Reeder Custom Guns - Hmm. Tree saddles

As a rule, I like to treestand hunt. I know some people dislike them but I have found them to be very effective in the northeast.

Here in Maine, you need written landowner permission to put up a stand and there are a lot of parcels of land open to hunting but run by a conservation group that does not allow treestand. Tree saddles are exempt.

So. I was thinking about getting a tree saddle for the fall of 2026 hunting season.

I know they can be tricky to use but I have been reading a lot about them. I am very tempted.

Just curious if anyone here has used them?

Also. Do you think that any form of elevated hunting is practical in the Western USA? Thank you

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I always tried to use a hilltop. :-)

Seriously. Ease up a hill, quietly. Pick a spot where you can see a lot of ground. Sit and glass. When I spotted something I was hunting and if I wanted to try, I figured a way to stalk in on it and often I was successful.

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I tried to find a thick brush that I could sit in front of so I was part of the brush.

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gotta have a horse to go with the saddle.

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A company out of Idaho that advertised them in the Primitve Archer magazine. I think I paid 49.99. It was made with aircraft buckles and webbing. I used it for a few years until I heard a crack in the limb, nothing happened but I switched back to a climber. It was very handy and allowed me to hunt places I couldn't drag my TSS tree stand. I still have it.
The New versions are more comfortable butttt you still have to choose a strong enough limb.

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Hmm. Tree saddles

Elevated hunting in the west

That was my preferred way of scouting, except

How do you get your horse up the tree?

Horse? What mean horse?

Well, you wanted to sit on his saddle. You

I had used tree saddles in the late 70's and 80's. There was