I use the center cable tie down on elevated stands but I believe anchoring the legs well (t posts) is more important for stability…
New Deer Shooting House put up!
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Thanks!
I saw my first deer out of it today! I was putting some final touches on it and decided to take a rest. After about 15 minutes or so I saw movement about 100 yards away or so. Only saw the deer for a couple seconds in the thicket; apparently clueless to me or the blind.
Corn hasn't been touched, near as I can tell.
You can drive t posts deep and use them is a good cheap way to do it
I cut some in half and drove them into the ground near my posts. Drilled holes in the T posts and ran lag screws into the wood posts. Used the center anchor as well .
That's a great set up ! Should pay dividends.
One thing that's worth mentioning, is that if you don't have something to cover the openings with when it's not being used, the buzzards or owls will use it to nest in. Once they do, all the thought, planning, and hard work you have done will be wasted.
It looks great and I can appreciate the effort that doing something like that takes. I had to learn the hard way. Here's hoping you benefit from my mistakes
It looks great and I can appreciate the effort that doing something like that takes. I had to learn the hard way. Here's hoping you benefit from my mistakes
Great looking box. I bet you will enjoy many hours hunting and a few naps in that thing.
U can drill holes in 4X4 down low at an angle and drive rebar thru then into the ground to anchor legs well….
megalomaniac
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Install windows and make it scentproof or you will burn that spot in 3 or 4 hunts.
Um, who said I was hunting out of it?
Looks great!
BSK
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This is what I did. I've seen tower blinds with the center anchor still turn over. I've not seen one with t-post corner anchors turn over.
thirdwilliam
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very nice. enjoy
BSK
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That will hold!This is what I did with my Taj Mahal Upgrade shooting house several years ago:
tnfisher46
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Very nice!
So I'm looking at a possible ground blind option. This would allow 2 people (e.g. father and son) to sit on the ground and hunt together. I took some blind material I had and strung it up as a concept. If I followed up and cleaned up the camo material, I would also a bunch of those small trees and branches that were left over from the bushhogging operation. There is quite a bit of it around the site. I won't be able to paint for probably at least a month; the treated wood is very wet.
What do you think? Worth doing or leave it as it and let it go?
What do you think? Worth doing or leave it as it and let it go?
