The “mobile hunting” push, vs. the lack of LW/packable whitetail clothing and equipment?

[Btaylor]

Clearly, sir, you have no experience with this miracle product...

But that's not important right now ...

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Speaking of collaborations, I stumbled across the info that Arsenal is teaming with Eastern Woods Outdoors on a one-stick system, which I thought was interesting. Maybe the more dramatic team-ups such as @Macintosh suggests above are the way out of the box.

The problem still though is the same thing @Macintosh has been pointing too. It likely would not matter if 2 brand names partnered or not, there does not appear to be much if any desire to innovate. You can look at the western gear market or the whitetail gear market and the race is to see who can out polish the same turd better than the other. Treestands, saddle platforms, climbing sticks, pants jackets or pick about any other product, its just tweak a copy just barely enough to call it different. Game changer, pfft.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

No need for special gear.
Just make sure your outerwear is quiet.
Use a exo to pack in and out.
Tried it all and I’m back to my og lone wolf hang on and hand climber I’ve had 20 years.
Usually take 4-6 Crawford folding steps and find trees with alot of branches with the hang on.
I had a dryad and one sticks and nothing wrong with I just feel more comfortable with my stands.
I have Stika,kuiu,outdoor research,Walmart,arcteryx,usgi surplus,woolrich,eberstock,hpg,exo etc.
It all works but in all reality I could go to wallmart and spend 500.00 and get everything you need.
Tonight with no steps.

 

[Dr.Spaniel]

This thread seems like a fishing trip for a brand of overpriced, whitetail specific gear.

 

[bnewt3]

Havent read all comments so I could be repeating something others have said.

First of all you have to remember how/where the vast majority of whitetails are taken; within a couple hundred yards of the truck, from a stand, box blind, or ground blind, easily within dragging distance, probably within a few miles of home.

Mobile hunting for whitetail is a completely foreign concept for 99.5% of hunters.

Also a large percentage of whitetail hunters are in states where 40 degrees is cold. It was 60 degrees when I shot my 7pt last year on Nov 7, 9 minutes after first light.

So, you are talking about an incredibly small part of the market.