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I'm sure it's great, I just can't get into 'I'm going outside to go inside to hunt'

I remember when closed, heated stands were rare, and ridiculed.
Heck I remember when people climbing trees to hunt was weird.

Now, it's common.

Hunting used to be something people simply did. A verb, so to speak.
Now, it has become a noun.
It describes, guns, camo, stands, scents..........
Nobody will go out around here and HUNT anymore.
They are afraid they will drive a deer to someone else.

+1 on the suggestion of a black interior and black or camo facemask. I have had situations where deer have approached from behind and the first thing they did was look inside. I carry a fleece camo facemask and a lightweight mesh one so I'm prepared no matter the temp.

Good comments, keep them coming. I might actually get the blind built in the next two months.

If it's permanent roomy is better. Put a 4x8 plywood on the floor and imagine.

2nd. unless you need, or want height, a 'house' you can stand on the ground or first latter rung and basically unload all your stuff your into is much easier than carrying it up a latter. Trust me there are lots of things that you will 'need' that you never needed deer hunting before!

Staple gun Landscape Weed Blocker Fabric to the walls - it's black & dirt cheap a lot easier than painting - get it in lowes depot garden/landscape area .

I built an 8'x8' - 8' 4x4 legs shooting house , we have our own spot or spots in the lease - do with it what you want . Hurricane Michael destroyed mine but the platform 8x8 it still standing the walls and roof were shabby built but lasted for 6 years .
Got a truck full of materials - waiting on rain to stop then heading out to rebuild it. Going back with all the former stuff -plastic storage shelf,12gal. water capacity,single wide mattress /bed,woodburning stove ,recliner&office chair,hatch through floor to reach down into cooler,coffee pot ,5gal. bucket w/toilet seat peatmoss dry cover = no smell for #2 #1 [urine] will be plumbed to a sealed bucket on ground level .2 rubbermaid tubs that fit under bed hold 2 walmart sleeping bags 1 army wool blanket ,big pillow .
Will only be 5'3'' tall inside so sitting or laying down or knees - keeping it low profile due to high winds.
Killed many hogs out of the blind I go out and camp in it for a week at a time - 11 days once , lease is 2000+acres wrapped around a big swamp -creek runs through it called pidgeon creek I'm the only one in the lease to walk it from road to road -beautiful in there . I run a trapline [snares] through it .
Right up the road is choctawhatchee river water management area 59,000K acres of river and swamp hunting which I hunt out of a small boat camo colored Gheenoe w/a 2.5hp yamaha 4 stroke motor .
Nothing I'd like more than having more room to hunt - but we all hunt what 'we have' and hunting/calling while checking my trapline is good enough for me . Coming 'home' for a steak dinner shrimp cocktail and a cold beer or red wine sitting in the recliner ain't bad at all . All while waiting for the motion solar powered light to alert me a hog has come to the corn thrown from the feeder - or a coon who gets the cz 22lr suppressed treatment . Lots of shooting from the shooting house .

I came across this on public land while hunting elk in Eastern Oregon.
day later I found another one about 1 mile away as teh crow flies. all public land .

That’s something else!

5x6 is the perfect size for 1 or 2 peeps inside.

I wish I'd taken pictures. I was on a lease in Llano County, Tx. Over our back fence, about 50 yards away, was a home-built wooden ground stand/blind. I went over the fence during the summer one year and looked inside. The guy had a recliner and a battery operated TV w/ about a 12" screen. Next to it was the last year's Cowboy's schedule.
I don't remember ever hearing a shot from that direction in 22 years.

Dre
That is the best camo job I have ever seen.
Most camo stands out, not blends like that!

I have to ask, are those braces made of stronger material than they look in that picture

If that’s a 6’ guy, your stand base is 20’ tall?

Is it squirrelly?

I used Elevator brackets on my last build, a 5X7 open platform. I will use them again.



If you go to my weblog, and search for "Hollywood" You'll see the whole process.

Why no roof? I wanted it open for the better days I have to hunt. I put up a 2X2 post this year to hold a camo umbrella. It kept me out of the drizzle/sleet/snow.

Why 5X7? I wanted a place for my granddaughter to hunt with me. During season, I dress the sides with burlap. She can fidget all she wants. If you're sitting down behind the camo burlap, the deer can't see you unless they're 150 yards away.

No need to elevate here. Too many thickets of oaks, so you just hunt the clearings or fields.

Built this 5x6 this year, but mostly for hogs. Windows close to keep the yellow jackets out. You can watch through the curtains, as they are see thru, and then pull them aside to shoot.

Roaming around was always a bit dicey on my local WMA due to all the other hunters. This year, however, traffic was way down. Still have four days of primitive weapons season. Think it's maybe time to get off my azz.

Ditto on the preference for being out in the open. Prior to 2012, I hunted a 100 acre private parcel that was cut up by ravines. We used treestands a good bit, but the same elevation could often be had on the ground by just climbing above the travel routes, and it was a lot more comfortable and flexible too. The last time I hunted there, it poured for two days straight. I stood under a tree with one of those strap-on umbrellas over me, which kept me dry enough to stick it out. This year, I killed the first deer sitting on a tree seat that belts around the trunk. Lightweight and very comfortable, and you can put it where you want as opposed to having to settle for a place that has a good log or hummock to sit on. Easier on an old back too. Standing for hours ain't as easy as it was ten years ago.

I think that pic was taken 3 seasons ago. from what I remember it was 2x4 and 2x6 construction. it was beast for being built in the woods

I wondered what this was about! I didn't open it up till this morning.

A shooting house is a deer blind in Michigan.

And a drug den in some other places, IIRC!