Carrying a treestand, blind and even a saddle/step setup in and out of the woods every time you hunt public land can be a pain — even more so when you’re hiking a mile or more each way. It’s tempting to leave a stand or blind out when the rules allow and you think you’re in a spot that no one else will ever find it. Believe me, I know it’s a pain to haul that stuff everywhere, but there are still a few good reasons to do it on public hunting land.
A compact, lightweight stand and climbing stick setup makes a mobile hunting plan easier, faster and quieter to follow through on every time out in the deer woods. The author uses the lightweight Millennium M7 Microlite…