What do you use to sit-on when ground hunting??
Waldrop pack seat from Asbell.
CLICK HERE (http://gfredasbell.com/gfa_waldrop_pacseat.php)
:saywhat: ....................is this a trick question?
I started using a Millenium tree seat, without the tree. Charlie Lamb let me try his last year and it was real comfy and quiet.
I kneel, and put my butt on my heels. I can sit for hours that way and I practice doing it at home. Right now it appears to be the only thing I can do well in hunting :biglaugh:
i build a seat rite on the spot, by building a little log cabin type structure -two 6-8 in. logs layed away from tree with one across the top of them, it works for me and i dont have to drag a chair around the woods with me, giver a try.
QuoteOriginally posted by joekeith:
:saywhat: ....................is this a trick question?
I started using a Millenium tree seat, without the tree. Charlie Lamb let me try his last year and it was real comfy and quiet.
Too funny Joe......I hear ya....I don't sit much either most times... :biglaugh:
I sit on a log, or a little folding tripod stool that I bought at a sporting goods store. Just fits in my day pack, and get me off the ground plenty to pull a bow.
RonP
The hunter seat is a neat seat, simple, light, east to carry. It's only rated for 300# though.
I don't know what its called (bought it along time ago) but it screws into the tree so you can put it at any height you want. If I don't use that I do what Osage61 does.
I use a variation of the Dean Torges tree seat.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/Stumpkiller/treeseat.jpg)
If you sit on the ground you usually must make a lot of motion to shoot towards your right or over the right shoulder. With your knees below your hips it takes a LOT less effort and motion to stand or twist to that side.
I really like the Double Bull magnum:
db (http://www.3riversarchery.com/Treestands+Blinds+Blind+Accessories++Magnum+Hunting+Chair+From+Double+Bull_c60_s178_p0_i7774_product.html)
Currently a closed cell foam pad is my goto when sitting on the ground. Weighs ounces and insulates my big butt from the cold hard ground.
I do plan on fooling with a parachute chair sort of like this one (but without the Aussie accent and dramatic pauses)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jura-cmCsA
Think a crafty trad archer could make one of these that would disappear in the woods and would weigh very little. If it works out in test, I plan on cutting sets of tripod poles this summer and leaving them close to all of my typical ambush spots for this fall.
sometimes use just a well placed 5 gallon bucket.
I have a foam pad for hunting off my knees like mentioned above, makes it a whole lot more comfy. I also have a stool and a tree seat that straps on the tree. The trouble with the tree seat is the tree gets in the way once in awhile.lol.
I used to sit on one of those tripod rotating seats until it broke out from under my fat butt!
Nifty Seat
Nifty seat X2. :thumbsup:
Waldrop pac seat the best seat I have ever found with over thirty years hunting on the ground.
I think I am going to buy a Huntmore 360. Anyone have experience with these?
QuoteOriginally posted by buckeye_hunter:
I used to sit on one of those tripod rotating seats until it broke out from under my fat butt!
Been there, plopped to the ground just like that. :D
Istarted on the sporting goods store tripod... moved to the torges seat for early season Bowhunting (deer usually don't move till the last 40 min of light) and then onto millenium tree seat...
On the ground, I use a ghillie (usually)... There is an inverse relationship between comfort of your seat and the amount of deer activity... Movement of the hunter and location is key... The more comfy the seat, the less you fidget... and the more deer you see... the lil stools allow the most shooting opportunity in more directions, but the others allow you to see more deer more closely...
You decide on how still you can sit, or how comfortably or uncomfortably based on how much chance at tagging a deer on the ground you want,,,
I had a little tripod seat, but my legs would start to cramp and the fidgets would start. I bought a seat like double bull makes, but a bit larger in the seat and it is super comfy. but gets me a little high off the ground. I picked up a low turkey chair that looks like the old :butterfly" chairs of the 70's. Keeps me much lower and is super comfy. I have to be careful shifting position since it cradles so much fabric you can get a bit of noise. But it is easy to not move.
The Huntmore is a very comfortable seat, however at 9 lbs they are not light. Easy to setup and can be used on any ground condition. They do require a little maintenance about once a year to keep them squeak free. To me their worst flaw is their made in china
I didn't know the Huntmore was made in china. My fat butt just ripped my DB magnum stool. I think they are also made in china. I'll check out some of the others listed. Comfort is key to me but being able to swivel sure would be nice to get correctly aligned for the shot.