"The benefits of an enclosed blind with a roof are better than a ladder stand IMO..."


Yep, I've got a bunch of ladder stands, but this is my "go to" blind if the weather gets bad as I get older. It's got a plywood floor on top of 2x8s that sit on wolmanized 4x4s. The sides are OSB covered with steel I scrounged from pole building scraps. The windows are drop down glass and the place can literally be heated with a match if it really gets cold. Where I hunt in northern MI this ground blind gives me a better view where it's located than if it was up in the air. Total cost was under $100.