A firearm steady rest includes a tree stand unit and a universal steady restunit.The tree stand unit has a tubular stand mount and U-bolts to secure the treestand unit toa tree stand. A bottom slide is slidably received within the tubular standmount while atubular rest mount is pivotally connected to the bottom slide. A stand clampsecures thebottom slide within the tubular stand mount while a rest clamp secures theuniversalsteady rest unit within the tubular rest mount. The universal steady rest unitincludes asteady mount having a circular post region proportioned to rotate within thetubular restmount. A steady rest is pivotally coupled to the steady mount via a pivotplate. A tubularextension member may also be included. The firearm steady rest may fold into abundlemeasuring less than 4 inches by 4 inches by 28 inches.