We built a new tower box bow blind and put it on a feeder back in July. It is about 10.5' to the floor. It is made out of metal R Panel and we put the black fiberboard from Home Depot on the walls to keep it dark inside and quieter than the bare metal, and maybe insulate it against the cold a little.
We had not hunted it since opening weekend of bow season. Went over on Wed AM to pull the pics off the trail cam and I climbed up the ladder and slid the door open. The entire South and West walls were covered solid in yellow jackets. Each wall is 6' X 7'. About 3/10's of a second later they were all headed right at my face. I jumped off the ladder backward and hit the ground rolling to get away from the blind. Did not get a single sting. We went back the next day with 4 cans of wasp spray. Most of them were gone, but we killed about a thousand or so. The floor of the blind is covered with them.
We opened all the doors and windows and left. Hopefully they will leave since it is not as warm in there, and maybe the stink from the spray will dissipate. Never seen anything like this before, but could be very deadly if a bunch of them got you all at once.
Wayne
We had not hunted it since opening weekend of bow season. Went over on Wed AM to pull the pics off the trail cam and I climbed up the ladder and slid the door open. The entire South and West walls were covered solid in yellow jackets. Each wall is 6' X 7'. About 3/10's of a second later they were all headed right at my face. I jumped off the ladder backward and hit the ground rolling to get away from the blind. Did not get a single sting. We went back the next day with 4 cans of wasp spray. Most of them were gone, but we killed about a thousand or so. The floor of the blind is covered with them.
We opened all the doors and windows and left. Hopefully they will leave since it is not as warm in there, and maybe the stink from the spray will dissipate. Never seen anything like this before, but could be very deadly if a bunch of them got you all at once.
Wayne
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