Abstract: A hunting stand useful to provide an elevated hunting station for rifle and bow hunters has a basket shape and comprises a structure having a flat bottom member, a plurality of support members extending upwardly from the base to a top rail which encircles the space above the base member, and a seat supported by the upwardly extending members at a position between the base and top rim; spike means project from the rear of the base and top rim members for engaging the tree where the stand is mounted, and a pair of sleeves extend downwardly from the front of the base member for receiving the side pieces of a ladder extending from the ground to the stand. In a first embodiment of the invention, the several parts are welded together to form a rigid, permanently erected hunting stand; in a second embodiment of the invention, the several parts are rotatably and releasably connected to form a collapsible hunting stand capable of folding for easy storage and transport.