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Old 07-01-2008 | 02:55 PM
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Default RE: Lone Wolf Treeestands

I posted this about the Lone Wolf products on a different thread earlier today. I'm lazy, so I'll just cut & paste it here:

I have a Lone Wolf Alpha Assault hang-on stand, and I love it. They're not cheap, but they're very well made, IMHO. Very light (8.5 lbs) and completely silent. Lone Wolf makes their platforms out of a single piece of cast aluminum, so there are no welds or other connections to creak. They use plastic or teflon washers, so no noise there, either. And the stand is not hollow, like some are.Hollow stands are light, but make more noise. My only complaint about the Lone Wolf stand is the seat cushion is pretty hard. Thinking about adding some kind of padding to it this year.

Lone Wolf is very smart about how they design their stands. In addition to being very light, they pack down almost flat. Also, their climbing sticks are very light. My four 32” sticks (each with three steps)weigh only 10 lbs, total (easily gets me up to ~ 16 feet), with each step flipping to either right or left, depending on what you need. They also don’t interlock when you attach them to the tree, which makes them useful in more situations (V trees, bent trees, etc.). And the sticks are made to spoon with each other and fit onto the Lone Wolf stand when you’re carrying it.

So, I’m able to carry my stand and four 32” sticks up the mountain where I hunt very easily (total weight = 18.5 lbs).

I'll add that, despite what GMMAT says(and with all due to repect to a guy who posts a lot of good info on here), I find the stand and sticks VERY easy to set up. One strap (with no metal on it to clang out an alarm to nearby deer) that can be done either right-handed or left-handed for each stick and one for the stand and you're in business. And the steps on the sticks can swivel either to the right or left side, depending on your needs. Go to Bass Pro or Cabellas or whatever and get a gander and I think you'll see what I mean.
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