What’s wrong with a 4x8? Can hold 3 people in office chairs, 2 really comfortably and is easy to build given the dimensions.
Yeah and can act like a sail. They do catch the wind well.
My 8x8 doesn't move. Infact if it does we got bigger problems
Bunk bed or just a single???
Single, but he is a soaker anyway, to minimize movement.
Honestly though, an 8x8 is great if you are taking the family hunting, but for one person it just ends up too big. As Free said, you gotta shimmy all the way across the other side to use that side.
I prefer 5x6, or 6x6. My favorite blind is still too big for me to use all sides except from one chair. I have comfortably sat 4 in there with 2 guns, but with me and my xbow I can hunt three of the windows and thats enough for my needs there with an xbow.
I just looked it up, its a big chingon from ASF, its 7x7, but not square, its hex shaped....I guess not too far off from BOBO's 8x8....dang.
54" sq. is perfect for me. One chair in the middle, windows on all sides with one solid corner, 12" on each side. 4 hours is no problem, I can stretch my legs out from one corner or stand up for a minute or two. I want to be able to hunt 360° and shoot from a rested position in any direction. Biggest moron we ever put on the lease was a great welder. Built a huge stand, all metal. Took a lot of help and a couple of trucks to set it up. He hunted it alone 99% of the time, I could hear him banging his rifle on the metal walls and it sounded like a train when he rolled his chair from one side to the other. He blew an ear drum out when he shot from one side out the other with his barrel about a foot inside the metal skyscraper. Deer stands can be too big.
An unethical shot is one you take, that you know you shouldn't.
54" sq. is perfect for me. One chair in the middle, windows on all sides with one solid corner, 12" on each side. 4 hours is no problem, I can stretch my legs out from one corner or stand up for a minute or two. I want to be able to hunt 360° and shoot from a rested position in any direction. Biggest moron we ever put on the lease was a great welder. Built a huge stand, all metal. Took a lot of help and a couple of trucks to set it up. He hunted it alone 99% of the time, I could hear him banging his rifle on the metal walls and it sounded like a train when he rolled his chair from one side to the other. He blew an ear drum out when he shot from one side out the other with his barrel about a foot inside the metal skyscraper. Deer stands can be too big.
They can DEFINITELY be TOO BIG. Or too little. Like Goldilocks-I like em just right. “Just right” is different for different people.
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
Depends on who is in it. If I’m by myself I like a 4x4. We have a 4x8 and it’s ok but it’s too long, can’t look out all the windows without moving etc. have a 5x5 atascosa and like it a lot but the windows suck. Have to sit with the windows open, would have to be a tornado to open those windows with deer out and not spook them.
54" sq. is perfect for me. One chair in the middle, windows on all sides with one solid corner, 12" on each side. 4 hours is no problem, I can stretch my legs out from one corner or stand up for a minute or two. I want to be able to hunt 360° and shoot from a rested position in any direction. Biggest moron we ever put on the lease was a great welder. Built a huge stand, all metal. Took a lot of help and a couple of trucks to set it up. He hunted it alone 99% of the time, I could hear him banging his rifle on the metal walls and it sounded like a train when he rolled his chair from one side to the other. He blew an ear drum out when he shot from one side out the other with his barrel about a foot inside the metal skyscraper. Deer stands can be too big.
mines all metal exterior and framing, nothing bangs around. Its insulated w/ smart LP siding on inside with carpet on walls to bottom of the windows.
it sets on a hill and over looks 4k acres, with about 1k combined segmented wheat fields.
Bottom line, never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals.-Sen Joni Ernst
Hunters have gotten SOFT and LAZY. I remember sitting on a freezing ground or in a tree that other hunters (probably from, the 60`s) had nailed 2x4`s in to be able to climb and sit in. My 4x4 blind is not spacious but has plenty of room for me and my 6'1" / 215 lb. body with all of my gear and a small propane stove. I`ve sat in mine for 4-5 hours many times with ease. Good grief, toughen up. I`m not even going to start on the ones that drive a heated atv and park it beside their 8x8 blind. I digress.
Hunters have gotten SOFT and LAZY. I remember sitting on a freezing ground or in a tree that other hunters (probably from, the 60`s) had nailed 2x4`s in to be able to climb and sit in. My 4x4 blind is not spacious but has plenty of room for me and my 6'1" / 215 lb. body with all of my gear and a small propane stove. I`ve sat in mine for 4-5 hours many times with ease. Good grief, toughen up. I`m not even going to start on the ones that drive a heated atv and park it beside their 8x8 blind. I digress.
Wow. You are a tough tough man. How far did you have to walk to school and was it up hill both ways?
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
Hunters have gotten SOFT and LAZY. I remember sitting on a freezing ground or in a tree that other hunters (probably from, the 60`s) had nailed 2x4`s in to be able to climb and sit in. My 4x4 blind is not spacious but has plenty of room for me and my 6'1" / 215 lb. body with all of my gear and a small propane stove. I`ve sat in mine for 4-5 hours many times with ease. Good grief, toughen up. I`m not even going to start on the ones that drive a heated atv and park it beside their 8x8 blind. I digress.
Wow. You are a tough tough man. How far did you have to walk to school and was it up hill both ways?
Toughen up as I make a pot of coffee and lunch on my gas stove lol
Hunters have gotten SOFT and LAZY. I remember sitting on a freezing ground or in a tree that other hunters (probably from, the 60`s) had nailed 2x4`s in to be able to climb and sit in. My 4x4 blind is not spacious but has plenty of room for me and my 6'1" / 215 lb. body with all of my gear and a small propane stove. I`ve sat in mine for 4-5 hours many times with ease. Good grief, toughen up. I`m not even going to start on the ones that drive a heated atv and park it beside their 8x8 blind. I digress.
Wow. You are a tough tough man. How far did you have to walk to school and was it up hill both ways?
So now we know who`s soft and lazy and drives their heated ATV up to their blind and parks it. Guilty dog always barks first.
Hunters have gotten SOFT and LAZY. I remember sitting on a freezing ground or in a tree that other hunters (probably from, the 60`s) had nailed 2x4`s in to be able to climb and sit in. My 4x4 blind is not spacious but has plenty of room for me and my 6'1" / 215 lb. body with all of my gear and a small propane stove. I`ve sat in mine for 4-5 hours many times with ease. Good grief, toughen up. I`m not even going to start on the ones that drive a heated atv and park it beside their 8x8 blind. I digress.
Wow. You are a tough tough man. How far did you have to walk to school and was it up hill both ways?
So now we know who`s soft and lazy and drives their heated ATV up to their blind and parks it. Guilty dog always barks first.
yeah, I can't believe more here don't choose to make it hard on themselves
Believe me, no way you are going to get me in a heated ATV, no way. Not while the Taco still runs. It still makes the three mile trek out to the stand each & every time. It's almost embarrasing as i don't have a remote start function on it and when its cold I have to run out there and turn on the engine so the heater warms up the cab prior to commencing the rather arduous journey. One thing good about the Taco though, pleanty of room to keep the bumper dumper handy.
Hunters have gotten SOFT and LAZY. I remember sitting on a freezing ground or in a tree that other hunters (probably from, the 60`s) had nailed 2x4`s in to be able to climb and sit in. My 4x4 blind is not spacious but has plenty of room for me and my 6'1" / 215 lb. body with all of my gear and a small propane stove. I`ve sat in mine for 4-5 hours many times with ease. Good grief, toughen up. I`m not even going to start on the ones that drive a heated atv and park it beside their 8x8 blind. I digress.
Wow. You are a tough tough man. How far did you have to walk to school and was it up hill both ways?
So now we know who`s soft and lazy and drives their heated ATV up to their blind and parks it. Guilty dog always barks first.
yeah, I can't believe more here don't choose to make it hard on themselves
Believe me, no way you are going to get me in a heated ATV, no way. Not while the Taco still runs. It still makes the three mile trek out to the stand each & every time. It's almost embarrasing as i don't have a remote start function on it and when its cold I have to run out there and turn on the engine so the heater warms up the cab prior to commencing the rather arduous journey. One thing good about the Taco though, pleanty of room to keep the bumper dumper handy.
That post screams jealousy alot more to me than anything. I can't buy an UTV with hvac so I'll hate on it so I feel better about myself and situation.
I doubt that was what he was shooting for but that was my interpretation. Who takes swipes at f-range? One of the nicer guys on here in my opine.
Originally Posted by Phil Robertson
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
Hunters have gotten SOFT and LAZY. I remember sitting on a freezing ground or in a tree that other hunters (probably from, the 60`s) had nailed 2x4`s in to be able to climb and sit in. My 4x4 blind is not spacious but has plenty of room for me and my 6'1" / 215 lb. body with all of my gear and a small propane stove. I`ve sat in mine for 4-5 hours many times with ease. Good grief, toughen up. I`m not even going to start on the ones that drive a heated atv and park it beside their 8x8 blind. I digress.
I Park it about 40 yards away, not right next to it!!! Im not that lazy!!
I do have an 8x8 and heated Mule, I couldnt afford the AC though. You can walk in the snow and Ice.
Bottom line, never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals.-Sen Joni Ernst
Same here, hunted log blinds until I was in my 30’s then I started building my own. I build them 4x6 so I can haul them on the back of a pickup, I’m not that long legged, so that part doesn’t bother me at all.
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