Abcdj, is that a hay ring or is that something you fabricated yourself?
A guy in Paris has a fertilizer company. When its to wet to get out he makes 3 and 4 ring hay rings. They are usually about 4 foot tall and 8 ft round. He has a round jig that he bends the tubing in circles. I ask him to make me one with 6 foot uprights that were 12 inches apart for windows. (4). I made another one 30 inches as a door opening. So he made them how ever i drew them up. They cost $135 each.
Best thing about them is with the coroplast and windows it might weigh 80 pounds. If you want to move them you just turn it on its side and roll it around. I used joist hangers with 2x4s in an X shape to attach a plywood roof.
Square tubing frame, with welded wire covering, then greenhouse cloth and camo netting on the outside... These are 4X8 floor with offset 2 feet up that goes out another 18"... plenty of room for three grown-ups... very comfortable, quiet and easy to assemble. Been using this style for 20+ years...
Also used the same concept on a pit blind... dug a 4X6 foot hole and put a dome on top of it using same design... actually killed my best buck to date out of it at 18 yards with a recurve. Hole makes you about waist deep in the ground so standing and shooting, you shot trajectory is slightly an upward path... Been sort of interesting over the years to kill so many deer from that blind where the entry hole is lower than the exit hole... In the case of our buddy Chew, when he shot out of it, unless he was standing on a block, his shots were at a severe upward angle... (Love ya, little buddy! )
This is a 159 5/8" buck I shot from that blind. Pic is about 5 seconds before I let the arra go... (still frame from video).
Very interesting blind builds. Ideas I've never thought about for sure. I'm trying to be as creative as possible on this build as the East Texas Whiteail (in my opinion) is the hardest to hunt and smartest of them all.
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