Wired to Hunt Weekly: Tree Saddle First Impressions

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...

For bowhunters, saddle hunting rules the current mobile hunting trend. Ultralight lock-on stands come in a close second, but we’re in the heyday of saddles. While this might be the go-to method for archers, it hasn’t gained as much traction with the rifle-hunting crowd. I constantly meet or talk...

I first heard about tree saddles more than a decade ago. At the time I thought hanging from a tree by a waist harness seemed uncomfortable, impractical, and downright foolish. But it turns out I was the fool. Ten years later I finally gave saddles a try—only to realize I’d been missing out in a big...