RE: Treestand Technology
I have a Summit Viper SS (20lb, minus whatever the gun rest weighs, sinceI took it off) and Ilike it, except the armrests limit the angle of may of my shots.
My Lone Wolf Alpha Assault is a great hang-on stand and only weighs 8.5 lbs (9 lbs with thefootrests I put on it). The set of 4 Lone Wolf climbing sticks I just ordered will get me 20' up in a tree for only 10 lbs. That putsmy total carry-inweight in at about 19 lbs, including climbing sticks (which are much easier to use to get into/out of a stand than using a climbing stand IMO). The Lone Wolfs are also deadly silent, since the platformsare made out of one piece of cast aluminum, there are no welds.