Box Stands for Deer Hunting

[284winner]

Progress looks good, John!
We'll be building a 2nd hut for this season, taller than our first one. This time, gonna build it right in location as it was too much if a PITA to move as one unit.

Staining yet and lifting to base on posts( the fun part). Clearing shooting lanes and food plots in July. Pretty tight blind so have to see how well it holds heat. December will be the test. I'll probably wind up insulating it tho. Just won't know till late fall.

 

[timeout]

Staining yet and lifting to base on posts( the fun part). Clearing shooting lanes and food plots in July. Pretty tight blind so have to see how well it holds heat. December will be the test. I'll probably wind up insulating it tho. Just won't know till late fall.

Very nice. By all means, insulate it. Worth every penny.

 

[284winner]

Very nice. By all means, insulate it. Worth every penny.

That's been my thought from the beginning. It's amazing how many guys saying I won't need it with a heater. It doubles as sound deadener also. Plus in warmer temps will keep it cooler since it's in shaded tree cover.

 

[pirate ammo]

put solar panels on top and get some power,don't listen to me,,I tend to go to the extreme,,

 

[284winner]

put solar panels on top and get some power,don't listen to me,,I tend to go to the extreme,,

Not a bad idea. I'm gonna have 2 - 12 volt batteries in parallel inside for 12v power. Planning on running an inverter. Can charge batteries, run a radio or fan. Simple set up but panels are definitely a good idea. I run them on my game cams and they keep the batteries charged.

 

[pirate ammo]

Not a bad idea. I'm gonna have 2 - 12 volt batteries in parallel inside for 12v power. Planning on running an inverter. Can charge batteries, run a radio or fan. Simple set up but panels are definitely a good idea. I run them on my game cams and they keep the batteries charged.

you listened to me,big mistake,go get the recliner and the fridge,everything I've ever built has expanded over original plans.

 

[Rick in Oregon]

You guys are killin' me with all this hunting luxury! Having lived out here my entire life, I had no idea you guys did this stuff. I thought it was all tree stands and such......nooooooo.

Out here we leave camp at o-dark thirty with a rifle and pack. We don't come back to camp until we either have killed sumthin', or it's dark, period. Maybe because I was raised in a hunting lodge in B.C., and my dad and all my uncles were wranglers and outfitters. It was real hunting, and that tradition was passed on to me.

You guys live in an entirely different 'hunting world' than I ever imagined. To say you all are creative would be an understatement, and now being well into geezerhood, I can sure see the appeal of your efforts. I could easily spend a day in one of your "hides", warm and toasty, sipping something friendly and warm.

Thanks for this post, it's been fun and eye opening. Continue on gentlemen!

 

[284winner]

You guys are killin' me with all this hunting luxury! Having lived out here my entire life, I had no idea you guys did this stuff. I thought it was all tree stands and such......nooooooo.

Out here we leave camp at o-dark thirty with a rifle and pack. We don't come back to camp until we either have killed sumthin', or it's dark, period. Maybe because I was raised in a hunting lodge in B.C., and my dad and all my uncles were wranglers and outfitters. It was real hunting, and that tradition was passed on to me.

You guys live in an entirely different 'hunting world' than I ever imagined. To say you all are creative would be an understatement, and now being well into geezerhood, I can sure see the appeal of your efforts. I could easily spend a day in one of your "hides", warm and toasty, sipping something friendly and warm.

Thanks for this post, it's been fun and eye opening. Continue on gentlemen!

I've hunted in northern states my whole life in treestands while snowing, freezing rain etc. When I reached my mid 50s, I realized that when the bow seasons end and hunting from treestands isn't necessary, I'm hunting in comfort. Muzzleloader and late firearm season when putting meat in the freezer is all I care about, it's all about comfort.

 

[pirate ammo]

You guys are killin' me with all this hunting luxury! Having lived out here my entire life, I had no idea you guys did this stuff. I thought it was all tree stands and such......nooooooo.

Out here we leave camp at o-dark thirty with a rifle and pack. We don't come back to camp until we either have killed sumthin', or it's dark, period. Maybe because I was raised in a hunting lodge in B.C., and my dad and all my uncles were wranglers and outfitters. It was real hunting, and that tradition was passed on to me.

You guys live in an entirely different 'hunting world' than I ever imagined. To say you all are creative would be an understatement, and now being well into geezerhood, I can sure see the appeal of your efforts. I could easily spend a day in one of your "hides", warm and toasty, sipping something friendly and warm.

Thanks for this post, it's been fun and eye opening. Continue on gentlemen!

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I have heat,A/C,computer,couch, and NOW a recliner,can't beat my stand,,I cheat,,

 

[284winner]

You guys are killin' me with all this hunting luxury! Having lived out here my entire life, I had no idea you guys did this stuff. I thought it was all tree stands and such......nooooooo.

Out here we leave camp at o-dark thirty with a rifle and pack. We don't come back to camp until we either have killed sumthin', or it's dark, period. Maybe because I was raised in a hunting lodge in B.C., and my dad and all my uncles were wranglers and outfitters. It was real hunting, and that tradition was passed on to me.

You guys live in an entirely different 'hunting world' than I ever imagined. To say you all are creative would be an understatement, and now being well into geezerhood, I can sure see the appeal of your efforts. I could easily spend a day in one of your "hides", warm and toasty, sipping something friendly and warm.

Thanks for this post, it's been fun and eye opening. Continue on gentlemen!

Every year a hunting buddy and myself hunt Michigan's UP for about 10-14 days bowhunting/ gun hunting back to back (end of bow season to start of gun). Weather is harsh usually 20s snow, freezing rain, wind and all combined many times. Sit in a tree stand during bow season 4 hours in AM and 4 hours in evening. Once gun season starts we head out at 6am and leave our gun stand at 6pm, never leaving the ground blind. You better believe it's real hunting no doubt. Again, we've done it since the early 80s staying in canvas tents with wood stoves digging out of several feet of snow many years. It's a great time and traditional deer camp as we know it. When I return to home is where I'll climb in this cozy shack up on posts with a heater and recliner office chair. If I take a nap, fine. If I don't kill a deer, fine. If I don't take ammo because I forgot, oh well. It's time in the woods BUT nice, comfy, warm and no worries missing a big buck slip by due to not being out all day. Couple hours just in comfort with a great chance at putting a doe or two in my freezer while in my sweatshirt makes it all worth having that shack in the woods. A recent new owner of a crossbow makes the December archery season another great reason to sit in that comfort shack. Makes all those long sits in bad weather worth it if I don't hang a tag on a buck during the regular seasons. I'm definitely hanging a tag on a couple does for venison.

 

[spaniel]

I have never built a box blind but will build an elevated one this year. I've done some tree stand hunting but largely just park a chair next to a tree or along a ditch and have had good luck that way. Weather exposure is the bid down side. My kids are now old enough to sit with me and there are times they could have sat in a blind but not exposed.

 

[timeout]

That's been my thought from the beginning. It's amazing how many guys saying I won't need it with a heater. It doubles as sound deadener also. Plus in warmer temps will keep it cooler since it's in shaded tree cover.

All valid points.

 

[284winner]

I have never built a box blind but will build an elevated one this year. I've done some tree stand hunting but largely just park a chair next to a tree or along a ditch and have had good luck that way. Weather exposure is the bid down side. My kids are now old enough to sit with me and there are times they could have sat in a blind but not exposed.

Another good reason to make sure that it's big enough to sit 2-3 people if you have a couple kids. I have grand kids that enjoy hunting and at 9 & 15 have both killed several deer already with their dad out of his shack. With the competition of todays electronics and social media, getting kids into the outdoors is tougher than ever. It really hooks kids into hunting when they are comfortable and can move around a little without spooking deer. Put a kid on the ground outside in 20° temps and tell them to not make a move for 2 hours and maybe they'll see a deer. Good luck. Put them in a warm box blind with tinted windows where they can move a little and dress down from heavy cloths and use binos to view game. Thats a recipe for hooking a youngster into future hunts.

 

[Immike]

Initially I built my first in-closed for my pregnant daughter to hunt with me. Something weather proof sounded like a good idea anyway so I went to work on it. I had built a dozen roofed stands in the past for staying dry and to gain hunting privileges on other properties but this situation demanded a better stand. We had a wonderful all day hunt in extremely cold conditions that sent most hunters home frozen.

 

[284winner]

Ready to stain. Roof was a slug. Needed two other guys to help set it in the walls. Staining next weekend then hopefully setting on the raised base on same weekend.

 

[Hydenseek]

Nick, can you show us the interior of your blind. Some of the creature comforts. I think all of us would appreciate some views of the interior of the blinds now....Thanks so much...

I missed your earlier comment NCVarhtr. Also have one more bench facing 180 deg in the opposite direction.

Now have have an office chair at each bench.

Yes its still called hunting

 

[NCVarhtr]

Thanks Nick>>>>>That's what I wanted to see. Was that the setup you used to kill the Deer at 1145 Yds???? George

 

[Hydenseek]

Yes sir

 

[Coleridge]

Hyde, looks like you need to fumigate that box...

 

[rebel]

Mine got blown over last night in a pretty violent T storm. Got it back up with help of the farmer that mows hay off my field. Some damage. I needed another project this summer It was anchored with rebar about 2 feet, angled into the ground. 20 + inches of rain over the last month defeated that for sure.