build or buy tower?

[BSK]

We've got a "Ridgeline" condo On a small trailer we can position with a 4 wheeler. Keeps those "stand wary" deer guessing…

Great idea.

Staying mobile - or at least changing stand locations every so often - is a hugely successful technique.

Sadly, my family's "stand moving weekend" is coming up. Moving those 2-person ladder stands is becoming a bear for us older hunters.

 

[tellico4x4]

Movng those 2-person ladder stands is becoming a bear for us older hunters.

We have "teams" that take care of that kind of stuff. Plot team is mostly us old guys, stand teams are the young punks . Can work whenever but we have a cutoff date that everything has to be done. Works well since our members cover 6 states.

 

[BSK]

We have "teams" that take care of that kind of stuff. Plot team is mostly us old guys, stand teams are the young punks . Can work whenever but we have a cutoff date that everything has to be done. Works well since our members cover 6 states.

Well, considering I am the young punk at 61...

 

[Bucket]

Old boat trailers work good also.

I'm currently building one on an old boat trailer that I picked up for cheap.

 

[gatodoc]

Heaters!? Heaters are for woosies!

Gatodoc=woossie....

 

[BSK]

Gatodoc=woossie....

Ha!

 

[BigAl]

Here's another tip (and I have to thank Gatodoc for turning me on to this one), hang one of these in each tower blind in early summer. They will keep the blind wasp free:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hot-Shot-No-Pest-Strip-Insect-Killer/1000338595?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-lwn-_-bng-_-PLA_LWN_241_Chemicals-_-1000338595-_-Online-_-0-_-0&gclid=40e97c4ec4751459ee4918892c8b82d7&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=40e97c4ec4751459ee4918892c8b82d7

Great idea. I have wasp issues and so far nothing has really worked for me.

 

[BigAl]

My wooden stand would get a few wasp nests but I treat it with Ortho's Home Defense and it has dealt with them pretty good. I also get a ton of Japanese beetles, like lady bugs, and it cuts down their number quite a bit. I don't know how good it will work on plastic but I will give it a try, but did receive the same pest strip tip from Gatodoc, and have it saved on Amazon just in case. I will check mid-august to see what has creeped in there to see how to proceed.
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I have some of this stuff so I will give it a try as well. Do you know if it does anything for wasps?

 

[Omega]

I have some of this stuff so I will give it a try as well. Do you know if it does anything for wasps?

I still get a few wasp nests, but they are usually just a few cells and the wasps are no longer present, or dead on the floor, so yes I think it gets them too, except they have to crawl around the sprayed area for it to affect them. I have sprayed them directly too, mostly outside on the underside of the stand, and it gets rid of them pretty fast, but not as fast as permethrin which I have started using to clear nests with. I spray my stand in late August or early September, and then follow up again a week or two before I plan to hunt, but by then I mostly have to sweep them up. The Japanese beetles are a bit more resistant, I still have a few moving around even when I am hunting, but only a few.

 

[Bgoodman30]

My farm partner and I struggled with this for years. We even started building a couple that never finished.. I am pretty handy but I am a poor carpenter..lol

Finally I picked up a Redneck and sent him a bill. Best decision ever. There is nothing better than a Redneck and if its your main spot I would absolutely invest in one. Mine is coming up on its 3rd season and still looks brand new.

I have hunted in a Sportsman condo too and they are great for the money. We might get them for a lease because my lease partners are CHEAP ha ha.

 

[TNTreeman]

My SC crossbow is awesome. Got it in march, zero bugs have gotten in it. I've got it 10' in the air and putting carpet , chairs and heat in it. Im anchoring it down and bracing it right now. Maybe even putting in a urinal and small septic tank underground.

 

[kaizen leader]

My SC crossbow is awesome. Got it in march, zero bugs have gotten in it. I've got it 10' in the air and putting carpet , chairs and heat in it. Im anchoring it down and bracing it right now. Maybe even putting in a urinal and small septic tank underground.

Man cave. Awesome.

 

[Jcalder]

My SC crossbow is awesome. Got it in march, zero bugs have gotten in it. I've got it 10' in the air and putting carpet , chairs and heat in it. Im anchoring it down and bracing it right now. Maybe even putting in a urinal and small septic tank underground.

Urinal for my hunting house. Looking at making a box or cabinet to hide it lol. Need a way to rinse it it but shouldn't be too hard to figure out.

 

[TNTreeman]

Urinal for my hunting house. Looking at making a box or cabinet to hide it lol. Need a way to rinse it it but shouldn't be too hard to figure out. View attachment 189333

Yessir. I was going to run a tube down a post from a funnel into a gallon jug buried with holes in it. I figured I'd just pour some water down it for a rinse.

 

[BSK]

Yessir. I was going to run a tube down a post from a funnel into a gallon jug buried with holes in it. I figured I'd just pour some water down it for a rinse.

I'm old school. I open the door and pee!

 

[kaizen leader]

Urinal for my hunting house. Looking at making a box or cabinet to hide it lol. Need a way to rinse it it but shouldn't be too hard to figure out. View attachment 189333

Paint it with that nonstick paint. No water required.

 

[gatodoc]

I'm old school. I open the door and pee!

My policy too but I've had to interrupt the process twice to shoot deer…

 

[BSK]

My policy too but I've had to interrupt the process twice to shoot deer…

That can certainly happen!

My daughter - so far the only hunter to have killed a buck from one of our condo stands - happened to have one of her boots off so she could rub her frozen foot when Mr. Buck stepped out.

 

[gatodoc]

That can certainly happen!

My daughter - so far the only hunter to have killed a buck from one of our condo stands - happened to have one of her boots off so she could rub her frozen foot when Mr. Buck stepped out.

Heater=no frozen foot

 

[Jcalder]

I'm old school. I open the door and pee!

Problem with that, is dribbling all over your ladder, or steps lol.