Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting What size deer blind do you like?

I like one man ladderstands that are built wide. 30" seat.

6x4, 5x5, 6x5 all acceptable. Key is being able to fit both boys with me. When I’m by myself I don’t usually last long in the blind anyway.

6x6 would be my favorite.

I like whatever size will keep me dry on those crappy Oct days.

Same.

We’ve gravitated toward 4 X 8’. Plenty of room for two and any extra gear or clothes.

5x5 is just right for hunting alone, but I feel a little cramped when my daughter is with me, especially with a tripod shooting rest in the blind with us. 5x6 makes quite a difference, but my 6x6 is better yet.

I like 4x6, as you can keep 2 roller chairs in it. 4x5 works well enough, but is a bit tight for 2 hunters. Very few of my stand locations have 4-way views, so I turn the stands to where a solo hunter never has to move long-ways across the stand to get to another window to shoot. I keep a length of 1x4 board in each of the bigger stands to give a shooter an adjustable center rail for the strongside elbow. A 4x4 stand is perfect for one hunter and I have several of those too.

I build them 5x6 with the roof being 6'7" in the front and 6'2" in the rear.
Plenty of room for 2 people and gear.

Last couple i made with 7’ in the front, 6’6” in the back.

Local discount / salvage lumber place usually has 4x7 sheets of siding..

Years ago, when the Masonite plant still made “Masonite” siding, you could buy the QA sheets ( had like a 2” hole cut in) for cheap. Like $3 a sheet.

24"x 30"x 18' high

Yup. Lets you set your rifle aside while you glass, eat, pee, etc. They can be a chore to erect, but for a semi-permanent installation, they are very nice.

That said, I think Grandpa’s treestand days are pretty much over. The wife and I dragged one in a half a mile last year and got it up, but that’s getting tough, and probably the best “opportunity” for disaster. I’ll just have to relocate my efforts a bit to cover that doesn’t require man-made elevation.

Built eight 4x4 box stands 30+ years ago and they still work great. All our newer box stands we build are 4x6 and 6x8. Put a galvanized roof with a 6" overhang with a drip edge and keep them painted they'll last a long time.

We made ours to seat 2 hunters but in a pinch 3 might fit.

Now days they get built 4x6 and they all have a 9x12 pitch roof so even with a hole it has to be a hard driven rain to get in.

They all also have a propane bathroom heater to make those cold days not be so hard to sit all day.

There is enough room to stand up in the center as i am/was 6'2".

Mine as well but once in a while on a cold wet windy morning I pull my old azz out the bed and go sit in a shooting house on a food plot or a blind on a logging road crossing.

We have a variety of sizes from a small 4x4 box that's easy to swivel around in and shoot 300+ degrees in to "The Condo" which is big enough for a couple of people to camp out inside of. Then of course a variety of 17' ~ 21' tree stands scattered about. The main feature that most of our box stands have is that they're sometimes a bit over-engineered simply because the guys I hang out with like building stuff & breaking out the heavy equipment.

Wood goes to hell in a few years. I prefer metal, less work and lasts forever. I have platforms that are 40 years old. I took about 3 days to build the platform for this stand. Put it up one morning.

Agreed! If it had been my project, I would have made different choices. When I showed up to help, there was a pile of lumber already there so I was just "the muscle" on this particular setup. I bought two really nice metal tree stands for my contribution.

This last deer season, a coworker was kind enough to invite me out to hunt on his family's lease but when I got there I was assigned a wooden stand that I had some serious doubts about so I stayed on the ground instead. Not my favorite material by a long shot having taken a hard fall one night after sunset when a wooden rung ripped off a ladder because of rotten screws. I think metal is the better investment & one serious injury will convince most people of that.

The one I hunt out the most is a 6X6, and it is on a wagon where it could be moved if needed, but has sat in the same spot for 4 years. One of my granddaughters has usually hunted with me some, so the size is perfect. I had a 4X6 on 8 foot stilts that I'd hunted out of for many years, but it was blown over and pretty much destroyed during a strong wind storm. I'll build it back the same size, and probably move it. I also was given a piece of old playground equipment that would make a good 4X4 blind if I decide to work on it.

The reason I like the blinds I hunt out of are primarily for comfort and I don't have to worry about the deer smelling me. I have Little Buddy heaters in mine, and can sit there in whatever weather we're having, without having to suffer through the conditions. Believe me when I say that I've spent enough climbing trees and sitting up there precariously on a limb or a little piece of wood, afraid that if I moved, I'd fall. I've killed a bunch of deer like that over the years.........but hunting out of the blinds I use now, has been just as successful, if not more so.

I have a 4x8 with two office chairs, a small table, 8x12 shelf on the high side, small heater, stove and collapsible camp potty.