hunting blind recommendations ?
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Where are you hunting? What are you hunting?
You can build it yourself out of 2x4 and plywood. You can either make windows out of plywood on hinges that you prop open or you can go online or local feed store and buy windows designed for deer blinds. The biggest challenge is working out window height. Common mistake I often encounter are windows are set at height as if you are sitting in chair at ground level and shooting straight out in front... like at range at a shooting bench. Most DIY forget to take into consideration the extra height of blind being on legs and potential change in ground level, specifically a decline (downward slope from blind). In this case the windows needs to sit lower so that can properly shoulder gun and still see target.
1) Insulate the floor... Why... you can wear heavier clothes to stay warm in non-insulated blind, but the cold will always creep up through floor and pass through standard boot soles making your feet cold... warm socks just aren't enough.
2) If plan to night hunt in blind then make it deeper, like 6' or more, because you will be bringing more gear then just a morning sit for 3-4 hours in deer blind. Also, you might decide you want to lay down to take a little nap (need width for you and your rolling chair).
3) Finish off your new cabin with a swivel chair or two, and cheap throw rug (absorbs/dampens sounds)
Lots of plans / designs available on internet. Good Luck!
You can build it yourself out of 2x4 and plywood. You can either make windows out of plywood on hinges that you prop open or you can go online or local feed store and buy windows designed for deer blinds. The biggest challenge is working out window height. Common mistake I often encounter are windows are set at height as if you are sitting in chair at ground level and shooting straight out in front... like at range at a shooting bench. Most DIY forget to take into consideration the extra height of blind being on legs and potential change in ground level, specifically a decline (downward slope from blind). In this case the windows needs to sit lower so that can properly shoulder gun and still see target.
1) Insulate the floor... Why... you can wear heavier clothes to stay warm in non-insulated blind, but the cold will always creep up through floor and pass through standard boot soles making your feet cold... warm socks just aren't enough.
2) If plan to night hunt in blind then make it deeper, like 6' or more, because you will be bringing more gear then just a morning sit for 3-4 hours in deer blind. Also, you might decide you want to lay down to take a little nap (need width for you and your rolling chair).
3) Finish off your new cabin with a swivel chair or two, and cheap throw rug (absorbs/dampens sounds)
Lots of plans / designs available on internet. Good Luck!
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P1ZombieKiller
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I built a dual purpose blind, but only use it for bow hunting during the cold time (40 degrees is cold in Texas)
This is over built, but you get the idea. The front window is 5 foot wide and 3 foot tall so i can maneuver the bow and can shoot at 10 yards should i need to (the window is only 24" off the floor.
This is over built, but you get the idea. The front window is 5 foot wide and 3 foot tall so i can maneuver the bow and can shoot at 10 yards should i need to (the window is only 24" off the floor.
Assuming your looking for a portable/ mobile pop up type, there are many under 200.00. I own a few Primo's pop ups. Full view 360s and predator den models. They each have there pluses. The 360 is great for bow hunting and the predator dens are great for cold weather set ups for using heaters. It holds heat well. Barronett blinds are also nice and they offer some of the biggest foot print models. If it's a stationary blind, IMO you can't build one for under 200.00 unless you have surplus wood laying around. I priced materials including steel roof or shingles for a 6x6 wood blind and materials were around 400.00 hardware and Plexi glass included. Good luck. John
Built a mobile blind a couple of years ago. Allowed the blind to be moved on the farm to stay away from the cattle. Enclosed room was heated and setup for over night stay as we found the deer were being spooked as we went to our blinds in the am.I built a 8'x8'x8' elevated blind about a decade ago, the wife called it my man-cave on stilts. A nasty storm took it apart a few years back, the frame & roof are still standing but the siding was destroyed. I'm toying with the idea of building one on a small trailer frame to make it a little more mobile.
farmerjohn
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^ yep, something like that would do the trick! 
farmerjohn
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If you look close the bottom is a 2"X1/4" angle that fits inside and on top of the 2" square tubeing frame that goes around the top of the trailer, three 1/2" bolts 3" long, front and both sides. Pull the bolts and it sets on and off with a front end loader when season's over.^ yep, something like that would do the trick!
John
Siko12- I have used a pop up blind-I believe it was a Hunters View that has the tent shock poles that support the roof and it goes up or down in a couple of minutes. I used it some when my kids were little so it gave them room to move etc. I believe they work better when you can put them out in advance, brush them in, and give game time to get used to it. I have never used one of the blinds you shout an arrow thru the fabric...just couldn’t get comfortable with that. The blind worked well and lasted several years before the shock poles broke. I found that I preferred making a blind to bow hunt out of. I’d take 3-4 fence posts and get next to a big tree and set the posts in an L fashion. I ran a couple of strands of wire, then cut a few small cedar saplings and tie them off to the wire and I became invisible. It gave me a full field of view which I liked better than a blind and I killed deer ridiculously close with my bow.
Coyotefurharvester
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I still think/dream about a couple blinds built from grain wagons/carts. Build a wood frame on top so you can stand or sit and shoot bow or gun. Paint the top to look like it is filled with grain. Park it where needed, haven't seen a deer yet that pays any attention to tractors,combines or wagons in or around fields. Solar panel or 2 and batteries, you have heat/lights. Probably work good for winter predator baits. First triple on called coyote I was laying on top of a wagon full of corn about 100 yards from a standing corn field.
hogpatrol
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If you go with the tent/fabric style, make sure you drive some rebar down a couple feet. The cheapo stakes that come with them are useless in a good wind. Every year I spend too much time fiddling with blinds that either blew over or blew away. Having said that, I'm with the plywood and lumber versions with darkened sliding windows on as many sides as needed.
hogpatrol
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The truck blind, closely related to the tractor blind. Some places if disabled, legal.
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For me the chair is more important than the blind. I got a Millennium ground blind chair last year and now I don't know how I lived without it.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HEQOTV4/?tag=accuratescom-20
They are expensive though. If you don't have to carry it far there are steel versions for half the price that weigh twice as much.
I was sitting in a fence row with trigger sticks when I shot my turkey this spring, no blind needed.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HEQOTV4/?tag=accuratescom-20
They are expensive though. If you don't have to carry it far there are steel versions for half the price that weigh twice as much.
I was sitting in a fence row with trigger sticks when I shot my turkey this spring, no blind needed.
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