How High Can You Get With 4 Sticks? | Hawk Helium 20" | Amsteel 2 Step Aider
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- čas přidán 4. 08. 2024
- In this video, I wanted to answer a question I'm sure a lot of people have had at some point. How high can you get with 4 sticks? I'm using Hawk Helium 20" sticks and I'm also using a 2 step aider on my bottom stick.
Let me know if you find this helpful or if you have any other tips/tricks for getting more length out of your sticks.
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Great video! Glad to see you enjoying the aiders and thank you for the honest opinions and walk through!
I absolutely love them! I am actually about to order more for my other steps!
I dig how laid back your videos are. No need for hype, just you being you, and trying to provide some insight on stuff. It feels like I was at a buddy’s house with question and he was like “Hey, lemme drag everything out and show you”.
I genuinely appreciate that! I certainly don’t claim to be the smartest or best at anything, but I figure I might can help folks answer some of the same questions I have in life.
I agree
Thanks this was quite helpful, I’ll be using a set of 4 sticks for the first time this year.
That’s awesome to hear! Be safe out there and good luck!
Great mellow presentation, you do you don't worry about the know it all that have to bring up negative s***
I really appreciate that! I try not to let the naysayers have a lot of volume in my head, so I normally don’t listen to them at all
Great video, realistic and great explanation. Good job 👍
I appreciate that! Thank you for watching
Good Video. I always forget to bring my tape measure when I want to know how high I am. I have a nader that I use with my skeletor sticks and that will get me to 20' with my beast stand. I used to use an aider but switched to the nader. That seems to be a little more secure than the single aider. Good stuff. I subbed to your channel! Best of success to you this season!
Thank you for that! I have found the aider to be a bit less sturdy than I’d prefer but as long as I get my foot into it and dig my toe into the tree, it seems to be sufficient. I’ll check out the Nader!
Have fun and be safe out there!
I'm starting to believe you just like climbing trees! haha SWEET looking hoodie btw👊🏽B roll looking great as well keep it up brother!
Hey thanks! I love that hoodie because it's such a thick and warm hoodie during the winter months. I also do love climbing trees. It's always been the "kid" in me lol
Nice video !!!
Thanks a bunch! My plan is to add more aiders to get just a bit higher this season!
Great video man 👍🏼. My first 2 years I used 3 full length hawk helium sticks with aiders. I put my platform above my last step I was getting close to 20ft. Last year tried 1 sticking really like it
I think I'm going to get some additional 1 step aiders to add to my remaining sticks just for some additional height. I've not quite gotten the bug to do 1 stick method yet. Perhaps with time, I'll try that one out. I do know it's growing in popularity and guys love it!
Great video, yeah stick are great. But you really have to use em! & Kinda have to get a comfort zone.
Oh that is very very true. There's definitely a lot of practice that has to take place before you feel comfortable with them!
I REALLY liked this video!! You showed how to use the stix at a normal spacing. Question: Have you tried a one step moveable aider on the remaining steps?
Thank you!
So since making this video, I have added aiders to all of my steps. I now only use 3 of them and achieve a similar height as I did in this video
@@lifeonthehilltn I made a 3 step wider for the 1st stick, the next 2 have 1 step aiders on them. I also used a longer moveable aider on the 2nd and 3rd sticks. Tried it today and got exactly 20'. I did not push hard on the spacing.
Good video
Been looking at the Saddle Hunting for a few months now at 61 I'm gonna pull the trigger this off season so I have time to learn it and get used to using it . I notice you guys climbing and have one question, what prevents you from falling should you slip, lose your footing somehow with only a Linemens Belt around the tree?
So that is certainly a weak part of climbing with a saddle.
You could take the extra time to also use your tether and just loosen and move it up as you go as an added bit of safety, but I suppose without it, you’d just be forced to eat a bunch of bark if you were to slip.
It is something I’m just extra careful and cautious with. I’ve been that way with any tree stand method whilst climbing. That’s always the most dangerous part of any suspended hunting.
Winter (other than it being cold) is a great time to practice because you don’t have leaves and stuff to worry about while climbing and you can just see and concentrate better
Climbing without a tether is not for me. I turned 2 sticks into a two tether climbing system and still use a third separate tether for me. I stand as I climb now and it's safe and much more enjoyable. Moving my tether up is not a burden but time we'll spent God Bless and good job on the video skills.
I have considered using the tether rather than a lineman’s rope but I was waiting until this winter (off-season) before making any sort of changes. I definitely wanted to practice before implementing in the darkness of the morning or evening.
Great vid! I have a 1 step aider, and am at 13 feet. What steel guitar song is that in the background music? I want to learn that song on my steel!
Thank you!
Unfortunately, I don’t really remember what the song was. I use 1 of 2 sites for my music for my videos for Royalty free music so I don’t get flagged for copyright infringement issues. It either came from Artlist.io or from epidemicsound.com
@@lifeonthehilltn Thanks!
Wish I could find the trust in equipment, I just keep thinking that if it was me up there that damn rope or something on the belt will break and I'll go ass over teakettle out of the tree and end up with a broken back or neck. Guess I just don't like heights that much, I feel way more secure in a climber that wraps around me.
Heights never really have bothered me for some reason.
I get the equipment trust factor, too though.
Although, I’d challenge you and think about everything else that you put trust into in life.. bridges holding, brakes stopping, tires not blowing, drivers not falling asleep. You get my point lol I just think that the versatility of the saddle and platform is unmatched by anything else at the current moment.
Still not a thing wrong with a climber or traditional stand.
14ft is plenty good. If you get much higher than that you're pretty deep in the canopy and sticks tend to block alot of shots. Just my opinion
Yea! I’d like to be able to get slightly higher just as foliage does go away, so I’m adding aiders to my steps which will stretch them and help with that!
@@lifeonthehilltn I just ordered a 2 step aider from the amsteel guy for my beast minis. Should put me at around 17ft without alot of stretching, or I could leave one stick at home and still reach 14 or so. Depends on the situation, you know how it goes
Yes I would agree with that! I think I’ll make sure I have 2 step aiders for all of my sticks just so I’ll have the options if needed. Might not always use them but you know what they say. Better to have it and not need it as to need it and not have it
@@lifeonthehilltn did you ever add the aiders to your sticks and find out how high you were able to get
I do have the additional aiders, but I haven’t had a chance to climb with them to re-measure. I’m going to try to do that this week!
If the tape says 14' at the platform, you're 14' up. Lol.
Very true, indeed. I mostly mentioned the bow height (more as like a footnote) for someone that may possibly be new to archery or tree stands in general and have the release point in mind or for someone that was just kinda curious in general.
I would wholeheartedly agree that platform height is certainly your "height" though.
Only 14'????!!!!!!
Yea, that’s what I was able to get. Keep in mind, I spaced them conservatively apart from one another trying to keep in mind the colder hunts when I’ll have more clothes on and not be as flexible.
I also didn’t place my platform above the top of the last stick because I like to be able to swing around the tree by stepping onto the stick. So if you didn’t do that, you could very easily be at 16’ or more
@@lifeonthehilltn four stix and four aiders should get you to 20' easily, especially putting platform @ 18" above last stick
@@mr.skeptical3071 nooo I didn’t have aiders on all of my sticks.. only the first one. So it was only one aider in this video. I’ve since changed this setup, but I only used the one when filming this video
Not high enjoy for a mature whitetail nose. 25’ is minimum
Eh, maybe so. I’ve seen lots of mature deer killed out of ladder stands which are normally only about 16’
I’ve changed my setup since this video and I’m higher than I showed in this video now anyway
Maybe if that mature buck goes downwind of you by about 40 yards, then yeah being 25ft up would be nice..but like he said, plenty of nice deer shot out of ladder stands. We had a deer stand that was made out of 2x4s. Just a platform in the middle of a big Oak tree, only the hunting legends know how many deer have been taken out of that deer stand! Constantly fixing it up over the years. It has such good solid cover, you are really hidden. one of the best trees right in the middle of a funnel on the side of a ridge. It's about 15 yards away from the main deer trail. We've had mature bucks walk right up on the backside of the tree where you access the stand from that side. Only 6 feet down to the ground on that side. On the backside towards the creek, it's about 15 feet down to the ground/creek ,On the front , it's about the same as the access side ,only 7 feet down to the ground. My dad had a huge 10 point buck walk right up the ridge, access side of the stand. His rack was floating right next to the platform. He couldn't move,. The deer kept walking and quartered away. Big bucks aren't predictable,.they'll come in from anywhere. Moral of the story. No matter what elevation you hunt from,..you better have good cover and play that wind.
Math: 4 sticks @18" is 72. 18" gap in between sticks 144" (2 step aider 36" x 4 = 144. 144 ×2 = 288 ÷ 12" = 24'
Wow I didn't even need to climb
I only had an aider on my first stick (not all 4) and I also set them apart conservatively as to consider the bulk associated with winter clothing. Math will get you close, sure. These were my personal results that I actually hung on a tree, so they’re a good representation of what I will achieve in a hunting scenario
Goober mad at how the guy he serves doesn't care at all about his beliefs ...
Not really sure what you mean, here.