I love the Mission platform. I’m 6’1” and 285 lbs and the mission is awesome! It cams over great and sticks to the tree like glue!! It has lots of room to stand and turn.
I use this pack as a saddle hunter, I carry the Fourth arrow camera arm, 3.0 knuckle, ozonics, GH 5 camera, extra jacket, release, binos with shoulder pack, toilet paper, spare release, pull down rope, range Finder, hunting hoist bow rope retractor, mini platform from latitude outdoors, and use the outside straps to carry my half line 40 foot rope in for SRT. I say all that to let you know how much room is for n it and how it can be used. I’ve only used it for late season hunts so far and can’t wait to use it in the early season. I have went through several back packs trying to find something that would safely carry all my gear without feeling cramped. I feel like this back pack does it for me. There is more room on the outside to strap additional clothes to the pack with the side straps provided. I haven’t used the bow or gun carrying option and provided cam holder but seems like it would work just fine. Hope this helps you understand if it will work for you. I’m pleased!! Donovan
The handle was broken on the first one I got. Probably could’ve been inspected before leaving the factory. Customer service was great though. They replaced it.
I love this thing. Lightweight and silent. I attached it to my saddle with a pice of bungee, a washer and a cord lock. Makes it super easy to use and roll up.
Saddle seems awesome so far. I have really only been up twice now since it came but both times, I've felt safe and secure with great freedom of movement while up in the tree. The ropes are great and came with everything I needed for a very easy set up.
The dump pouches are just not my stye and a little flimsy. Maybe if it had two connecting straps that way once the rope or whatever you put inside comes out it doesn't become a floppy mess and extremely difficult to put something back inside of it. I don't enjoy fighting equipment 25 ft up in the air. I placed something inside of them to help keep some rigidity and going to run paracord to help stabilize it but shouldn't be a fix you have to do for a readymade product.
That being said I do think the product is great and am loving everything else about it!
This pack has everything in the pocket department! Straps hold my stick nice too! I run the tethrd skeletors and a hawk helium platform, the bag is more than enough for all that! Not to mention space for my saddle and 3 trail cams! I love this pack!!!!
The price is a little high, but it’s worth the money. Very solid in the tree. I came from the onyx and I really like it, but this platform is less than half the weight and just as solid. Makes the walk in much better!
This platform is my go to platform. After two season of using it still impressed on how well it bites into the trees. Doesn’t matter the size or type of tree it bites in and holds tight and secure. Cannot not say that about others I have owned. Only one I will trust.
Every Stick was damaged from shipping (paint wore on the edges from the box) and one of the tree brackets wasn’t tight and the Allen bolt head was stripped out. Wasn’t very impressed with all of that. But otherwise they are awesome
Absolutely love this simple lightweight tote. Catching everything I need to throw into And can pack up very small when I don’t have anything in it.
Excellent product. Very lightweight and easy to pack.
I recently picked up a four pack of these and am very impressed with their construction, weight, and how well they pack. They fit very well in my new Platow pack and they are so light you hardly know they are there. I’m glad I bought these as they are a definite upgrade to my setup. Love these things.
I was surprised by how how red and the black. I have had black and red caps before but this for some reason looks much better.
It’s a struggle to find the right size and 8’ is exactly what I needed. Of strong and the key with any saddle hunter is basically no weight.
I am a 6' and 255# man and love to saddle hunt. I needed a larger platform and Trophyline has the largest and lightest platform on the market with The Mission. Love this platform. Able to slide my right arm under my tether and spin around for that 2 to 5 o'clock bow shot with ease.
I just received this pack today. It didn’t take me long to realize this is one of the best additions to my mobile hunting setup. I quickly loaded the pack and attached my new Hyperlite sticks and all I can say is this thing is just awesome. Plenty of room, ample adjustments, and I love the attachment points for my platform and sticks. Cannot wait for next season. Great product give it a try.
GREAT FOR SPEED AND VERY QUIET WHEN GETTING CLOSE TO BEDDING.
The ropeman 4 is a heavy duty built must for a saddle hunter. It is effective and effortless.
Perfect size to run on the nimbus with both cinch pouches. Doesnt crowd the saddle up but still holds a good amount of stuff.
I bought two brackets to mount to two aluminum lock on stands that I had... to do so, I would have to mount a "square aluminum" tube to the stand to accomodate the bracket. I found that I had to go with a 1.25" width tube...ok, so I bought a 1.25" square tube only to find that due to the rounded edges at the bottom of the bracket channel, the tube does not set flush with the bottom of the channel. Also, when I inserted the bolt head or nut in the "bolt channel", neither of these would mount flush due to the same type of rounded edge that had been machined in the channel. Hence, one would have to take flat file & file out these rounded edges or just tightened the "you know what" out of the parts to try to make a secure connection (I wouldn't recommend that for safety). After I got one mounted and tried it on a tree, I found out that the outer-most "wings" or teeth on the bracket are slightly shorter than the middle two "wings" or teeth causing the bracket to almost always grab the tree with only the middle two "wings/teeth". This negated being able to grab the tree with only the outer two wing/teeth on right side or the left side which would be required to use on a "leaning" tree which is why I bought the bracket to begin with! I bought two brackets to do two stands, but, both of them had the same issues. Since, returns are not usually easy for me (I live a long ways from a UPS drop-off), I elected to file the brackets myself to correct the "not bottoming-out" of the tube & bolt issue and I filed down the middle two wing/teeth carefully to equal the outer wing/teeth to make the bracket where it can be used on leaning trees. Hopefully, these issues can be corrected on future runs of these brackets.
Pocket Pull was hard to rewind and restore, and a time waster in the stand and/or ground.
Nice addition to the bino harness. Even better on sale! Go ahead and buy 2, one for each side.