I have a box blind that I do archery hunt out of, but its very tough.

Here's a photo of mine, then I'll explain:



My dimensions are 4'x8', which is too small for archery hunting. I'm a bigger guy, and pulling a bow back in that confined space isn't easy. For Nay-Sayers I also hunt out of ground blinds, and they have more room.

My windows on the North/South side (side that can be seen) are almost 3' tall, and are great for shooting out of. My windows on the West/East side are 18" tall and 18" wide. I made this blind for rifle hunting, and used what I had laying around. We built another box blind for my buddy and his is 6x8, and that is a HUGE improvement over my 4x8, 2 guys can rifle hunt out of mine, but not comfortably. That 6x8 we had 3 guys in this deer season, and a propane tank, and heater and it was great.

Plexi-Glass windows are a great idea (thats what my East/West windows are). Making them slide quiet, isn't the easiest, and coming up with a quick way to latch them full opened is also a must. I will be building another box blind this summer for one of my best areas, and I will be buying sliding windows, it'll be 7x8, fully carpeted, insulated, with a full size walk in door, and 8ft ceiling for plenty of storage, bow room. You will need to carpet the blind to make it quiet, I hunted out of mine for 2 years without carpet and it was almost impossible to move in there and not have a deer 100+ yards away hear you.

As for scent, I hang scent wicks out the side windows about 2ft below the bottom of the blind so they are roughly 7ft off the ground, and I have had bucks come in down wind of it, and have yet to get winded while hunting out of it, even with all the windows open come prime time.

Northern Tool and Equipment sells a framing kit for a 7x8 building, with a sloped roof, that you don't have to cut your 2x4s when making it. I am going to buy one of these kits ($50), and then I'm going to copy it and make my own after that for other stands I make.