot on any, had a group of guys move in, accessing with a duck boat, I’ve been kayaking back 1.25 miles to the ar...
#1 – Rendell Erik Rhoderick
2020

#1 – Rendell Erik Rhoderick

My rookie saddle season in 2020 will forever live in my memory. It started back in 2019 when I was tired of carrying heavy mobile tree stands every year. I watch The Hunting Public all the time and...
#2 – Ryan Cady
2020

#2 – Ryan Cady

As October came to a close in New York State, myself and my buddies made our annual trip west to Ohio in search of dream public land bucks. We towed our camper for 9 hours and set up camp in a loca...
#3 – Dustin Moll
2020

#3 – Dustin Moll

It was October 13th and I was driving west to Montana, head-on into a monster of a low-pressure system forecasted to last 4-5 days. This system was hauling snow and temperature drops of 40+ degree...
#4 – Chris Coon
2020

#4 – Chris Coon

Man, where do I start? I am from Michigan. Shot my first buck at 14 with a compound bow and have been hooked ever since. Hunting in Michigan is very, very challenging. I have never really had priva...
#5 – Justin Ramsdorfer
2020

#5 – Justin Ramsdorfer

This story begins from a mapping standpoint, I am a huge public access/public land archery hunting fanatic around the Johnstown Pennsylvania area (WMU’s 2C & 2E) and have been blessed over 16 s...
#6 – Cullen Downing
2020

#6 – Cullen Downing

It was the late summer of 2020 when I purchased my mantis saddle, and with the season fast approaching I was ambitious to get in it and start shooting. I practiced weekly taking multiple strong and...
#7 – Ross Lexvold
2020

#7 – Ross Lexvold

It was nearing 8am on Monday, Nov. 2nd in southeast MN and I was just about to get down and begin my normal workday. I had been sitting near the top of a ridge in my brand new Phantom Saddle, Preda...
#8 – Jared McBride
2020

#8 – Jared McBride

It was a 90 degree day on October 10th. It was my first day back in Missouri from my honeymoon. So I thought it would be a great idea to take my new wife to the woods with me. We set up on a small ...
#9 – William Harvey
2020

#9 – William Harvey

The 2020 deer season is one that will be tough to beat. I was fortunate enough to tag out for the first time ever with two bucks that were both bigger than anything I had ever killed before. The be...
#10 – Josh Morgan
2020

#10 – Josh Morgan

I started the research on saddle hunting about the same time I picked up my first stickbow. The attributes of the tree saddle seemed to reflect the traditional form of archery. The recurve I was sh...

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