Spurred on by @Nutterbuster's Huck It challenge, I jazzed up a 5 gallon bucket for ground hunting this year. Didn't think I'd get much use out of it cause "I'm a saddle hunter." As it turned out though, the cylindrical stool partook in quite a few outings this season since this was the first year one of my daughters showed interest in hunting and I don't yet feel confident hoisting her into a tree. Welp... in the end, the used-to-be-blue-bucket paid big dividends and we had almost as many deer encounters sitting on the ground as I did by myself hanging in a tree, proving to me that ground hunting is a viable option in the future.
Think everyone knows I'm an anti-backpacker. Loading up a pack that lives behind you and puts everything out of immediate reach isn't my thing. However, sacrificing my bow drawing hand to carry a 5 gallon bucket into the woods isn't my thing either so I eventually succumbed to adding backpack straps to my bucket. The aspect I really liked about the bucket was the option of stuffing my saddle hunting gears inside and being able to choose which elevation to hunt from after arriving at our destination. The major downfall though was the seat portion of the bucket.
The swivel seat I picked up from Malwart SUCKED big time. The thin layer of meat between the seat and my butt bones made sitting for more than 45 minutes unbearable. I found myself moving and shifting way more than I wanted to.
While my mind tells me that the ideal solution is probably a Waldrop Pacseat, my bank account tells me it's out of the realm of possibilities. This brings me to the question, what other seat solutions are folks employing for their 5 gallon buckets? Who has invented a hammock seat or a gel topper for theirs? Where is the template?
C'mon Engineers! Whip out your engineering hat and let's start engineering!
Think everyone knows I'm an anti-backpacker. Loading up a pack that lives behind you and puts everything out of immediate reach isn't my thing. However, sacrificing my bow drawing hand to carry a 5 gallon bucket into the woods isn't my thing either so I eventually succumbed to adding backpack straps to my bucket. The aspect I really liked about the bucket was the option of stuffing my saddle hunting gears inside and being able to choose which elevation to hunt from after arriving at our destination. The major downfall though was the seat portion of the bucket.
The swivel seat I picked up from Malwart SUCKED big time. The thin layer of meat between the seat and my butt bones made sitting for more than 45 minutes unbearable. I found myself moving and shifting way more than I wanted to.
While my mind tells me that the ideal solution is probably a Waldrop Pacseat, my bank account tells me it's out of the realm of possibilities. This brings me to the question, what other seat solutions are folks employing for their 5 gallon buckets? Who has invented a hammock seat or a gel topper for theirs? Where is the template?
C'mon Engineers! Whip out your engineering hat and let's start engineering!
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Yes, some kind of hammock-y seat is the kind of thing I was thinking of. How would one go about building a frame for it? I fear slapping hammock style cloth over the rim of the bucket without some kind of frame would just have your rear end resting on the rim itself.
