Da blind yah

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Well the boy and I took on a fun project this spring. The neighbors had a hugely big, in fact the biggest, no body built it bigger blind. Unfortunately, 20 years of neglect had taken its toll on it. Black ants and Father Time had eaten away most of one of the 16’ supports. I offered to take it down if we could salvage some for a new blind.

They are older and were more than happy to get it down. I didn’t take any pics because it was severely overgrown.

The rest got documented for them as we rebuilt it from what was still good.

 

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Rebuilding it we had 10’ 4x6 and decided to build it like a pole barn on skis. I bought two new 4x6 and some 2x8 for floor joists. New 2x6’s and plywood for the roof, too.

 

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Home Depot had some primed t1-11 on sale so that was the choice for siding it. Lowe’s had a whole bunch of 1x4 on the clearance cart. So we grabbed it and made some 4” eves.

 

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Daughter picked out some paint and we stumbled into mid colored gallons for $15. Made a great primer for her color choice and blacked out the interior.

Ordered 3 42x16 blind windows from zero 4 outdoors. Really like how they work, but it put a hurt on the budget.

The stairs and door came off a FB post on a scrapped camper.

 

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I couldn’t stand the white door so it needed some color. The floor was pretty noisy so we took some scrap carpet and threw it down. Found an old office chair at Goodwill for good napping. Added an Amazon grab handle and got it wrapped up ready for the woods.

 

[Dave N]

Very nice! Great project with the boy.

 

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We started clearing the path to get it back into the woods today. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to me, I cut down an autumn olive bush that had a basket ball sized bald face hornet nest in it. I quickly found out that throwing a chainsaw does nothing to stop the swarm. After about 40 stings later along with loss of both my shirt and shoes, the boy and I made it to safety. So work on moving it for today paused till I can kill the nest.

 

[Addicting]

Very nice! Great project with the boy.

It was a fun way to pass some idle time this summer. He learned a lot and is looking forward to trying to shoot a deer this fall out of it.

 

[kiwi hunter]

Great way to teach kids. Hope its a lucky project.

 

[Rack Daniels]

Kickass!!!! That white door was so bright it looks really really good with that black trim now man good job

 

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[noharleyyet]

Nice build, looks comfortable….and heavy.

 

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Nice build, looks comfortable….and heavy.

It just has to get drug 1/4 mile or so. The John Deere 3 point will lift some of the weight onto the tires. It won’t care it’s back there and just chug along. Don’t have any plans that I will move it after that.

 

[rjthehunter]

Looks great!!!

I'd be interested in how much it cost you.

Some family members purchased some that a local guy makes, granted they're on a trailer and "fairly" easy to move, they were expensive. Like a few grand expensive. I've been considering building a couple more as they are nice when it's raining, snowing, blowing hard, or just downright cold.

 

[Addicting]

Looks great!!!

I'd be interested in how much it cost you.

Some family members purchased some that a local guy makes, granted they're on a trailer and "fairly" easy to move, they were expensive. Like a few grand expensive. I've been considering building a couple more as they are nice when it's raining, snowing, blowing hard, or just downright cold.

I have less than a $1000 into it. The windows and siding were the most expensive items. Most everything else I tried to catch on sale or on Facebook marketplace.

It’s a 6 x 6 x 10 tall and would fit on any small utility trailer if I needed to move it off the property.

 

[WildWill]

We started clearing the path to get it back into the woods today. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to me, I cut down an autumn olive bush that had a basket ball sized bald face hornet nest in it. I quickly found out that throwing a chainsaw does nothing to stop the swarm. After about 40 stings later along with loss of both my shirt and shoes, the boy and I made it to safety. So work on moving it for today paused till I can kill the nest.

I once sawed straight into a wasp nest that was in the hollow of a tree.


Blind looks great! My daughter has a play house I built for her that as soon as she out grows it will be turned into a blind or two.

 

[rjthehunter]

I have less than a $1000 into it. The windows and siding were the most expensive items. Most everything else I tried to catch on sale or on Facebook marketplace.

It’s a 6 x 6 x 10 tall and would fit on any small utility trailer if I needed to move it off the property.

Facebook Marketplace is a magical place! I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys can shoot from it this fall!

 

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Facebook Marketplace is a magical place! I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys can shoot from it this fall!

Not much for this year, EHD wiped us out last year. We have 3 bucks that frequently are seen. Biggest is a 2.5year old 8.

 

[Caseknife]

Bald faced hornets hit hard!

Great looking blind and good learning project. Your boy shoots a buck out of that will be like shooting a buck with ammo that you loaded yourself. Real feeling of self accomplishment.

 

[rjthehunter]

Not much for this year, EHD wiped us out last year. We have 3 bucks that frequently are seen. Biggest is a 2.5year old 8.

That's frustrating...