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Deer stand heaters
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01/01/15 07:57 PM
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dlrz71
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Anyone use these in their stands?
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/01/15 08:06 PM
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Disaster in the making for a deer blind
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/01/15 08:13 PM
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This is what I'm going to for both blinds. Add 20 pound propane cylinder (and a spare) and never be cold again.
Last edited by Cast; 01/01/15 08:14 PM.
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/01/15 08:28 PM
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Hell no use a heater buddy.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/01/15 09:41 PM
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I love em some talk crap about them no telling how many times I've heard the old saying "that ain't huntin" but the way I see it the more comfortable you can make it the longer you can sit and the quiteryou are im sitting in my Christmas present its a tower built out of the stuff they build walk in coolers with the walls and roof are fully insulated and about 6 inches thick closeable windows and my old trusty Coleman Sportcat (which unfortunately has been discontinued) at full blast it's freezing outside and everything has a thin sheet of ice but I'm getting hot and thinking of removing a layer to cool off. I have a couple on Mr Heater's but I don't care for them they only have one setting (full blast) and that's if you can get them to stay lit in the first place. Last season I went on a morning hunt after not getting any sleep the night before and after I gave up on seeing any deer I took a nap in the floor of the stand before I drove home I have one of those big Mr Heaters in that stand and my leg got too close fortunately I didn't touch the heater and it didn't burn my pants but I had a 3rd degree burn on my leg so far the only drawback to a stand heater I've had, however if you don't ventilate the stand you can get aspixiated so you do have to be careful and make sure there is a little airflow in the stand.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/01/15 10:15 PM
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I am 29 yrs old, when i was a kid we hunted a place where tons of guys did that. There was an old coffee can and rubbing alcohol bottle in every stand. I remember asking my dad what they were back then, he never used em
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/01/15 10:25 PM
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/01/15 10:32 PM
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This wasn't a thread about which one to get. Was just curious if any on here actually used the can style heaters.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/01/15 10:45 PM
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I have mostly Coleman catalytic heaters, but have a medium sized Mr Buddy in the big blind. And had to buy the smallest Mr Buddy for one stand, since I couldn't get another Coleman.
I quit hunting in any blind with no roof and windows. I spent enough decades frozen stiff. Had to take my KaBar and chip my frozen tail out of a metal blind seat years ago. I have earned my heater and swivel chair.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/01/15 11:19 PM
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I used those coffee can heaters as a kid duck hunting on Caddo Lake. Dang near burned a blind down once.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/01/15 11:36 PM
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Heater buddy...nice and warm in single digits if you have a well-built blind! If you are in a tripod, you are screwed no matter what when it gets this cold!
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 12:30 AM
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Hell no use a heater buddy.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 12:32 AM
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My grandfather used those for years.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 01:03 AM
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I would be the guy doing the Richard Pryer impersonation running out of the deer blind while on fire. Open flames ain't for me.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 01:41 AM
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I use a small single burner stove with the screw on bottle that sets down in an old wellbucket. Keep an old chimney cap that set around burner if I want to cover flame. Take chimney cap off and heat up whatever. Felt good this week.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 03:16 AM
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We use propane Mr buddy style heater in blind. My question is how others keep the moisture build up off your windows? We keep a squeegee in the blind....
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 02:27 PM
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Yes, I use to use them when fishing off old bridge. They are dangerous. The can gets hot and you cannot control the fire without putting it out. I would not use one in a stand. Like someone said Disaster waiting to happen.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 03:03 PM
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I have seen them years ago, but never used one.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 04:46 PM
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A Mr. Heater Buddy and a PotBelly Deer blind is about as good as it gets on a cold winters day. And yes you do stay in the blind longer or at least until the propane runs out and you have to get back to camp.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 05:17 PM
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I used a heater like that and also used cans of sterno before. Last year I almost knocked it over and "caught" it with my left hand. My whole palm was a blister and had to go to DR several times and let him cut skin off. Was not pretty
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 05:26 PM
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 05:53 PM
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Yes, I have used them and sterno cans many times. Not safe but they do work.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 06:55 PM
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im gona get you all purses.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 07:23 PM
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im gona get you all purses. My boots are light brown, almost suede. So, anything in a nice coach light brown leather will match.
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Re: Deer stand heaters
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01/02/15 07:36 PM
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I don't use stand heaters or wear square toe'd boots. Call me old fashioned.....
When I was young dad was a coffee drinker but the man didn't own a thermos. After I got out on my own I started taking a big thermos of coffee in the morning and found there is not a whole of things finer in life than watching the sun come up on a cold morning with a hot cup of coffee and open sky over your head.
I said something to dad about why he never took coffee to the stand to help keep warm one time after I got in the habit of it. His comment was that was what the half pint of whiskey he toted was for. He never used stand heaters either. I have found a finger or two in your thermos keeps the blood moving a little better.
for the OP. I've known guys who used the toilet paper/coffee can trick. Probably not the safest but if you don't have kids bouncing around in there with you I'd think they work just fine.
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