Nintendo butt, theater butt, numb butt, computer butt and hunter's butt. There are a lot of names for it, but it's all the same thing. Image from zazzle There are a lot of ideas on the proper way to sit. The old school of thought was that you should sit bolt upright and be able to drawn a line from your hips through your shoulders and ears. Oddly enough, a guy named Keegan actually did a study more than 50 years ago and he found the best angle to have your back at was around 135 degrees. Image from VisionDecor Blog I run into two issues when I sit in a tree stand all day. One is that I lean too far forward, rest my elbows on my knees and after a few hours of sitting on the small hard seat pad, my toes or my rear start going to sleep. When I try to compensate, my second issue comes up. If I spend a couple hours slouched down to take the pressure off my rear, I end up with a sore tailbone for the rest of the day and the next. Image from deerdamage.org Now, I know I need to lose a little weight and I'm working on that but I had these issues before I got fat too. Unfortunately, I had a small bottom to begin with and it didn't grow much along with the belly. I'm also a professional sitter. I spend 40-50 hours a week sitting at a chair in front of a computer and never run into these issues. Anyone else run into this? How do you compensate? I gotta believe there are other guys on here that have run into this because of how they sit or because they don't have any meat on their rumpus. I wanna spend as much time in the stand as I can this year, and I don't want cold toes or a sore back-end to keep me from doing it.
I will end up standing for part of the day which usually ends up to be the middle. You can make the switch when you have to pee or get a sandwhich out when you are going to move for something else anyway and I just stay standing.
I change up from sitting to standing throughout the sit. On a morning sit I usually start out sitting then around 7-7:30 I will stand up. This is the usual time we start seeing deer actity. I will stay standing until around 8:30-9:00 then sit a while till around 10:30-11 when I come down from the stand. I usually don't hunt all day. I want to see a couple all day hunts this year and guessing I will be up and down all day.
I too mix it up with sitting and standing I don't sit all day very often and have extra comfortable stands in the couple places I do sit all day
I've found that the seat plays an enormous part in how numb my bum gets. I have a couple of hang ons that I simply can't sit for long without doing the whole cheek switch thing. I also have a hang on that is a net type seat and I've never had an issue with it. Now my climber, a Summit, is perfect. I've never had an issue sitting for very long periods of time. I'm like most guys though. I usually stand during prime movement hours from 7-10 AM and take a seat after that till evening movement starts. But I think the sling style seats are key to keeping your butt in top form throughout the hunt.
I also have a climber with a net or hammock seat and can sit it for hours on end with no issues. I also have a couple of large cushy seated ladder stands in my favorite spots.
Get one of those Stim units and hook it up to your rear end. Every hour or so turn on those electrical things and give it a good zap!
I always stand during prime time hours, an hour before sunset and an hour after sunrise. After or before these times I rotate around every thirty minutes or so. While in the stand I don't usually have a problem with the cheeks going to sleep.
I thought it was just me. I alternate from sitting an hour or so then stand half hour or so, pee and repeat.
