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Post by biglakebass on Nov 6, 2019 22:23:38 GMT -6
After spending most of my life in hang-on and ladder stands......I cannot believe all the chit you can get away with in an enclosed blind. To me.....you can move around to almost any extent and not get busted in most cases. Yeah....you cannot get stupid.....but you do get away with so much more than sitting in the open. Also the heat and escape from the wind are so huge.....not to mention scent control. I doubt I will ever hunt outside again. We have our first totally enclosed house on stilts..... My concerns are: 1. Not hearing that faint sound of something crunching leaves to alert you 2. not having the 360 degree view 3. Being fully enclosed, how will it be to get a shot off quick if needed? My excitement: 1. Comfy naps! 2. Will let you know what else is awesome. Naps have my focus.  |
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 6, 2019 23:11:01 GMT -6
I have not been busted yet with the Redneck with opening the hinged widows. I have practiced on quite a few deer this season. I think blind placement and time of day makes a difference. I have only hunted afternoons with the sun at my back so there isn't any reflections. In the morning when the sun would be in my face it might reflect off windows when opening them. I only have a 5 foot stand, a 10 foot stand probably would be more out of a deer's view.I was looking at the 10' stand set up. 15' seems like overkill for where I want to put the thing. edit...so maybe a dumb question, but I've never archery hunted out of an enclosed blind. Can I shoot from inside the blind? I don't have to have the bow out of the window, right? MNfish gave me an education on ground blinds. You almost need to try it out of one that's been set up to experience it. Before that, I'd never considered hunting from the ground. After I did it once, I was hooked. There are some things you give up from being up in the air and out in the open. But there are also things you gain as well. My biggest problems were being able to draw back without getting busted, staying warm to extend my season, preventing a fall, scent control, and being able to hunt w/ two people. The build I did wasn't hard or expensive, and it was a great experience. The time of year I did it, and doing it in the woods made it tough, but I'm working around that too. I've already got blueprints in pencil to build another one with some modifications to enhance and move forward the field of view while staying back from the windows to prevent getting skylined. With the weather that's forecasted, I'm damn glad I have what I have. It's gonna be a cold SOB for the skinny guys in the ladders Sunday and Monday. I'd like to have upwards of five or six of these things eventually, so I've got to keep building these myself. I'd have 4 flail mowers with the same capital to buy 6 real deal blinds. |
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Nov 7, 2019 5:12:06 GMT -6
We have two bow hunting enclosed stands they work great. Hunting out of one tonight and passed a nice bucks...hope I don’t regret it. I will text it to you since for life of me it won’t let me post pics anymore. Pic was taken from a 10 ft tall stand. I have bought 4 stands from John hired hands.Roemhild? Yep, kids still build them. They do work out now, so they build them over the winter and deliver in the spring and summer usually. They just delivered a 16' tall bow blind 6'x6' with corner windows to a guy down here on their way hunting for $1300. How soon you need one?
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Post by smsmith on Nov 7, 2019 7:22:35 GMT -6
Yep, kids still build them. They do work out now, so they build them over the winter and deliver in the spring and summer usually. They just delivered a 16' tall bow blind 6'x6' with corner windows to a guy down here on their way hunting for $1300. How soon you need one?
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Post by smsmith on Nov 7, 2019 7:25:10 GMT -6
I was looking at the 10' stand set up. 15' seems like overkill for where I want to put the thing. edit...so maybe a dumb question, but I've never archery hunted out of an enclosed blind. Can I shoot from inside the blind? I don't have to have the bow out of the window, right? MNfish gave me an education on ground blinds. You almost need to try it out of one that's been set up to experience it. Before that, I'd never considered hunting from the ground. After I did it once, I was hooked. There are some things you give up from being up in the air and out in the open. But there are also things you gain as well. My biggest problems were being able to draw back without getting busted, staying warm to extend my season, preventing a fall, scent control, and being able to hunt w/ two people. The build I did wasn't hard or expensive, and it was a great experience. The time of year I did it, and doing it in the woods made it tough, but I'm working around that too. I've already got blueprints in pencil to build another one with some modifications to enhance and move forward the field of view while staying back from the windows to prevent getting skylined. With the weather that's forecasted, I'm damn glad I have what I have. It's gonna be a cold SOB for the skinny guys in the ladders Sunday and Monday. I'd like to have upwards of five or six of these things eventually, so I've got to keep building these myself. I'd have 4 flail mowers with the same capital to buy 6 real deal blinds. I'm certainly not denigrating the design or hunting from the ground. I do question hunting mature bucks from the ground in that particular design though. |
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 7, 2019 7:29:01 GMT -6
MNfish gave me an education on ground blinds. You almost need to try it out of one that's been set up to experience it. Before that, I'd never considered hunting from the ground. After I did it once, I was hooked. There are some things you give up from being up in the air and out in the open. But there are also things you gain as well. My biggest problems were being able to draw back without getting busted, staying warm to extend my season, preventing a fall, scent control, and being able to hunt w/ two people. The build I did wasn't hard or expensive, and it was a great experience. The time of year I did it, and doing it in the woods made it tough, but I'm working around that too. I've already got blueprints in pencil to build another one with some modifications to enhance and move forward the field of view while staying back from the windows to prevent getting skylined. With the weather that's forecasted, I'm damn glad I have what I have. It's gonna be a cold SOB for the skinny guys in the ladders Sunday and Monday. I'd like to have upwards of five or six of these things eventually, so I've got to keep building these myself. I'd have 4 flail mowers with the same capital to buy 6 real deal blinds. I'm certainly not denigrating the design or hunting from the ground. I do question hunting mature bucks from the ground in that particular design though. hard telling, that's for sure. I'll still use ladders in spots too, but those may be deeper in the federal land where, if stolen, they'd have earned their new stand. I wonder if those ground blinds are there for a year or two if they'd fade away as danger zones for mature deer. I'd put old does right up there with the weary brutes in north country. |
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Post by batman on Nov 7, 2019 7:32:58 GMT -6
Ground blinds and heavy cover are iffy. You want them in the open where deer can see them for them to be most effective.
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Post by smsmith on Nov 7, 2019 7:33:16 GMT -6
After spending most of my life in hang-on and ladder stands......I cannot believe all the chit you can get away with in an enclosed blind. To me.....you can move around to almost any extent and not get busted in most cases. Yeah....you cannot get stupid.....but you do get away with so much more than sitting in the open. Also the heat and escape from the wind are so huge.....not to mention scent control. I doubt I will ever hunt outside again. Even in my home built steel/treated lumber box blind I know that I can get away with much more than in a ladder stand. I feel that I am "cheating" when sitting in mine with a shotgun. I will feel even less good about sitting in one with a bow. Bow hunting isn't supposed to be easy IMO. If I was ten years younger, a box blind for bow hunting wouldn't be on my radar. That said, I can see the day coming when I won't be able to get enough clothes on to be able to stay in my ladder stand to hunt. It was close the last couple nights. |
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Post by Tooln on Nov 7, 2019 7:38:45 GMT -6
If your not in a hurry for a blind pick one up at a show. That's what I did. They have direct competition. With redneck just a few booth away it worked for me. The guy had a show price of 1700.00. I laid 13 hundred dollar bills on the table. Told the guy he could pick it up or haul a blind back home. He picked it up.
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Post by Sandbur on Nov 7, 2019 8:59:31 GMT -6
After spending most of my life in hang-on and ladder stands......I cannot believe all the chit you can get away with in an enclosed blind. To me.....you can move around to almost any extent and not get busted in most cases. Yeah....you cannot get stupid.....but you do get away with so much more than sitting in the open. Also the heat and escape from the wind are so huge.....not to mention scent control. I doubt I will ever hunt outside again. Even in my home built steel/treated lumber box blind I know that I can get away with much more than in a ladder stand. I feel that I am "cheating" when sitting in mine with a shotgun. I will feel even less good about sitting in one with a bow. Bow hunting isn't supposed to be easy IMO. If I was ten years younger, a box blind for bow hunting wouldn't be on my radar. That said, I can see the day coming when I won't be able to get enough clothes on to be able to stay in my ladder stand to hunt. It was close the last couple nights. I just hung the bow up and hope I don’t have to touch it until next year. Heads up that 2/3 stores in our local town are out of hand warmers. Walmart says even the warehouse is out, but they hope some are in on Sunday. We got some cold weather coming. Box blind should be comfy. |
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Post by terrifictom on Nov 7, 2019 9:01:05 GMT -6
If your not in a hurry for a blind pick one up at a show. That's what I did. They have direct competition. With redneck just a few booth away it worked for me. The guy had a show price of 1700.00. I laid 13 hundred dollar bills on the table. Told the guy he could pick it up or haul a blind back home. He picked it up. Great advice. Go the last day of show and bring a trailer along. |
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Post by Foggy on Nov 7, 2019 9:08:16 GMT -6
If your not in a hurry for a blind pick one up at a show. That's what I did. They have direct competition. With redneck just a few booth away it worked for me. The guy had a show price of 1700.00. I laid 13 hundred dollar bills on the table. Told the guy he could pick it up or haul a blind back home. He picked it up. Great advice. Go the last day of show and bring a trailer along. Any show's this weekend? ( GRIN emoji ). |
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Post by jbird on Nov 7, 2019 10:40:39 GMT -6
I remember when I built my first box blind. I was tired of sitting out in the cold and rain and the like and it chasing me from the stand. It also had a huge impact on taking the kids as they moved too much and got cold and the like much sooner than I did. So, being on a budget, I built my first box blind. Nothing fancy, just enough to hide some movement and stay out of the wind and rain. Everybody called me a puss at first....until they used it! Simply being able to stay dry and warm helps me focus more and stay hunting longer. This comes into play the most for me during our general firearms and muzzleloader seasons which run from mid novemebr thru mid december. I prefer to bow hunt from an actual stand. Box blinds are set up where I am going to see the deer more than likely before I hear them anyway (as we back off as we only gun hunt from them in more wide open areas). My second box blind I improved and put in some make shift windows to be able to retain some heat...and that one was the next one that was fought over to use. My latest (see my battle wagon post) is by far my best work thus far. I have about $1000 dollars in it, but it's one wheels...well sealed and has plenty of room for additional hunters. I still like hunting from a stand and being more a part of the woods...when it's nice out. But once the weather turns cold, windy or damp....a good box blind is worth it's weight in gold. I don't have the pockets to afford a redneck....but at some point I am sure my time and desire and even ability to build adequate blinds will fade and it will be far easier to simply pony up the coin.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Nov 7, 2019 11:39:59 GMT -6
These kids get the 3/4" form plywood they make them out of for free. As well as 2x4 pieces. They buy the legs and the little bit of hardware needed as well as the rubber roof. They build them cheap and sell them cheap. Not perfect, but they work.
The rubber roofs I do not like for down here. The big ass turkey vultures sit and tear up the roofs. I put pole barn tin over the rubber roof before we stand them up. Much better in my opinion for down here.
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Post by smsmith on Nov 7, 2019 12:50:14 GMT -6
I'm still debating on which direction to go, but thanks for the contact number for the kids Mo. I may end up buying one from them and a Redneck. Not sure yet
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