VOTE or ADVICE on my box blind windows?

[Jeff H]

Very nice Bear! Why is it that the older we get the harder things are to do and the more money we spend doing it ?
I bet you have as much in that staircase as in the rest of the blind. Sure beats ladders though!

 

[MK111]

Nice stands guys. I liked the idea of a tower mounted on a buck of scafling I put my new stand up the same way last week. The boys are busy expanding a new business so help is short around here. Built the floor here and used my tractor with front end loader to install on top of the scafling. Built a stairs with handrail. Looking ahead as I get older. I'll get a picture when I go down to put the anchor cables on.

 

[Brokenbear]

Jeff you are spot on on the steps cost ...the 14 step stringers were $45 each and the 5 steppers $25 ...all the rest of the materials were distressed priced (crooked,cracks etc) the sheet stuff I paid $1 to $3 for in a distressed bundle ...but even still I have $500 in it by the time you buy hinges,hooks.paint,screws,barn roof metal,caulk Etc Etc....... but I figure have extended my hunting at least ...10 years ..so I look at it like this ...(A) do it while young enough to swing a hammer and do the climbing ..(B) and I0 years into $500 += $50 a year to keep hunting ...don't get me wrong ..I still use ladder stands now as well as ground blinds in places and am really6 enjoying backing into a cedar tree in my guillie suit ..it is awesome in their face tuff man!

Bear

 

[Doe Shooter]

Here's why I build them. South facing box 10 degrees. Warm as toast watching corn stubble.

 

[farmhunter]

If you have windows all around - put dark curtains on the back and side windows, wear dark clothes - we use slider windows -and on the inside have pegs that you can adjust your rest across the window since we are all different and like different chairs, If you are on a field - put some corn or tree planting in front or up to it - plan an escape if your field is full of deer at dark. This is maybe the hardest thing to get right -but to your question -sliders are best in my opinion.

 

[farmhunter]

for the 1st tower we did - we got the steps from a neighbor re-doing his deck - we took the stairs out with a chainsaw and made them more narrow for our needs.

for the second tower - we went to our local hardware store and offered to buy up seconds and shorts to build the stairs. Got a bunch of 2x10 treated for cheap.

If you have snow and ice - doors should open in - or should be raised 6-8" if opening out - we do both.

 

[MK111]

If you have windows all around - put dark curtains on the back and side windows, wear dark clothes - we use slider windows -and on the inside have pegs that you can adjust your rest across the window since we are all different and like different chairs, If you are on a field - put some corn or tree planting in front or up to it - plan an escape if your field is full of deer at dark. This is maybe the hardest thing to get right -but to your question -sliders are best in my opinion.

I also put black covers over the windows behind me. I also wear black from the waist up during bow season.