Longbow fanatic you wanted to know what tri pods we used I didn't find out what my friends used but I dug out the one I use on hogs and it is Hunt From Above, The Hawk. You will bake in the sun out west and you need to fix up some kind of shade . The last time I sat in a pop up it reach 106 degress in the shade and there was a black interior in the blind I cooked, I sat in my underwear and went through a couple gallons of water that day . I have sat in pit blinds that were like dutch ovens it gets hot in Aug. and Sept. out west. But even still I love antelope hunting.