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How come you fellas don’t build some nice warm stands? If built right, you can put one up in a few minutes, guy wire it off, be snug as a bug when it freezing, raining, etc. Raise them and lower with a winch, tractor, hoist.? I have stands 20 years old, metal platforms 30 to 40 years old.

on my land by the Canadian border i have 5 enclosed stands with heat 2 of those stands are the green type commercial stands ,no more opens stands for me.

Just before daylight on my #1 stand



Another view

I feel claustrophobic in box blinds. Like I'm not really out hunting.

That's cheating.

Personally, I like to be exposed to the deer. It makes it more challenging when they can see you and smell you. If the weather is too brutal, I just won't go. But typically, it's not very bad if I wear my rain suit or pile on the cloths if it's really cold. For years I used to use a climber, but now on the farm that I hunt, they let me put up 3 ladder stands.

As I’ve gotten older I can’t take the cold, plus I sometimes stay all day. I like to be comfortable and warm, although this is Texas, hardly gets into the twenties down here. I like to be dry too. I’m gonna make a 4 foot metal platform for this stand before next season. I have a 6 and 3 year old grandsons that want to go. I can’t see getting them up in my other stands that have 15’ platforms. This stand has foam insulation on the inside and glass windows like my other two. It has a metal roof that I haven’t put on yet. I’ll have to take roof off when I pull it up.

What’s it gonna take to make this happen?
Make this work! 😀

If anyone knows of a lease available in Texas preferably the hill county PM me please. We lost ours after last deer season. My granddaughter will be 5 in April and I really need to find one for the upcoming year to take her hunting for the first time. Thanks

I hunted from open ladder stands, strap on stands, and climbers for 50years. I still use 2 ladder stands, But I must admit now that I am 65 years old I really like hunting out of a box blind. They are warm, dry, and comfortable, and they are great for taking the grandkids. They are 7 and 9 years old and can get antsy after being in the blind for a couple of hours. But they are learning fast.

My son had a game boy, kept him busy. Granddaughter had coloring books, markers to decorate my stands. Her pictures are still there.

The "False Road Stand" looking north over a creek:


The "Cook's Stand" nearest the camp looking east with my 6.5x55 Swede:


A panoramic view of three shooting lanes from "The Tower" looking west:


My hunting buddies doing some spring field work in front of "The Condo" looking south:

First off, let me give you a peek at what it's like from my Opening Day Stand, Campground.




Next, let me invite you to the weblog for a view of all our hunting venues:

Hunting Venues

View from tree saddle. What you see is all public and population densities suck. But there’s a deer of a lifetime somewhere in all that ground….

I need to take more and better pictures when I hunt. Hell my old man nook this one.



Effing cows



The occasional deer



I get bored in the blind so I go elsewhere.



This little guy would pretty much come sit in my lap every time I went and rattled last year.



Love coming in or out in the dark. Loved it even more before they started putting the damn windmills everywhere.

Some beautiful country there! It reminds me of the Adirondacks, without all of the nasty weather. It’s definitely on my to do list of places I want to hunt.

Hanco this is a great thread!

I have to agree with PintsofCraft, great thread, and nice pictures.

I like looking at the pictures. Like others have said it’s good to look at other parts of the country. I can’t figure out how to post a picture.