huntsman22
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Back when I was a kid and had to milch cows by hand, every stanchion had a T-shaped stool made outta 2x4's hangin' on it. Not real comfy, but got your azz outta the slop, and you were up enuff to be able to get out faster, from under a cow that kicked. Since I am getting older, I wanted the same features included in a hunting stool. I ain't so old or decrepitted to need all the comfort of a seat back, or so outta balance I need 4 chair legs to keep from falling over, so I reinvented the milch stool to be used as a hunting aid. Some of the same features were needed, but for different reasons. Butt still needs to be out of the slop and sometimes high enuff to see over the sagebrush, coupled with the ability to pan or pivot to accomodate a coyote coming from a different direction than anticipated. And still being low enuff to use shooting sticks, was a necessity for my use. Instead of just nailing a couple boards together, I made a seat out of baltic birch plywood, with a hi-tek aluminum tube leg. Lighter and more compact for carrying ease than the bulky 2x4 deally.
I made it so my knees were slightly higher than my hips, as I find it steadier to shoot from this position using shooting sticks. Bein' one leg, it's easy to pivot if you have to change direction.
I installed an old sling swivel stud and a carrabiner from my kids baseball stuff.
A rubber foot from an old wooden cane was put on the bottom of the tube, to keep from sinking in the mud or dirt.....
A coat of paint on the leg, a couple coats of poly on the wood, and it was ready to clip to a packstrap or belt loop for transport.......
If'n a feller wore carhartts or coveralls with a hammer loop, you could just drop it in the hole and go.......
I plan on wringing it out on next weeks prairiedog shoot. Don
I made it so my knees were slightly higher than my hips, as I find it steadier to shoot from this position using shooting sticks. Bein' one leg, it's easy to pivot if you have to change direction.
I installed an old sling swivel stud and a carrabiner from my kids baseball stuff.
A rubber foot from an old wooden cane was put on the bottom of the tube, to keep from sinking in the mud or dirt.....
A coat of paint on the leg, a couple coats of poly on the wood, and it was ready to clip to a packstrap or belt loop for transport.......
If'n a feller wore carhartts or coveralls with a hammer loop, you could just drop it in the hole and go.......
I plan on wringing it out on next weeks prairiedog shoot. Don
