Abstract: A tree stand comprising a foot rest; a back leg having a base end and a tip end with the base end coupled with the foot rest in an operable configuration and decoupled therefrom in a stowed configuration; a front leg having a base end pivotally coupled to the foot rest at a location offset from the coupling of the foot rest with the back leg and a tip end pivotally coupled to the back leg, the front leg and the back leg upwardly orientable from the foot rest in an operational configuration and proximately orientable therewith in a stowed configuration; a seat pivotally coupled to the rear leg and generally perpendicularly orientable therefrom in an operational configuration and upwardly orientable therefrom in a stowed configuration; a seat back pivotally coupled to the rear leg and generally upwardly orientable therefrom in an operational configuration and proximately orientable with the seat in a stowed configuration; and a coupling mechanism for coupling the back leg to a tree.