JOSH MORGAN, 40 - WYOMING SADDLE GEAR: Phantom Saddle 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 shooting made me...
WILLIAM HARVEY, 24 - OKLAHOMA SADDLE GEAR: Eberhart Signature Saddle, Hawk Helium sticks 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...
JARED MCBRIDE, 25 - MISSOURI SADDLE GEAR: Phantom Saddle, Predator Platform, Lone Wolf Climbing Sticks 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...
ROSS LEXVOLD, 42 - MINNESOTA SADDLE GEAR: Phantom Saddle, Predator Platform, Lone Wolf Climbing Sticks 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...
CULLEN DOWNING, 25 - NEW HAMPSHIRE SADDLE GEAR: Mantis Saddle, Bullman Ring of Steps, LoneWolf Sticks 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...
JUSTIN RAMSDORFER, 28 - PENNSYLVANIA SADDLE GEAR: Phantom Saddle, Squirrel Steps Ring of Steps 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)...
CHRIS COON, 37 - MISSOURI SADDLE GEAR: Phantom Saddle, Predator Platform 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...
DUSTIN MOLL, 33 - MONTANA SADDLE GEAR: Phantom, Predator platform, lwcg minis 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+...
RYAN CADY, 34 - OHIO SADDLE GEAR: Tethrd Mantis & Predator Platform 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...
RENDELL ERIK RHODERICK, 37 - IOWA SADDLE GEAR: Tethrd Phantom, Predator Platform, XOP Mini Sticks 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...