What trees work best for Saddle Hunting? 

Climbed a tree in my yard today to get a run through on my gear. Had to go around about 5 or 6 limbs. Took me forever! It was quite a learning experience seeing how long it took to get set up going around all those limbs.

Thank you for this and all your videos. New to the saddle and still learning, Did get my first saddle deer from my sit drag 2 weeks ago. Looking forward to purchasing the predator at some point!

I live in Oklahoma. I can go to the woods, find a good location and spent 45 minutes searching for a reasonably straight tree. Our species tend to be squat and crooked. I sure would like some video ideas for climbing these gnarly things.

On a leaner add a couple of strap on steps to provide stability, it's what I do because we have more leaners than straight and lots of old bushy trees up here ,I hunt white oaks and hickory trees mostly and there's a huge mass of spruce trees close , then there is corn beans and milo on the East, South, and West

I need to know more about those go pro mounts when you’re talking about the split trees.

I want to comment on trees that lean. When leaning away from you - impossible to sit cause it'll rack your cojones. Passing around branches is such a pain, but necessary. I like hunting out of large trees for security purposes, but saddle hunting is challenging me in that way. Great video. Thanks for all the content.

Great video. I have to say hunting the top side of a lean should be left to the advanced saddle hunter. The major downside is gravity. If you lean wrong or get caught off guard and fall, it is very difficult to get back to the top side of the tree with all your equipment hanging and gravity working against you.

This is the first of your saddle hunting videos where you have shown (someone I think it was you) hunting with a rifle from a saddle. I have been thinking of asking you or DIY Hunter or someone about saddle hunting with weapons other than bows. In my hunting so far, I have been mostly used climbers, and I hunt with bow, crossbow, muzzle loader, shotgun, or rifle (whatever is legal and I will give me the best chance of getting a quick clean kill). One thing I love about hunting with from a climber when I have a gun (or crossbow) is how sturdy that seat rail is as a shooting platform. No one that I have ever heard of uses a support (other than their feet) for bow shooting, but anyone who is smart likes good support for gun shooting when any distance is involved. Have you or anyone covered how to support a gun when hunting from a saddle? The two ways I assume you could do it were leaning your gun against the tree and/or having a support from your tether to the gun (kind of a sling for the gun).

good vid!

If you are still looking at ways to get into some of the bigger trees check out new york saddle hunters. They use arborist method and it doeant damage tree so its 50 state legal

Hey Greg, what is your average height in the tree? is it always about the same? Got the equipment in Jan., started practicing in the front yard, was nervous about changing a lightbulb in the house, now I am climbing to a little over 20 feet in a tree in the woods. been hunting pigs on corp. land, after season, I hunt them with my phone. figure if I can get a pic, that would be a shot opportunity. Anyway, love your gear, along with my Beast Sticks. keep up the good videos.

Great video. I’m looking to get into saddle hunting. Do you have a video about getting around branches or getting into split trees? Just curious about how to do it as safe as possible.

Don't all trees lean sideways? I mean, it's a lean! Just having fun with with. Love all your videos. Keep them coming

So how would you hunt the tree in the thumbnail

3:27 you and me both, bud.

Good video but the reason I started using a RC Harness 25+ years ago was due feeling like I was hunting a tree more than deer sign. SO FRUSTRATING! Find sign and up the tree that works even if not perfectly straight.

With my climber i always put the tree between me and the deer that's what the rails for you sit on the rail

I have such tree choice anxiety 😂

Has anyone saddle hunted in a cypress tree

Click bait. You didn’t talk about how you would hunt the live oak pictured.

Hunting the top side is very uncomfortable. Bottom side is much better. Use gravity to you advantage. Climbing is easier on top side

When you gunna kill a deer G2

Please don’t drill into trees like this. I’m sure if you look in a 20ft radius and find one that would work. There’s absolutely no reason to injure or even kill a tree just to hunt out of it a few times.