I picked up one of those hammock seats a couple years ago and I’ve fallen in love with it. It has its pro’s and con’s like everything but for me the pro’s well outweigh the con’s. It weighs a pound. Rolls up into the size of about a shoe. And is very comfortable. The material is loud at first but it breaks in relatively quickly. You are dependant on needing a tree to set up on, but I’ve found quite a few of them in the woods!

Worth looking at for sure!

I keep thinking it would be simple to build one, but haven’t come up with a viable design. Let me know what you find.

Paleoman , I have built just such an item as you have described . Grumpy started a thread in the CAMPFIRE FORUMS titled NOT GONNA WORK . It is on page 3 I think . There are two photos of my backpack seat , which I have named the GROUND HUNTERS PACK/SEAT. The first pic shows it in the seat position which is used by removing the pack ,,,flip it upsidedown and lean it against a tree , stump , log , large rock etc.

Under 6 lbs. empty ,I have a 100% cotton daybag on the frame .

There are some camping type chairs out there, most are to small and un-comfortable or have arms that arent good for bow hunting off of though, maybe find one you can cut/bend the arms out of the way??? Good Luck…

Paleo

Yes I have one got it on Fred A’s site a year ago. Can’t remember the name. I don’t like it because I travel light and —any way e-mail at herdering@earthlink.net if your interested.

Semper Fi

Mike

Paleo

Nope its the size of a regular backpack external frame–actually that is what it is. Designed for bow hunters, I hung my day pack on it and it works great. You could pack out a deer no sweat with it. Comfortable—well I went to sleep in it but that is not a hard thing to do for jar-heads. Can send it to you for a look see. Don’t think the guy makes them any more. Let me know at that other e-mail with your address if you wanna give it a

try. Think I payed like $100 for it- you can have it for half that.

I just found the ole foam seat more versatile and easier to move around with.

Mike

If all else fails, check out companies that sell target archery equipment. I know I’ve seen several backpack/stool combinations at larger target events.

I used to have something I think was called a “Maine Lounger” perhaps you could search for that.

NOT a pack frame, but it was light, and easy to carry after I put a strap on it.

Dfudala wrote: I picked up one of those hammock seats a couple years ago and I’ve fallen in love with it. It has its pro’s and con’s like everything but for me the pro’s well outweigh the con’s. It weighs a pound. Rolls up into the size of about a shoe. And is very comfortable. The material is loud at first but it breaks in relatively quickly. You are dependant on needing a tree to set up on, but I’ve found quite a few of them in the woods!

Worth looking at for sure!

I too have a hammock seat and I agree it is really nice. It is very comfortable and Col Mike, I have slept in it too! 😉

I agree it does have its limitations but it is a very nice product and I am very happy with it

I know they make seat pads that you place on the ground for turkey hunting, but you mentioned you wanted a stool type.

There are also the tripod style seats that fold up to about 2″ diameter you might consider. The have no back to them, though, that would bother me.

[quote=paleoman]Is there such a thing as a backpack that doubles as a fold out stool? Something with a frame that “swings out” with a seat? I’ve lost any affection for lugging around tree stands and am happy with my seperate seat, but I have to sling it over my shoulder along with my daypack. Would be wonderful to have a combination of the 2 but I haven’t seen it in my rooting around the interweb.[/quote

Look up the seat which I think is called the nifty-seat. Its not attached to a pack but small enough to strap to a pack. I have one and it work really well for sitting against a tree and the single leg it is quiet and allows you to swivel.

Have you checked out the simple tree seat design on Dean Torges’ site?

http://www.bowyersedge.com/treeseat.html

It isn’t a backpack that converts to a seat, but it should easily fit in, or strapped to, a backpack. Easy enough to make yourself, too.

This might work for you

http://www.drnordbergondeerhunting.com/hypertext/Portable_Stool/Portable_Stool.html

I made a Torges seat and I like it. I was just looking at it last night and thinking gee how could I attach a bag to this and then I see the post on the Dr. Nordberg pack seat. Now I have to make one of those.

Smithhammer wrote: Have you checked out the simple tree seat design on Dean Torges’ site?

http://www.bowyersedge.com/treeseat.html

It isn’t a backpack that converts to a seat, but it should easily fit in, or strapped to, a backpack. Easy enough to make yourself, too.

Bruce

That is bloody ingenious and simple enough that this jar head could make it.8)

Mike

colmike wrote:

Bruce

That is bloody ingenious and simple enough that this jar head could make it.8)

Mike

Right? I have been saying for a while that I’m going to make one. This winter it’s going to happen. I’m already thinking about a few mods I would make to it…