


February 18, 2010
Hurteau: Wood-Pile Blind, SpongeBob, and the Mother of All Deer Stands
By Dave Hurteau
So I’m here banging my head against the wall to see if anything falls out for this morning’s blog when Bestul sends me a charity email sporting pictures of this crazy, wood-pile hunting blind. Yes, that center slot that looks like logs flips up so you can shoot.

I got to thinking that there must be other unusual blinds to be found on the Internet—home of the unusual. And there are, of course, like the Predator IV Mirror Blind, which is apparently the “ORIGINAL ‘invisible’ deer or turkey hunting blind that hides hunters in plain sight!” and sells for just $1,025.

Then I thought maybe we should have a crazy-deer-stand contest, but quickly learned—shocker—that I’m not the first to think of that. Texas’ Wilson County News, it turns out, recently held its own annual “Best, Worst & Most Unique Deer Stand Contest,” which turned up several gems, including:

Then, after a little more searching, I found what has to be the mother of all deer stands.

. . . complete with step-by-step instructions.
Got a favorite?
Comments (43)
My thought on the wood pile blind... The best place to hide a book is in the library.
Saw a Haybale blind in another "Deer" magazine that was pretty impressive. Full sized, very lifelike, and very roomy inside. I think it was homemade. And of course the "Cow" blind that was covered in the SHOT SHOW articles was pretty good also, even if comical.... reminds me of that scene from Jeremiah Johnson, When Bear Claw says, "Elk dont know how many legs a horse has"!
the mirror blind should reflect sun light too with gives a sine so i dont think it would work...
wood-pile blind?
I LIKE THAT!
Kinda worries me though, some wackjob just might use it for a backstop for target practicing?
apowers1031
The mirror blind works fantastic. There are some biologists and animal watchers have used this. The funny thing about it is, when the critter gets to close and sees its reflection ether they think its another or scars the crap out of them!
ohh...i just figured it would reflect/shine a light on the deer or animal...maybe not though
http://www.ghostblind.com/
this website has alot of FAQ's on the mirror blind and they seem pretty effective
The "Mother of All Deer Blinds" looks pretty cool. How do you get a camper that high? That "invisible" blind is pretty cool as well.
thanks everyone for the help on the invisabe blind it looks like it works...proved wrong once again...not the first and not the last tim for shoure though
Fisherman14,
Click on the blue-highlighted text above that reads "step-by-step instructions," and it will take you to the maker's website, showing exactly how it was done.
I like the Sponge Bob, what deer would be scared off by someone "who lives in a pineapple under the sea."
I had seen most of them before, but the wood-pile is my favorite. Actually, I got to thinkin', a ghillie suit is kind of like a blind ... but different in the fact it moves with you.
My nephew, two deer seasons ago, noticed a couple of bucks coming out into a field just before dusk. There were round hay bales scattered throughout the field. He rolled several of them into a circle in the field and waited.
The bucks seemed to stay out of bow range or would come into the field after dark. No problem! He rolled them closer to the edge of the field and didn't come back for 2-days, and on the third day ... Thump City!
the "invisible blind" would be good for camo but i think if a rutting buck saw its self in the reflection the person in the blind could be in some trouble
I love that wood pile - awesome job - but was thinking the same thing as clay - someone using it as target practice.
I have used a hay bale blind in a gew configurations, they work great. One is just a hay bale made form a fence pannel wrapped with prarie grasses, the other is a fence pannel between two round bales and wrapped. The benifit to the second is that the hay smells so strong that it covers your scent. I had an old doe eat about 5 feet from me one night.
Cool Blinds...
I think before i paid a grand on the invisible blind i'd go to Sams and get me some big rolls of Aluminum foil and cardboard.Me and my grandaughter would have a little project.I'd have an invisible house in the woods.I have seen some real doozies in the woods that make you leave scratching your head.
While hunting along the Alabama river near Selma I stayed in a hunting cabin that looked quite like the camper in the air, except the camp was even higher than that. It seems that the Alabama river reaches very high heights in the spring and the camp had to be that high. I was shocked the first time I saw it and was even more shocked when I had to carry all my gear up to the camp. Good article on blinds.
The Sponge Bob blind is classic. My daughter would be singing the theme song "absorbant and yellow and porous is he!" so it might limit the effectiveness if I chose to use it with my kids.
I do like the wood one. Wouldnt be fond of staying in it though, where there are a lot of hunters.
there was a video of them putting the bottom blind in the air on you tube a while back . i cant remember the name of it but they picked it up with two farm tractors .
wood pile blind pretty cool may try it only down side i could see is i use my wood piles around my house to hunt for squirrels would make an interesting situation to come across a family of them inside when u intend to hunt lol. might design my next ice shanty with that
the mirror blind would make the deer see itself and show the suns rays
pretty sweet blinds, i like that mirror blind, but i think i could build it cheaper than that, oh well, ill prolly stick to the simple stuff, seems to work just fine, and im kinda against the shooting houses
they are designed not to reflect light
Any woodpile that Neat would instantly make me suspicious.
All these outragous deerstands give me ideas though, I want another treehouse anyway...
They're all pretty cool, interesting and expensive. I personally prefer something a bit more natural like a real hay bale, wood pile or tangle of brush. I don't often use a blind anyway.
I have a ghost blind. It works really well. the first time i used it, I got a nice turkey. I sent them my picture you can see it on the ghostblind website. It is a cool product and the cost is much less than the one above.
those are all pretty neat makes you start thinkin what you could come up with... haha hav fun every1 Good Luck and Good hunting
The wood pile blind is genius!!!
Some great ideas for deer stands. Like the woodpile the best.
Good information on blinds. I am retired now and money is always an issue. I have found with a little scouting and good used of the things around me where I want to set up a good blind is not an issue. I have sometimes used netting to keep things off my head still allowing me to stand up on some shots with a bow. If I had to choose I would lots rather buy a good ground level stand. The problem is I hunt in several locations and on blind will not do for all of them.
Tomblog
Gunsellers.com
8520 S 1300 E
Sandy Ut, 84094
801.486.2727
At a place where we coyote hunt, the landowner has added sides and windows to an old grain hopper wagon. He uses the chute to climb in and out. Portable and the deer are used to seing it.
I can't stop laughing after seeing that highrise trailer stand! LOL
The glass blind thing is pretty cool, but the only down fall i could see with that is, what if a buck came up from behind you, and you didnt see it and it saw itself in the glass and wanted to fight the mirror buck haha could be bad.
I knew of a handicap gentleman that hunted up in NY. Every year we would set up a flat hay wagon and load round and square hay bales on it. I looked like a big hut, he would drive out and park behind it. There was not a year that man did not get a deer. The deer were use to seeing a hay wagon and it worked.
The trailer up high is the best, deck and all too. main home must be a double wide....
There is a mirror blind for personal use that is supposed to work well, I think Jim Shockey endorses it. Great idea anyway but wouldnt want to be behind it when a rutting bull moose sees itself or whitetail buck either. On one of the farms I hunt there is an old combine harvester in the field and it makes a great blind to sit in and we have used it for years. Anything that has been out there will work because the animals get used to it being there.
The amish around here will build you a blind for $500. Built on the pattern of their outhouses. It won't blow away either.
I really like the woodpile blind!
Hurteau,
I'm afraid you got some bad information. That first "woodpile blind" isn't a hunting blind. It was featured in an architectural blog I read a few months ago and is actually a small study/music studio built for a famous recording artist somewhere in Scandinavia, I think.
Here's a link with some interior pics:
http://www.bestofremodeling.com/blog/odd/woodpile-secret-recording-studi...
Great post, excellent insight.
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Commercial Roofing Baton Rouge
The wood pile hunting blind is a great idea, cracking disguise.Jobs in Stratford
This post is exactly what I am interested. keep up the good work. we need more good statements. Xbox Live Code
The mirrored hunting bin is a great one, obviously you would need to position the bin cleverly but even so very well thought of. Handmade Knitwear
I had seen most of them before, but the wood-pile is my favorite. Actually, I got to thinkin', a ghillie suit is kind of like a blind ... but different in the fact it moves with you.منتديات مسجات وسائط My nephew, two deer seasons ago, noticed a couple of bucks coming out into a field just before dusk. There were round hay bales scattered throughout the field.
توبيكات ماسنجر He rolled several of them into a circle in the field and waited.The bucks seemed to stay out of bow range or would come into the field after dark. No problem! He rolled them closer to the edge of the field and didn't come back for 2-days, and on the third day ... Thump City!
I can't see the Spongebob deer stand being too effective. Newspaper Printing
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I like the Sponge Bob, what deer would be scared off by someone "who lives in a pineapple under the sea."
My thought on the wood pile blind... The best place to hide a book is in the library.
wood-pile blind?
I LIKE THAT!
Kinda worries me though, some wackjob just might use it for a backstop for target practicing?
the mirror blind would make the deer see itself and show the suns rays
Saw a Haybale blind in another "Deer" magazine that was pretty impressive. Full sized, very lifelike, and very roomy inside. I think it was homemade. And of course the "Cow" blind that was covered in the SHOT SHOW articles was pretty good also, even if comical.... reminds me of that scene from Jeremiah Johnson, When Bear Claw says, "Elk dont know how many legs a horse has"!
ohh...i just figured it would reflect/shine a light on the deer or animal...maybe not though
http://www.ghostblind.com/
this website has alot of FAQ's on the mirror blind and they seem pretty effective
The "Mother of All Deer Blinds" looks pretty cool. How do you get a camper that high? That "invisible" blind is pretty cool as well.
thanks everyone for the help on the invisabe blind it looks like it works...proved wrong once again...not the first and not the last tim for shoure though
Fisherman14,
Click on the blue-highlighted text above that reads "step-by-step instructions," and it will take you to the maker's website, showing exactly how it was done.
I had seen most of them before, but the wood-pile is my favorite. Actually, I got to thinkin', a ghillie suit is kind of like a blind ... but different in the fact it moves with you.
My nephew, two deer seasons ago, noticed a couple of bucks coming out into a field just before dusk. There were round hay bales scattered throughout the field. He rolled several of them into a circle in the field and waited.
The bucks seemed to stay out of bow range or would come into the field after dark. No problem! He rolled them closer to the edge of the field and didn't come back for 2-days, and on the third day ... Thump City!
the "invisible blind" would be good for camo but i think if a rutting buck saw its self in the reflection the person in the blind could be in some trouble
I love that wood pile - awesome job - but was thinking the same thing as clay - someone using it as target practice.
I have used a hay bale blind in a gew configurations, they work great. One is just a hay bale made form a fence pannel wrapped with prarie grasses, the other is a fence pannel between two round bales and wrapped. The benifit to the second is that the hay smells so strong that it covers your scent. I had an old doe eat about 5 feet from me one night.
I think before i paid a grand on the invisible blind i'd go to Sams and get me some big rolls of Aluminum foil and cardboard.Me and my grandaughter would have a little project.I'd have an invisible house in the woods.I have seen some real doozies in the woods that make you leave scratching your head.
While hunting along the Alabama river near Selma I stayed in a hunting cabin that looked quite like the camper in the air, except the camp was even higher than that. It seems that the Alabama river reaches very high heights in the spring and the camp had to be that high. I was shocked the first time I saw it and was even more shocked when I had to carry all my gear up to the camp. Good article on blinds.
The Sponge Bob blind is classic. My daughter would be singing the theme song "absorbant and yellow and porous is he!" so it might limit the effectiveness if I chose to use it with my kids.
I do like the wood one. Wouldnt be fond of staying in it though, where there are a lot of hunters.
there was a video of them putting the bottom blind in the air on you tube a while back . i cant remember the name of it but they picked it up with two farm tractors .
wood pile blind pretty cool may try it only down side i could see is i use my wood piles around my house to hunt for squirrels would make an interesting situation to come across a family of them inside when u intend to hunt lol. might design my next ice shanty with that
pretty sweet blinds, i like that mirror blind, but i think i could build it cheaper than that, oh well, ill prolly stick to the simple stuff, seems to work just fine, and im kinda against the shooting houses
they are designed not to reflect light
Any woodpile that Neat would instantly make me suspicious.
All these outragous deerstands give me ideas though, I want another treehouse anyway...
They're all pretty cool, interesting and expensive. I personally prefer something a bit more natural like a real hay bale, wood pile or tangle of brush. I don't often use a blind anyway.
I have a ghost blind. It works really well. the first time i used it, I got a nice turkey. I sent them my picture you can see it on the ghostblind website. It is a cool product and the cost is much less than the one above.
the mirror blind should reflect sun light too with gives a sine so i dont think it would work...
apowers1031
The mirror blind works fantastic. There are some biologists and animal watchers have used this. The funny thing about it is, when the critter gets to close and sees its reflection ether they think its another or scars the crap out of them!
those are all pretty neat makes you start thinkin what you could come up with... haha hav fun every1 Good Luck and Good hunting
The wood pile blind is genius!!!
Some great ideas for deer stands. Like the woodpile the best.
Good information on blinds. I am retired now and money is always an issue. I have found with a little scouting and good used of the things around me where I want to set up a good blind is not an issue. I have sometimes used netting to keep things off my head still allowing me to stand up on some shots with a bow. If I had to choose I would lots rather buy a good ground level stand. The problem is I hunt in several locations and on blind will not do for all of them.
Tomblog
Gunsellers.com
8520 S 1300 E
Sandy Ut, 84094
801.486.2727
At a place where we coyote hunt, the landowner has added sides and windows to an old grain hopper wagon. He uses the chute to climb in and out. Portable and the deer are used to seing it.
I can't stop laughing after seeing that highrise trailer stand! LOL
The glass blind thing is pretty cool, but the only down fall i could see with that is, what if a buck came up from behind you, and you didnt see it and it saw itself in the glass and wanted to fight the mirror buck haha could be bad.
I knew of a handicap gentleman that hunted up in NY. Every year we would set up a flat hay wagon and load round and square hay bales on it. I looked like a big hut, he would drive out and park behind it. There was not a year that man did not get a deer. The deer were use to seeing a hay wagon and it worked.
The trailer up high is the best, deck and all too. main home must be a double wide....
There is a mirror blind for personal use that is supposed to work well, I think Jim Shockey endorses it. Great idea anyway but wouldnt want to be behind it when a rutting bull moose sees itself or whitetail buck either. On one of the farms I hunt there is an old combine harvester in the field and it makes a great blind to sit in and we have used it for years. Anything that has been out there will work because the animals get used to it being there.
The amish around here will build you a blind for $500. Built on the pattern of their outhouses. It won't blow away either.
I really like the woodpile blind!
Hurteau,
I'm afraid you got some bad information. That first "woodpile blind" isn't a hunting blind. It was featured in an architectural blog I read a few months ago and is actually a small study/music studio built for a famous recording artist somewhere in Scandinavia, I think.
Here's a link with some interior pics:
http://www.bestofremodeling.com/blog/odd/woodpile-secret-recording-studi...
Cool Blinds...
Great post, excellent insight.
Commercial Insurance Louisiana
Commercial Roofing Baton Rouge
The wood pile hunting blind is a great idea, cracking disguise.Jobs in Stratford
This post is exactly what I am interested. keep up the good work. we need more good statements. Xbox Live Code
The mirrored hunting bin is a great one, obviously you would need to position the bin cleverly but even so very well thought of. Handmade Knitwear
I had seen most of them before, but the wood-pile is my favorite. Actually, I got to thinkin', a ghillie suit is kind of like a blind ... but different in the fact it moves with you.منتديات مسجات وسائط My nephew, two deer seasons ago, noticed a couple of bucks coming out into a field just before dusk. There were round hay bales scattered throughout the field.
توبيكات ماسنجر He rolled several of them into a circle in the field and waited.The bucks seemed to stay out of bow range or would come into the field after dark. No problem! He rolled them closer to the edge of the field and didn't come back for 2-days, and on the third day ... Thump City!
I can't see the Spongebob deer stand being too effective. Newspaper Printing
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