yoderjac
5 year old buck +
In years past, I built some elevated box blinds. I started building them large so I could take kids out but find as I get older, I'm more comfortable in them than most treestands. Here is the last one I built:http://www.habitat-talk.com/index.php?threads/foodplot-stand-transfered-from-the-qdma-forum.5529/. They are expensive and time consuming to build but less expensive and better than what I can buy commercially.
Before I go to the expense of putting up one of these, I usually put up a popup ground blind and hunt it for a year or two to make sure it is worth it. I also like these for turkey hunting. Turkey season is not too far off. I lost one of these popup ground blinds to a heavy snow fall. Even with my blind support idea, http://www.habitat-talk.com/index.php?threads/supporting-the-blind.10396/, I lost one this year. I guess the support slipped out. I stopped by Cabela's on the way to the farm and picked up a replacement. The one I got is this: https://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-The-Zonz-Specialist-XL-Ground-Blind/2338425.uts?slotId=0. For the price, I was impressed with the size and window configuration. It is almost as large inside as the smaller box blind I provided the link to in the previous paragraph. The ground foot print is 67" x 67" and the pop-out sides make it larger hub-to-hub.
I'm considering building something like the elevated box blind above but only putting on a floor and roof. I would then place the large ground blind on the platform. With just enough roof to protect the blind from heavy snow, I think it would last many more years and reduce the cost of building one. If I build one this summer, I'll document it here. Just passing on the idea for now.
Thanks,
Jack
Before I go to the expense of putting up one of these, I usually put up a popup ground blind and hunt it for a year or two to make sure it is worth it. I also like these for turkey hunting. Turkey season is not too far off. I lost one of these popup ground blinds to a heavy snow fall. Even with my blind support idea, http://www.habitat-talk.com/index.php?threads/supporting-the-blind.10396/, I lost one this year. I guess the support slipped out. I stopped by Cabela's on the way to the farm and picked up a replacement. The one I got is this: https://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-The-Zonz-Specialist-XL-Ground-Blind/2338425.uts?slotId=0. For the price, I was impressed with the size and window configuration. It is almost as large inside as the smaller box blind I provided the link to in the previous paragraph. The ground foot print is 67" x 67" and the pop-out sides make it larger hub-to-hub.
I'm considering building something like the elevated box blind above but only putting on a floor and roof. I would then place the large ground blind on the platform. With just enough roof to protect the blind from heavy snow, I think it would last many more years and reduce the cost of building one. If I build one this summer, I'll document it here. Just passing on the idea for now.
Thanks,
Jack