S1-E27: Making Tree Saddle Hunting More COMFY

This week Mark Kenyon walks through the lessons he's learned while working to get more comfortable hunting from a tree saddle over long hours and days.

Gear

Saddle Hunting 101: Why You Should Try a Tree Saddle

Mark Kenyon

I’d heard about it for a decade and considered it for years. In 2018, I decided it was finally time to give it a try. I was going to hunt from a tree saddle. Of all the questions I’ve received since making that decision, no topic has been more common than tree saddles: What did I think about the tree saddle? Why are tree saddles worth considering? What tree saddle do I recommend? Are tree saddles comfortable? Should folks swap their stands for a...

Hunt

How to Improve Your Tree Saddle Location

Janis Putelis

One of the biggest things we’ve learned about tree saddle hunting is that just because you can pop right up any tree doesn’t mean you’re in a good spot. You may be surrounded by limbs and leaves, or worse, you could be upwind or too far from where the deer will likely show up. In this video, Mark visits Jani’s family property in Wisconsin to review his potential stand locations. Jani found a great spot where the confluence of three ridges create...