My first enclosed elevated blind.

[Angus 1895]

Hello I want to be able to stand so I am thinking 5.5 foot back wall.

7 foot front wall. I am six feet tall.

the shack will be just under six feet by 10 feet.

I plan on a un enclosed porch are……case I need to bar b que!

what are good windows? Sliding door?

Thanks

 

[Angus 1895]

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[hillrunner]

100% hinged windows with the hinges on the side. Slide windows are noisy to open and worst of all, they freeze shut from condensation after sunny winter days. Hinges on the side so you don't get caught in limbo opening a window.

 

[Angus 1895]

100% hinged windows with the hinges on the side. Slide windows are noisy to open and worst of all, they freeze shut from condensation after sunny winter days. Hinges on the side so you don't get caught in limbo opening a window.

I was thinking drop down windows? Hinges on the bottom?

 

[Bill]

man that's pretty country

 

[drycreek]

My blinds have windows hinged at the top, I always raise them in the dark so getting caught is a moot point. If it’s cold, I use a heater for two reasons. Number one is comfort, but number two because hot air rises and it will start your scent on the way up where, if you are hunting the right wind, it will head off in the right direction. It may not help much, but it works for me. Deer View Windows makes a pretty good product. If it were me, I would put a travel trailer type door in it keeping in mind that I’m in Texas and we don’t have the snow and cold that some do. If one had a freezing rain I imagine the door would be frozen shut, but I probably wouldn’t be hunting in that scenario until the sun peeked out again.

 

[Hoytvectrix]

Number one is comfort, but number two because hot air rises and it will start your scent on the way up where, if you are hunting the right wind, it will head off in the right direction. It may not help much, but it works for me.

I've never read this before when folks are discussing box blinds, but this makes so much sense.

 

[Angus 1895]

I plan on a chimney ice fishing stove propane, my friend suggested sliding doors, like in a closet. I am thinking hinged down windows so they don’t need attachments, they can just be down. Do you think the roof pitch could be less.

 

[hillrunner]

I was thinking drop down windows? Hinges on the bottom?

I wouldn't, those are either all the way closed or all the way open. If a deer sneaks up close, you need to open it all the way before you can let go. With a horizontal window, you can stop for a 5 minute stare down without having to hold a window up.
If you bowhunt, a vertical window is far easier to shoot out of and a gun will shoot out of either just fine.

 

[Angus 1895]

man that's pretty country

Thanks, the first picture is by my house .The next few is a few acres I have for sale.

 

[buckdeer1]

Original deer blind windows are the best I have found.I have sliders and hinged.I hinged up and they have a magnet that holds them up

 

[Tree Spud]

Original deer blind windows are the best I have found.I have sliders and hinged.I hinged up and they have a magnet that holds them up

I agree on horizontal Deer Blind windows. I have them flip up to avoid covering the shelf below the window. I hold them up with a bungee cord that is strapped to the wood beams above the window.

 

[roymunson]

If you're bowhunting, hinges on the side, 3m foam tape to make a scent proof barrier and leave them closed until it's time to shoot.

If you do it right and expansion foam your joints you can make it scent proof. I killed a deer opening night with the wind blowing right to where she came from. Only opened the windown 15 seconds before she got shot.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Any box blind i build or buy going forward will have tinted windows that open easily after a deer is spotted. I dont want them to be able to easily see me sitting in the blind or have lots of airflow through the blind (scent), or notice windows that are always closed are now open when i'm sitting there.

There are a couple pretty nicely built box blinds on my place from prior owners but they have noisy ass sliding windows. I have only sat in them twice because I'd rather sit hidden in a treestand than make a racket getting in and opening windows.

 

[roymunson]

curtains made out of blackout cloth or landscaping fabric to prevent backlighting is great.

 

[birdog]

I plan on a chimney ice fishing stove propane, my friend suggested sliding doors, like in a closet. I am thinking hinged down windows so they don’t need attachments, they can just be down. Do you think the roof pitch could be less.

Six foot on the short wall and 7 on the front.

 

[birdog]

I would also use joist tape on the top of your joists. It's used mostly to prevent rot but for a box blind the real benefit is preventing a squeaky floor.

 

[Angus 1895]

How do you figure out the birds mouth cut on the 2x6 rafter roof boards?

 

[birdog]

How do you figure out the birds mouth cut on the 2x6 rafter roof boards?

Framing square. YouTube video would be the simplest way to explain how to use it for cutting your birdsmouth. It is actually very simple and easy however if it were me for what you are building I would use hurricane tie and screws.

https://images.homedepot-static.com/productImages/c5f4597e-e679-49c1-b17d-38fccd27a0eb/svn/structural-straps-h10a-64_1000.jpg

 

[Angus 1895]

I was told that was what I should use.

How do you seal up the space between the rafters?