Hang and Hunt Setup: XOP Air Raid, Hawk Helium, Rope mod, Climbing Aider 

This is awesome brother! I really like how you went over the system, gave a bit of background, then the demonstration. Good point about practicing before using it hunting. Great video, thanks for sharing!

IMHO this is by far the best video of method on this subject...excellent presentaton and explaination...you are very efficient and precise...easy to see you have honed your craft...awesome awesome job...you just showed me a system mehod I could adopt as my own...well done you!

You did an awesome job bringing the mobile set up info to us. I have the same sticks. I have not cut them down yet. But have put to attached raiders to the bottom 2 sticks. I used a saddle this year so I dropped the weight of the stand. I was comfortable but will need more practice this off season. Thanks for the share. Have a BLESSED day.

Great video, thanks for taking the time to make and post. I’m a long time hunter in my late sixties having to rethink how I can feasibly continue to stand hunt. Thanks again for the good information, I will modeling my set up after yours.

Loved the video, finally going to break down after 10+ years and update my setup to a light weight system. Very helpful 👍

Wow...nice! That's one of the best packable set-ups I've seen!

Thank you bro for a very comprehensive video. I’m looking at changing my climbing set up and this has been extremely helpful. Good luck this season.👊

That was a nice demonstration, I have never used a hang on stand. Used a climber for a few years, I really loved that thing.

Enjoyed watching some of your video's. I went to a saddle this year, gave it a shot for hunting certain trees, after a full season personally found a climber or hang on still work best for me. Glad I found your channel.

Fantastic video! Thank you for breaking down the whole process so well, I learned quite a bit.

Most of this is foreign to me but that’s the reason I watched channels like yours ., Always learning something new Very informative video Thank you

I wish they had that stuff decades ago. I've used numerous tree climbers. I've had more metal rattles during hunting season and dropped wrist-wrap trigger release a couple times which taught me to always carry a spare. I may make raised blind this coming season. I never know what I'm going to do a year ahead (smile). Great demo; full-watch. Have a fine week.

Nice setup man. Your mods are light, clean, and effective. I have the same stand and sticks and will be using several of your ideas.

Great video ! everything you do keeps safety in mind which is extremely important . Thanks for sharing your ideas👍

I think your aider is a must for me thanks. I Have been using my homemade saddle for two years now, way to go make your own if you can but be careful, I just got my Hawk 30" sticks, they are great with my mods to the, they stack titer, camo, attachments. Will be taken them out to test and video when it warms up a little. Thank for doing the videos .

Thanks for the link HuntingFarmer great video learned something new today.

This was a excellent video especially for those that have no clue on any of this. I will be saving and sharing this. Thank you my friend💪🇺🇸

I love these kinds of videos👍. I hunted treestands most of my life. But now I hunt in ground blinds. And I love them on a rainy day. Only bad thing is hearing the rain on the blind makes me sleepy😃😃

Thank you for the counter sink idea on the Versa Button really enjoy your videos

Great review on them very in depth. I haven't looked at stands in years. Still using a climber from 05. Safety first when in the field.

Great video brother I bought a stand for hang and hunt just need to get a set of sticks and this video was full of great information.... thanks

Great video 👍 I also switched from a climbing setup to hang and hunt and love it!

Great video! I just bought my first mobile setup, which I'll be using for practice this summer. These mods are great info, although after much thinking I decided to go for Hawk's new 20 inch sticks (I'm a short guy). I'll be sure to add an aider to my setup though. Thanks!

Awesome video man! Thanks a bunch! Good luck this season

Gr8 video Dave , I like the tutorial on climbing sticks 1st time I've seen them used :-)

awesome info on the tree stand set up.

That is a great job of Presenting your tree stand. I never had the patience to bow hunt. Always got out of the stand. lol Take Care

Great video!! It looks like a nice setup 👍

Fine video Dave. Safety first. I've not used a self climber in a while. Some good information.

The shelf modification sold me

Master of the craft

That was a great video! Great explanation! I rode a Warren and Sweat climbing stand down a tree several years back! Not fun!

very good video, great job, thanks..

You guys still make me nervous climbing up in the trees.😂 At least you're real careful about it.👍

Great video. Looks like a lot of work.

Excellent commentary from you dave

Information as always. Thanks for sharing.

This dude has got it figured out

That’s quite the setup!

Nice set up.

Nice setup man, makes you very mobile as a hunter 👍

Great video brother

I aswell have used climbing tree stands for years and just got a lone wolf assault ii and hawk helium sticks mainly for weight, safety, and being quiet

I love my summit it's light and easy to use and very comfy but I hate logging it in and out...I have a small Lone Wolf hang on from the 80s...I like your set up with a small red light I think it would be easy to climb in the dark

Awesome video

Great video thank you

Great info! Thanks for sharing!

Awesome video, thanks for all the info!

Cool setup!!!

Great video bud🇺🇸🤠

Great demonstration and great information.. Tyvm.👍afraid of heights tho.. Lol i use a ground blind😂😂

I got the same thing with an xop vanish. I have some upgrades to make such as aiders but probably wait til next year.

How's she goin'? I don't hunt and have never seen this type of system. I am familiar with tree stands. You sure have it down to an art!!! Great tips and it looks pretty easy for you to get up a tree and well perched for the hunt!!! Thanks for posting. Pretty interesting video!!! Take care!!!

nice up loud thanks for sharing new s

Subscribed!

Good Toturial To have gun Thanks for sharing Sir

Very informative video...hello to you my friend..

love that rope mod for the hawks...could you do a video on what rope to buy, how long to make the rope and how to make the knots along with how you secure it to a tree?

very interesting video~~~

I like the idea and I do a similar system, but I regard to talking about not clainging and banging metal on metal, your caribener can easily bang into your sticks that are on your sides, and your stand can also bang into your sticks that are on your sides. Maybe attaching rope loops to your harness to let the sticks hang lower would solve that problem I think it would. Also as for walking in with your sticks strapped over your shoulder again you have metal on metal with the sticks bumping into the stand as you walk. I could see that definitely happening. Those are small issues to fix but could cost on noise

Fantastic video and explanation. Can I ask where you got your aider? It's the best approach I've seen for aiders thus far. thx

Have you ever thought about a ttee saddle. I went to one last year love it. I also have the hawk helium sticks I didn’t cut mine down but still use a aider

Nice explanation of your hunting stand gear. That’s a nice stand brother

Is there a significant reachable height difference with the cut sticks vs. full length sticks using an aider and leaving out the weight variant ? Thanks for the informative video !

You mentioned that you wear a rock climbing set up. Does it have a tether in the back like a full harness? How do you rope off once set up? Thanks

Great video! What aider are you using?

Great video. Just a question... what material did you add to your harness's linesman loops?

You like the rope mod? Appears it's 50/50 on rope vs buckles. Also I think the new helium's come w the versa buttons , am I correct in this?

I saw you had a video on the x Ben . Did you ever try to saddle hunt out of it ?

Great video, how long is your Aider? tks

Wow this was(is) ☝️ one fine instructional video, Dave . You covered everything from A to Z and are very dedicated to our sport especially emphasizing safety. G=9.m/s(sq) which means gravity has no friends up there. Be careful all. Your photography is A***** even to the point of the closeup of the critical attachments. NICE 👍.As for me , l’m over the Hill now for climbing 🧗‍♀️ and am quite content to the excitement that is in waiting in the ground blind..My background in architecture makes me a master at camo .LOL. Think I’ll go out to the kitchen and cook me up a backstrap.. Your invited🦌🎯

Have you considered using a saddle? I ran a similar setup with stand/sticks up until 1998. Then switched to a saddle. So much nicer in regard to weight and comfort. Just a thought...

I tried looking, but couldn't find it. What rope did you use for your sticks?

Awesome video! do you have a how-to for the aider and rope mods?

Efficient use of each item and intelligently thought out

Where did you get the aider?

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Make the same video on a gnarly old tree with lots of branches instead of these telphone poles. If I have a telephone pole tree, nothing will ever be easier or faster than my Lone Wolf hand climber. Every climbing stick video I see on RU-vid is on telephone pole looking trees. I want to see you go around branches, because going around branches is the only reason to even consider climbing sticks over my Lone Wolf hand climber in the first place.

Is that the air raid evolution?

Ok, I am searching your videos to find how you made your climbing aider

Good content....I would say putting anything around your neck while climbing is not a good idea ...

Non locking biner is not ideal for anything that gets loaded and unloaded.... lineman’s loop should be a locker

Forget that lol

cool but way to much trouble. a climber is faster, quieter, more comfortable and safer

Watching someone climb a tree like this after switching over to saddle hunting really irks me. Hang n Hunt stands are so unsafe it's wild. Climbing a tree 20+ feet while never being able to use both hands, most guys don't use a bow rope and try to climb with all their gear. 99% of people people who hunt with these set ups and never practice. Equipment never gets checked. I have family members that have hunted for 25 years that have fallen out of the tree and nearly died. Using a saddle, you can ALWAYS use both hands, you're back is completely supported and you feel completely weightless. There is never one moment in a tree saddle that you will feel unsafe. I don't see how guys could ever spend a dime on a hang-on like this. Saddles and ladder stands in prime spots. Not interested in having anxiety attacks and making noise for an hour trying to hang a stand in the dark. I'm not trying to down anyone who uses this, I just see it drastically being outdated. I'd love a comparison video side by side with using a Lone Wolf hang n hunt set, and directly next to that I want someone climbing the tree in a Tethrd Phantom XL. The saddle hunter will be hunt ready in the tree 80% faster than the hang n hunt, and so quiet you could set it up with deer directly under you.

I have a small mod for you. On halk helium stick, on the cups that holds them together during transport, flip the cups on one stick. This will turn the part that hits the tree the opposite of the rest making a slight smaller package and not dig into you when carrying

You sound like your from PA more than Minnesota...lol

Awesome video