Wanting to build a couple new blinds for different locations on my place. Would love to spend a whole lot of money. What do you all use?
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Wanting to build a couple new blinds for different locations on my place. Would love to spend a whole lot of money. What do you all use?
I built a portable box blind on a small trailer out of lumber I sawed on my mill,much like a portable ice fishing shed.Another idea I may try is to take a cattle panel and form it like a round bale,then covering it with camo.
I build 4x6 box blinds , slanted roof, they are on th ground and I move them with my tractor. Fits two adults
I use cheap stud grade Pine 2 x 4 for a frame and the cheapest paneling material I can find ...a corrugated metal roof and I build them about 4 x 4 x 4 and only sit down inside them .....
Should be able to keep the cost well under 50 bucks ...maybe even under 25 if you use your imagination and free stuff you find here and there ...
We use the empty chemical tanks, stack one on another, cut the sides out, leave top on & raise it up with conduit or pvc ?
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Can you post a pic of this type of blind,?sounds interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by rebranger
Yes, when I go to the woods
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About $40 on the ground and $200 sixteen feet in the air. It's three sheets of 7/16 OSB and a handful of 2x2's. I can send the supervisor (pictured) to instruct you, but you gotta feed her.
Looks like 2 me you will be ready to wallop em...Thanks for the report...
If you have a metal building company near you, check with them on their scraps. I found one and they gave me anything I wanted in their scrap bin. I found sheets 4' long or so that was perfect to come up to the windows and one side of the roof. I lined with styrofoam sheets and made it really warm and quiet. Heated very easy. It will last forever.
I put several on 20' legs.
use bag chair behind cedar branches front and I am backed up to tree trunk, simple, doesn't cost anything and i am on public ground so don't want anything permanent. plus I don't do going up in trees anymore, can take a better safer nap on ground.
Here is mine
Sweet,what size is the box ?
4x6
A tornado wrecked two old barns on my dad's old home place and we saved as much roofing tin and lumber as we could. I also check the county dump for scrap lumber that could be recycled. About the only thing I buy when building my deer stands is nails. Here's my dad standing in front of our latest build from three or four years ago. Not pretty, but effective.
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Here's me with my Fat Boy Condo "Dixie Box" that I built a few years back. I built it big because my young son liked to go hunting with me, but liked to lay down and sleep from time to time. I get a buck out of it every Fall, usually during Thanksgiving week.
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I usually build my stands 5x6 with tin roofs with about a 10 inch overhang to keep rain out . The elevated stands used treated 4x4 about a foot in the ground. the outside is covered with used Carpet ---- the backing has to be facing inside or the uv and rain will have it falling off in about 3 years ... I am always on the lookout for old artifical Christmas Trees that are taken apart and the branches stapled to the stand. the stand disappears into the trees . most people do not see the stand from 20 yards. The floor is 5 foot off the ground foam insulated and a swivel chair that does not squeak. My feeders are PVC pipe with a cap to keep rain out Painted chemo the deer are not spooked by them. I like to take my 0 turn mower to fill the feeders as there is no scent on the Ground and they hold enough corn for 3 days
old carpet and some plastic corrugated for the panels and couple of cans of spray paint ,some old interior latex on the outside before the "camo" a few cheap 2x4 studs and a metal roof (10 foot sheet cut in half ) ....fold up chair I found and there you have a ....a sit down hide that I have used for about 4 years and I fix whatever gets beat down by the weather once a year before season ....I typically hang a few pieces of carpet in the windows as wind flappers ...nothing beats a year round noisy blind .....
Build my box blinds like then on the ground but use Cedar slabs left over at local mill .
on the cheap, you can use pallets. i do love my pop up too though. spring steel type are cheap and easy to use. i have killed a bunch of animals out of mine.
In the past I've used scrap building material for the frame, a pallet for the floor, old tin for the roof and burlap bags for the walls.
I've built a lot in my days. Some on the ground, some on trailers, some in the air.
When I was 4, my dad built our first one with a small wood stove. If it wasn't for that blind, I wouldn't have the love of the outdoors that I have.
When I became a father, I wanted to ensure the comfort of my daughter without her wanting to go home after 10 minutes. Plus I had a disabled father in law who lived with me and enjoyed the woods. I built a similar version to the one below, just smaller.
This is a recent build and isn't finished as I am still painting and finishing the inside. I have a building background so it is built just l like a house would be. All windows are custom order. This is basically a cabin 14 feet in the air, 12x12 built on my property 3/4 of a mile from my house. At present, I have 15 tree stands and three box blinds varying in size. I bow hunt 90% of the time but this is used to wake up and get to where I need to go. My 70 year old dad loves to hunt and mom tags along. My daughter hunts (11) and so does my wife.
It is something my family enjoys and does together. Is it excessive? Yes but we enjoy it a ton. Not just hunting but watching deer too.
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Very impressive tree mansions, those would be nice to spend the night ( or two) in the woods in.
Built this one this past weekend
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Material was free...so was the labor.
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I caught the labor goofing off...can't complain, it was free.
He thought he could challenge any buck with his stick antlers.
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This was on some MI public land. I typically hunt from portable treestands brought in and out each day, but I needed a spot to sit with the little guy until he is ready to join me in the air. We may never kill a deer from this spot, but it was fun building it and I'm sure we'll spend some quality time sitting in it.
bapotter.... I wish there was a way to magically influence the deer to come your way while you and your boy are hunting.Nice blind and a handsome son....Good Luck
Let me know WHERE at in Michigan. I cannot magically make a deer walk to you, but I can certainly point you in the best possible direction!Quote:
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Although I have access to a ton of land, I also have a few honey holes on state land where a few giants have been known to NOT exist!
Thanks for the offer wicklundrh and for the best wishes snagged again.Quote:
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Home is in the greater Lansing area, but we spend many weekends around Ludington.
I'm not too concerned with killing a deer from this spot, but having a safe "go to" spot on the ground with my son and daughter (who didn't make the blind building trip) is important. I've already had the fortunate experience of many deer succumbing to my arrows and muzzleloader bullets over the years. This year and many years to come is about getting the kids in the woods and on the water as much as possible. Fishing, hunting, mushrooming, mountain biking, chasing butterflies and frogs...I don't care, I just want them outside.
Here is my daughter with some crappie content from a year ago.
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Sorry for the thread hi-jack...back to the deer blinds. Many great looking and creative structures posted so far.
Then you NEED to get in touch with me! I also live in the lansing area. I manage some property and have one in particular that I know very well that has been purchased by the state.
And if fate isn't enough, my family is from the Ludington area and I've hunted around it for years! Specifically out towards Custer.
Shoot me a call and we can get together. I live out towards Dansville East of Mason.
I have some awesome spots for you and the kids to hunt, fish, trap, and chase the frogs!
517-930-1981
Rich
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I don't use this one but a bud left it on the place I hunt ....pretty easy to make if you got some hog wire and a little camo netting
Best of luck to you & your partner.:ThumbsUp
My Eagle Scout project was that I built a handicap accessible ground blind for disabled hunters at the local conservation camp. Lowe’s sells plywood coated in mossy oak camo vinyl. I got it at a discounted price because i told them what it was for. The blind turned out great and I’m now thinking about building some for myself
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Very nice Jman. Congrats on the stand and on the Eagle Scout accomplishment. :). GTT
I use my camp chair. Painted all the metal and side table flat green.
I re purposed my chicken coop
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Why not? You can hunt in the rain, set up a heater when it gets cold, keep your movement hidden, and they're definitely used to it being part of the landscape.Quote:
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Made some progress on my repurposed chicken coop/deer blind. Insulated ceiling and walls, fellow c.c member SpartanNation gave me some vintage knotty pine paneling......a few furnishings, heat, my faithful dog Wilbur and I’m all set!
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hog wire wrapped in camo burlap shaped in a circle . portable , cheap .
Silt fence with stakes works very well as long as it can be put up a couple weeks before hunting it.Quote:
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Just Steve,
im pretty sure that's a retriever, it's wants you to duck hunt, not deer hunt!!!
This is me in my ground blind 2 weeks ago on opening morning.
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Shot this 6 pointer from my blind 2 hours after legal shooting time on opening morning.
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Ground blind- simple, camp chair painted flat green. Camo burlap cut into a poncho and draped over me. That buck was less than 30' from me when I shot him. I had to switch from right handed to left handed to get the shot. He walked 10' yards into the woods behind me and laid down for his final sleep.