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What are some ideas about making permanent deer hunting blinds.

Question by grant77. Uploaded on July 05, 2010

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from RylieGipson wrote 1 year 46 weeks ago

find 4 trees 5-6ft or what you want put 4-8 up on each side again as high as you want and brush it in RHG ps you might want to put up military neting

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from BrigMarine wrote 1 year 46 weeks ago

Best made blinds I have best luck with are ones made right before season and use during beginning of deer season.

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from 007 wrote 1 year 46 weeks ago

Promise you won't laugh, but it's cheap and it works well. My kids and I take old pallets, set them up on edge, cut out a shooting window, leave a door when putting them together, then frame out a roof and cover the whole thing with old carpeting then either black plastic or rubber roofing. Put another pallet inside with a scrap of carpet on it to sit on, leave enough roofing to make a curtain over the door. Wind and rain proof, cheap and easy to do.

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from Sarge01 wrote 1 year 45 weeks ago

I build all mine 4 feet by 5 feet and put them at least 6 feet in the air on treated 4x4's 24 inches in the ground with a bag of sac crete in each hole. I use 3/8 inch plywood and 2x2's to build the stand. 6 feet on one side and 7 feet on the other side. plexiglass windows that hinge down out of the way. House roof shingles on the roof. Treated properly they last for years and years.

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from boilerup53 wrote 1 year 29 weeks ago

Depending on the location of the blind:

Field edges: Hay bails stacked around with vertical shooting lanes set up every bail or 2 bails width.

Anywhere: I've seen people use old wooden shipping crates effectively as well. Stain them with walnut/acorn water and then weave corn stalks or tree branches into them to break up silhouettes.

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from 007 wrote 1 year 29 weeks ago

Sarge, you sound like my brother-in-law. Last one he built was big enough that he could get in it the night before, spend the night comfortably, and be there well before first light on the opener.

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from Sarge01 wrote 1 year 29 weeks ago

With my knees the way they are I can't travel anymore so I take my 4-wheeler to my stand and stay in the stand from 45 minutes before daylight until after dark. I enjoy just observing everything going on in the woods. When you really study the woods it is amazing what you miss when just strolling through. I take alot of pictures of wildlife encluding birds. It is not quite big enough to spend the night in.

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from scrawford8872 wrote 1 year 15 weeks ago

I try to find 3 or 4 trees closly together, tie a line around them 4 1/2 or 5 feet high (Sometimes tie one at 2 feet and one at the top. Then tie any types of shrubbery to hang off and even weave in some stick/branches. Cut out a shooting window and your ready to go.

Also I always tie a line from above the blind and hang a empty paint can in the blind so that the passing aminals will get used to seeing a little movement inside the blind from the wind.

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from AJRob28 wrote 31 weeks 2 days ago

Hey Grant. I just read an article in the National Rifleman about how poachers use blinds. They do what I call a live blind. They would use natural, uncut vegetation to set up their blinds. I would guess if you could find a way to mold/bend saplings, shrubs, vines, etc., into a blind, that would be perfect. What do you think?

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from 007 wrote 31 weeks 10 hours ago

Sarge, works for me. I'm laying plans for something along that line for another year.

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from wildcaller11 wrote 29 weeks 1 hour ago

make up a little coop for yourself, we put a couple of 4X4's under the floor to keep the bottom off the ground paint the outside, or put up some tar paper like we did. you could spray paint it and then pile up brush next to it. make sure your roof is slanted so you dont have a roof cave in if it snows where you are.

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from BrigMarine wrote 1 year 46 weeks ago

Best made blinds I have best luck with are ones made right before season and use during beginning of deer season.

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from 007 wrote 1 year 46 weeks ago

Promise you won't laugh, but it's cheap and it works well. My kids and I take old pallets, set them up on edge, cut out a shooting window, leave a door when putting them together, then frame out a roof and cover the whole thing with old carpeting then either black plastic or rubber roofing. Put another pallet inside with a scrap of carpet on it to sit on, leave enough roofing to make a curtain over the door. Wind and rain proof, cheap and easy to do.

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from Sarge01 wrote 1 year 45 weeks ago

I build all mine 4 feet by 5 feet and put them at least 6 feet in the air on treated 4x4's 24 inches in the ground with a bag of sac crete in each hole. I use 3/8 inch plywood and 2x2's to build the stand. 6 feet on one side and 7 feet on the other side. plexiglass windows that hinge down out of the way. House roof shingles on the roof. Treated properly they last for years and years.

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from RylieGipson wrote 1 year 46 weeks ago

find 4 trees 5-6ft or what you want put 4-8 up on each side again as high as you want and brush it in RHG ps you might want to put up military neting

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from boilerup53 wrote 1 year 29 weeks ago

Depending on the location of the blind:

Field edges: Hay bails stacked around with vertical shooting lanes set up every bail or 2 bails width.

Anywhere: I've seen people use old wooden shipping crates effectively as well. Stain them with walnut/acorn water and then weave corn stalks or tree branches into them to break up silhouettes.

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from 007 wrote 1 year 29 weeks ago

Sarge, you sound like my brother-in-law. Last one he built was big enough that he could get in it the night before, spend the night comfortably, and be there well before first light on the opener.

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from Sarge01 wrote 1 year 29 weeks ago

With my knees the way they are I can't travel anymore so I take my 4-wheeler to my stand and stay in the stand from 45 minutes before daylight until after dark. I enjoy just observing everything going on in the woods. When you really study the woods it is amazing what you miss when just strolling through. I take alot of pictures of wildlife encluding birds. It is not quite big enough to spend the night in.

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from scrawford8872 wrote 1 year 15 weeks ago

I try to find 3 or 4 trees closly together, tie a line around them 4 1/2 or 5 feet high (Sometimes tie one at 2 feet and one at the top. Then tie any types of shrubbery to hang off and even weave in some stick/branches. Cut out a shooting window and your ready to go.

Also I always tie a line from above the blind and hang a empty paint can in the blind so that the passing aminals will get used to seeing a little movement inside the blind from the wind.

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from AJRob28 wrote 31 weeks 2 days ago

Hey Grant. I just read an article in the National Rifleman about how poachers use blinds. They do what I call a live blind. They would use natural, uncut vegetation to set up their blinds. I would guess if you could find a way to mold/bend saplings, shrubs, vines, etc., into a blind, that would be perfect. What do you think?

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from 007 wrote 31 weeks 10 hours ago

Sarge, works for me. I'm laying plans for something along that line for another year.

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from wildcaller11 wrote 29 weeks 1 hour ago

make up a little coop for yourself, we put a couple of 4X4's under the floor to keep the bottom off the ground paint the outside, or put up some tar paper like we did. you could spray paint it and then pile up brush next to it. make sure your roof is slanted so you dont have a roof cave in if it snows where you are.

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