I am just getting into saddle hunting, but this sounds like a good idea, when you just need a place to sit, and don't want to climb or don't see a tree you like. I am sure it will work, because like many others, I have killed quite a few deer, by just taking a position beside the base of a tree and gotten pretty close shots. at times. The first Trad bow deer I ever shot was taken when sitting by the base of a large tree, but I had two things going for me, I knew which way the deer was most likely to be coming from and the wind (thermals actually) was consistently blowing in my favor.