southcentral
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southcentral
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hunthoyt
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This was a haybale blind my hunting partner and I built. It has a 4'x6' floor. 6' to the ceiling and 6' wide by 6' long. The 4mm plastic wrapped around chicken wire then covered in erosion control matting kept the inside very warm. Just a small tip. Make sure you anchor it down or you may fing it blown over about 50 yards away like I did one day after a bad wind storm.. Built it for under $200
iowavf
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I was limited to the size due to the insulated panels I used for the walls. It's just a little over 4'x4' on the inside of the 2x4 frame and a little over 6' at the highest point. The panels have a tan metal skin over them so I had some metal bent to cover all the exposed areas and the only exposed wood is the base. Used windows from Menards and they keep it dry and sealed up pretty good when not in use. Made the door in the floor which helps to keep it sealed up. I have two of those 3' screw anchors like they use on trailer houses attached to a couple cables with tighteners to the corners of the elevator brackets to keep some down force on it. It sets out in the open and made it through 75 mph plus winds this spring. I used some carpet squares on the floor so it's easy to remove and shake the dirt out, and of course I have nice adjustable chair with arm rests which makes it easier when setting in there for 10 hours. I also have a plastic pipe with funnel which works very well and I don't have to leave the warm blind.
The "U" brackets you see below the windows hold my 12"x12" orange squares for shotgun season and pretty easy to open the window and drop them in when I get to the blind and remove them when shotgun is over.
Shovelbuck
Active Member
7 ft diameter fert. tank. Shortened it a foot or so and stretched an old vinyl sign face over the top for the roof. Shelves at each window for shooting bags.
sureshot
The Hunt Never Ends....
I built a wagon blind this year. Has worked great for bow hunting on those cold days we had a few weeks back, and again this last Monday. I wanted something that was mobile that I could mainly move around from time to time for late season in the ag field areas that I hunt. The deer don't mind it at all. I plan on moving it this week to a picked corn field that has been filling up with deer. The first night I put it out I had deer walk right past it. It's 8ft long and 7 to 8.5 ft tall.
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tlambert
PMA Member
We made a couple this year.
They're both 6'x8'x 7.5'high. Wanted them big enough for 2 adults and a kid. They're set with the floors about 8' above the ground. We did shingle roofs with tin sides. All insulated and carpeted with truck topper windows. The front window is the rear window on the topper and the side windows are side "contractor style" windows from a topper. My dad had an old topper that he used the windows out of and the neighbor had one that he gave me for the windows. All tin was recycled from buildings torn down, shingles were left overs, and a lot of the lumber was lumber I used for concrete forms this past summer and from the farmhouse I tore down on my property. Posts are old telephone poles. Fairly cheap builds.
Mine:
View out the front:
My Dad's
View out of his
We used forks with extensions on the tractor/backhoe to set them.
They're both 6'x8'x 7.5'high. Wanted them big enough for 2 adults and a kid. They're set with the floors about 8' above the ground. We did shingle roofs with tin sides. All insulated and carpeted with truck topper windows. The front window is the rear window on the topper and the side windows are side "contractor style" windows from a topper. My dad had an old topper that he used the windows out of and the neighbor had one that he gave me for the windows. All tin was recycled from buildings torn down, shingles were left overs, and a lot of the lumber was lumber I used for concrete forms this past summer and from the farmhouse I tore down on my property. Posts are old telephone poles. Fairly cheap builds.
Mine:
View out the front:
My Dad's
View out of his
We used forks with extensions on the tractor/backhoe to set them.
Brett Morris
PMA Member
Under $200 in it. Of course it helps when your wife's grandpa gives you the gravity wagon and buddy that helps you build it owns a construction company! The deer were walking past at 10 yards the first night we parked it. Having the mobility makes it a no-brainer I think