Let's see pics of your hunting blinds!
11-21-2013, 05:22 AM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 1,079
Nebr--
This year I built a 5'X8' platform on top of 10' long 4"X4". I am going to use a dog house blind on top of it. I made it out of treated pine, the sides of the platform are 2"X8" eight feet long with ends of the same material. The joices are 2"X6" appx. 16" apart. I have a 2"X8" along each side of the deck with 1"X6" decking in between. I nailed the decking on, but the legs are bolted on with 3/8" bolts. I used 1/4" lag screws for the cross braces on the legs. I also put a metal shelf bracket on each corner to tie the corners together and lag screwed them on. It was heavy as heck when I got it done, had to turn it up on it's feet with a pickup truck pulling a cable. But it seems sturdy enough. I did not use it yet, it is in north MO where the wind was blowing like crazy and would have blown the dog house off or turned the whole thing over. I did spread the legs about a foot or so so the foot print is about 8'X8'. Sorry, no pictures, but I can give more info if wanted.
This year I built a 5'X8' platform on top of 10' long 4"X4". I am going to use a dog house blind on top of it. I made it out of treated pine, the sides of the platform are 2"X8" eight feet long with ends of the same material. The joices are 2"X6" appx. 16" apart. I have a 2"X8" along each side of the deck with 1"X6" decking in between. I nailed the decking on, but the legs are bolted on with 3/8" bolts. I used 1/4" lag screws for the cross braces on the legs. I also put a metal shelf bracket on each corner to tie the corners together and lag screwed them on. It was heavy as heck when I got it done, had to turn it up on it's feet with a pickup truck pulling a cable. But it seems sturdy enough. I did not use it yet, it is in north MO where the wind was blowing like crazy and would have blown the dog house off or turned the whole thing over. I did spread the legs about a foot or so so the foot print is about 8'X8'. Sorry, no pictures, but I can give more info if wanted.
11-21-2013, 05:38 AM
#26
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 176
Here is Mine
I made this one yestarday while out sighting in the muzzelloader. Yes I am cheep with all the limbs and small stuff laying around did not take much work to do this. These are just to break up your outline, full cammo on and spray down with scent killer and a bucket should be okay.
Oh and sombody wont steal this!
Oh and sombody wont steal this!
