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 MY NEW BLIND
#5793754
06/17/15 08:39 PM
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beast_mode
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Me and a friend just built this blind at another friends property. What do you think? We used pallet racks for the base.  
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5793781
06/17/15 09:08 PM
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titan2232
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Looks good and sturdy. Maybe could have gone a little higher with the looks of some of the brush around?
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5793894
06/17/15 10:28 PM
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bigdavehunting
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very nicely done. Guy holding ladder looks thrilled to be there.
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5794046
06/18/15 12:06 AM
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Simple Searcher
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Stairs 
![[Linked Image]](https://live.staticflickr.com/848/43929693942_36eb4b30cb_m.jpg) "Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5794490
06/18/15 11:05 AM
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decook
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That's a nice blind. I highly recommend guy wires if you haven't already installed them.
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5794765
06/18/15 02:54 PM
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tdecker22
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5795040
06/18/15 05:25 PM
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Posts: 70
beast_mode
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Thanks, the shooting lane is brush hogged.
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5795047
06/18/15 05:28 PM
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beast_mode
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Thanks for the advice about guy wires. If you look at the picture closely you will see that we drove in T-Post on each leg and used bailing wire to tie it down. I don't think it is going anywhere.
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5795068
06/18/15 05:46 PM
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Creekrunner
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Very nice blind and well done. But, I'm too paranoid to not have a window looking out the back.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5797145
06/20/15 12:32 AM
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Nice job on the build. The wind will catch that like a sail and bend those T-posts like there nothing. You will regret all the hard work wasted if you don't wire that down properly angled out from the corners of the base of the tower to either trees or drill in stakes.
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5805985
06/26/15 12:57 AM
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titan2232
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Nice job on the build. The wind will catch that like a sail and bend those T-posts like there nothing. You will regret all the hard work wasted if you don't wire that down properly angled out from the corners of the base of the tower to either trees or drill in stakes. X2. My BIL's tower blind blew over a few weeks back with 3 foot bars drove through the feet. Better safe than sorry after putting in the time and effort on that nice build.
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5810060
06/29/15 05:01 PM
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redchevy
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The blind looks nice.
The wood stairs would concern me starting with year number 2.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5816190
07/03/15 04:52 PM
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Joined: May 2015
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7m STW
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Defiantly need guide wires on 4 corners and a center anker
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5816738
07/04/15 01:58 AM
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dogcatcher
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back.
_____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/usergals/2018/09/full-3152-162968-charge_air_assault.jpg)
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Re: MY NEW BLIND
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#5820684
07/07/15 02:56 AM
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Joined: Feb 2015
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hetman
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Nice job on the build. The wind will catch that like a sail and bend those T-posts like there nothing. You will regret all the hard work wasted if you don't wire that down properly angled out from the corners of the base of the tower to either trees or drill in stakes. LOL on a new lease in W TX looking at some bases on a ridge all nice and tied down with guy wires etc etc the wind jut took the blind and left the bases intact. Blinds were 50foot away shattered. And that was just regular storms coming thru
![[Linked Image]](http://dc395.4shared.com/img/x5jBfS3Wce/14bb205e9f8/hetsig.gif) "Lesser mortals are pitied for the misfortune in not being born Texan."
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