Abstract: A sound-suppressing hunter's backrest is formed from a supple layer of cloth or other sound-suppressing material in sheet form that is supported against a tree or other backing during use by straps or cords, but can also be rolled or folded into a compact bundle for storage and carried on the waist as a fanny pack. The backrest includes a pocket located proximate one end of the backrest that has a lip or edge which defines a pocket opening that extends between two opposed edges of the backrest and the pocket opening is positioned to face an opposite end of the sheet material so that continued rolling up of the sheet material will cause it to enter the pocket through the opening for storage. The straps or cords serve to attach the sheet material to a tree or other backing and one strap or cord also serves as a waist strap.