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 Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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09/24/21 01:40 PM
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Thread not going the way OP intended, but it's funny as he77. I like the way I rednecked this one into position. ![[Linked Image]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48942776847_ef168a29f0_z.jpg)
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: JGL Hunting]
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09/24/21 01:57 PM
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Just had this one built! ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/09/full-14049-311833-condo_blind.jpg) This is certainly my favorite so far! So "multi-purpose" - cigar lounge, love shack...  Well done! 
...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: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: QuitShootinYoungBucks]
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09/24/21 02:09 PM
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Thread not going the way OP intended, but it's funny as he77. I like the way I rednecked this one into position. That’ll dang sure work.
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: tlk]
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09/24/21 02:43 PM
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One I built a few years back. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/09/full-49141-311845-c2498e72_a9e4_478f_97ad_6bca7ac27710.jpeg) This is my cousins and is by far the coolest “blinds” I’ve ever seen. I don’t have any new pics of it but it’s still slick! ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/09/full-49141-311846-6c79b71b_83e1_498a_896b_ae8da1347c87.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/09/full-49141-311847-eb7747e4_3d1d_4779_80e5_795372c89c63.jpeg) No TV or AC?? Lol, not yet. It's a pretty good ways from the main house and shop, so there's no electric run out there yet. He does have a small table over in the corner with a propane heater and coleman stove though.
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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09/24/21 09:12 PM
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If you want some friendly advice, get a haircut and take a bath. You wouldn't get hassled so much.
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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09/28/21 03:47 PM
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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09/30/21 09:04 PM
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 01:52 AM
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Not for Deer but will be another dedicated Hog Stand when finished.
Not too large. 4' x 8' two man blind when done.
Base of floor will be 10' off the ground.... so after framed....the bottom of the shooting windows will be approximately 13' off the ground. That is plenty of elevation for this site.
Got the Corner Posts set a couple of days ago and what will be the framework for the floor ready to 'slide up' the posts. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-317998-blind5.jpg) Since I am working alone....I needed to come up with a way to lift the 2 x 6 frame ( wanted to first build it on the ground...nice and square). So drilled some holes in the corner posts and cut some climbing pins from 3/8" round stock. That way I could go from one end to the other. Lift one end. pin it off...then go to the other side, etc.... ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318002-blind7.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318003-blind8.jpg) Up she goes..........
![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318004-blind6.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318005-blind9.jpg) Once at the top....I leveled it off then used one through bolt and two lag bolts to secure each corner. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318006-blind10_2.jpg) Continued next post
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 01:58 AM
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So...with the floor frame in place and captured....time to add some bracing. The 6' x 6" corner posts might have been enough....but I don't like for things to move.
So I added some 4" x 6" braces along each long side, then cross tied those. Braces inlet to corner posts and cross ties half lapped. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318007-bracing2.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318008-bracing3.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318009-bracing4.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318010-bracing5.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318011-bracing6.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318012-bracing7.jpg) Continued next post.....
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 02:01 AM
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Next I will cut some stair stringers up to the floor frame. Deck the frame with 3/4" plywood and begin my wall framing. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-56101-318013-blind11.jpg)
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 03:04 AM
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 06:06 AM
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Not the nicest blind but it was a fun build and we killed a ton of animals out of it, I never took a pic of it out in the field but it’s pretty obvious how it looked scattered amongst other hay bales and it would fit 3 grown adults and a cooler of beer, ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-49433-318045-a8b55527_e98d_4908_8e2d_14083cfbd043.jpeg)
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 04:26 PM
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freerange
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Right after it was “erected”. 21.5’ to floor. Poly tank 6’ diameter with windows equidistant all around. Shelf under each window to rest elbow for solid rest in ANY direction. Enter through trap door. Curtains in “back” as needed. Sits on end of a 400 yd x 800 yd wheat field that’s surrounded by thick cover. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-45514-318194-27874e53_7af3_4425_b487_55c57c0d63d0.jpeg)
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR
Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: freerange]
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10/18/21 09:41 PM
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flintknapper
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Right after it was “erected”. 21.5’ to floor. Poly tank 6’ diameter with windows equidistant all around. Shelf under each window to rest elbow for solid rest in ANY direction. Enter through trap door. Curtains in “back” as needed. Sits on end of a 400 yd x 800 yd wheat field that’s surrounded by thick cover. 21 feet to the floor....!  Damn.....do you have to take oxygen with you? 
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 09:51 PM
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Creekrunner
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He's a tower settin' fool! I just want to apprentice with him one weekend. One could learn a lot.
...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: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 10:16 PM
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AdvTX
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 10:27 PM
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Creekrunner
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Very impressive. That blue chair looks like it might have stopped at a strip club between it's original home and it's...final destination.
...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: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 10:38 PM
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View from my favorite blind tonight: ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-24194-318227-9edc232a_e425_4ada_b08f_500c6c95facc.jpeg)
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: AdvTX]
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10/18/21 10:42 PM
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flintknapper
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Now THAT'S a proper ground blind. Used many a one like that growing up in the Hill Country and bow-hunting.
Last edited by flintknapper; 10/18/21 10:45 PM.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Creekrunner]
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10/18/21 10:54 PM
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Very impressive. That blue chair looks like it might have stopped at a strip club between it's original home and it's...final destination. Creek, we put this one up Sat and a couple more to go. If you want to be apprenticed then let me know cause I’ll likely be solo this next week or so to put them up. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-45514-318230-7016dd86_264b_47ae_a63a_02189b039030.jpeg)
Last edited by freerange; 10/18/21 10:56 PM.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR
Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 10:55 PM
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Can't come this week, but please don't put them up alone. But, if you do, stay the hell outa the way!
...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: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/18/21 11:18 PM
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My view at this current time this afternoon. 20' up in the air in a box blind that sits on a hill top.... with a decent view.... ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/10/full-21480-318232-20211018174500_img_9123.jpg)
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people? ![[Linked Image]](http://neoswarm.com/images/Bug_Crawling.gif)
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/19/21 12:07 AM
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Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: Captain Luke]
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10/19/21 12:28 AM
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![[Linked Image]](https://live.staticflickr.com/4340/36432483774_50a6be0c41_m.jpg) "Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: Who has the best blind?!!! Show me what you got!!!
[Re: BOBO the Clown]
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10/19/21 12:33 AM
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Just had this one built! Thought mine was big until this one. Mines small now It happens. 
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