First western hunt for me starting on the 25th. Torn between using a sling to carry my bow around or not. What do you prefer?
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I attach mine to my backpack for longer hikes in or out when I next prepared to be in position to shoot.
It can be a drain to carry it 24/7 when a lot of hiking is involved or you require or want to use walking sticks.
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My bow is either strapped to the back of my pack, resting behind my head on top of my pack, or in my hand. Slings IMO are just another item that sounds great but in reality just gets in the way and is an unnecessary extra item. If worried about protecting your strings from rain, just carry a cheap survival pancho.Last edited by diamond10x; 09-16-2022, 10:00 AM.
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Here's my recent experience. If you are riding horses then hiking to locate/setup, I found the sling to work great. Once we tied the horses off, I was bow in hand, release on, and ready to pull an arrow from the quiver, when walking into our areas. I left my sling and pin cover in the saddle bag. Granted, we only hiked a few miles a day carrying the bow and didn't have to use hiking sticks. Just shifted the bow hand to hand for balance and navigating brush.
I was able to carry a smaller day pack than the Badlands 2200 I have. I could have strapped my bow to it with the batwings, but with the V3X 33" rode either high or low and wasn't horse or rider friendly.
For me, it worked out great. I only fell twice during the week and luckily, not off the horse or one of the steep side hills. Once into the alder bushes and once right in the middle of the trail. Right on top of the new Mathews. The bow came out unscathed, but the Hogboy is still paying the price in his ribcage.
Lessons learned, the sling worked well for how I used it and 68 year olds don't bounce well.
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