Re: Lone Wolf and iowawhitetail.com any questions?
The new seats should be ready within the month, with the new seat casting. We tested the new castings this past hunting season, and man, what a difference in comfort. The adjustment feature is also sweet. Allows you to adjust the seat to ANY tree angle. There is also a new "V-Bracket" that makes set-ups on those crooked tree's a cinch! Locks the stand rock-solid even with a single belt on the crookedest trees you can find. On top of that we've got the Assault Hang-On coming out late spring early summer.
Later this summer we will be introducing a 3rd Hang-On stand as well. This stand is called the Ergo and has a lower back support that will adjust to any tree, at any angle. Basically it's like a small back-rest that is positioned to help correct the “slump†that eventually happens when sitting on post. This positions your body to better support your lower back, thus, providing long-lasting comfort. I’ve got lower back problems, and it addresses them. Lone Wolf all the way; quiet, light-weight (about 11.5 lbs.), and totally adjustable. With the new seat and pad, this will answer the prayers of many-a-hunter! The Ergo will be available as a new stand or an accessory for the guys who already have Alpha Hang-ons. Not sure of the availability yet but you can bet I'll keep you posted. We're still testing prototypes and trying some different stuff but I'm going to bust my tail to have it available by fall. Patent Pending BTW....
Ok, enough of that stuff. How did you guys do in the woods this fall? I’m sure you’ve been over this about a million times by now, but enlighten me! Tell me all about you’re season, how you did, where you were hunting, and if you were lucky enough to kill something along the way.
My season started out awesome. I was hunting a lot in Illinois, seeing a lot of deer, some really nice bucks, but just couldn’t connect with a good one. Ended up hunting 32 days in Illinois from October 1st until November 5th. Had seen a lot of really nice bucks but just couldn’t catch a break. Along the way I passed probably 6 or 7 bucks that were 110-130†bucks. Weather sucked, rained a lot, winds were just all over the place. Anyway, frustrated, drove home to Michigan on November 5th, planning on taking the weekend off hunting to catch up on work and gain some composure. Just burned out! I mustered enough energy to go out to a farm I had permission to hunt on about 15 minutes from my house. I had the most awesome night in the woods as I’ve ever had while hunting in Michigan. Saw 18 deer, 3 bucks, and slammed a 130 class eight after grunting him in. I wouldn’t think about shooting this deer if I was hunting down in Illinois, Iowa, you know, but this was the largest buck I’ve seen in 16 years of hunting in Michigan. I was pumped! Hunted through gun season and headed back down to Illinois on Thanksgiving Eve. Drove 10 hours through the worst snow storm I’ve ever driven though. Trip usually took 5 hours. I swear I saw 1,000 cars in the ditch on that drive. Hunting Thanksgiving day with no luck, just a lot of snow on the ground. Next morning nothing. That day I moved a stand into an area I’d hunted before but changed trees. Grunted a 140 class 9-Point in to 15 yards and smoked him! Couldn’t believe it! After loosing all hopes of killing a deer in Illinois this year, bam, there he was! Got to love bowhunting~!
