Here are the instructions I put together a few years ago. I cannot find the pictures that went with this, but I'll keep looking. These instructions are based off a groundblind that Tuthdoc told me how to build. You can customize this blind to meet your needs, but here are the basic instructions:
1. Buy the materieals:
Cattle panel (qty=1)
½†CPVC (qty=3)
Camo spray paint (optional)
Green black rubber backed outdoor carpet (27’)
#12 solid core insulated electrical wire
Black cable ties (or zip ties as I call them)
2. Cut the cattle panel in half. Cut the horizontal wires against one of the vertical wires. (I only do this for transportation. If you can carry a 16’ panel, then there is no need to cut)
3. Paint the carpet camo.
4. Cut the bottom horizontal strand off the cattle panel creating “spikes†to stick into the ground.
5. Lay the carpet on the ground with the black backing facing up.
6. Connect the cattle panels together by bending the exposed horizontal wires around the vertical wire on the opposite panel.
7. Cut the carpet into two pieces. One at 20’ and one at 7’.
8. Lay the cattle panel down on top of the carpet leaving two feet of excess on each end to serve as a door. Stick the “spikes†at the bottom of the panel through the carpet about two inches from the bottom of the carpet. There will be extra carpet at the top. Leave that carpet to help cover the roof. Note: by adding the carpet to the panel while it is laying on the ground the carpet will be stretched good and tight when the panel is bent into a circle.
9. Use the tie straps to attaché the carpet to the cattle panels. I used one tie strap every third square around the perimeter of the cattle panel.
10. Bend the cattle panel into a circle.
11. Stand the cattle panel up.
12. Adjust the bend so the panel makes a circle with a 2’ gap at the back.
13. Use the bottom strand of wire to create a door header and footer. I use tie straps to attach this wire to the panel.
14. Push the bottom “spikes†into the ground.
15. Use tie straps to secure the “flaps†of carpet on the end of the panels to the door header. By having a “double flap†or carpet coming from both sides it creates a nice door that does not let light in.
16. Before attaching the roof, select the locations for the shooting windows and cut the cattle panel for those. I use a window that is one square wide and two squares tall which is about 8†wide and 12†tall. (By cutting the windows before the roof is on it allows you to sit in the blind and look over the top of the panel to select the best locations for the windows.
17. Cut the carpet out for the windows and tie strap around the perimeter of the window. I cut the top and both sides and then fold the flap of carpet down and tuck into the panel. This allows for the window to be re-closed at a later date if need be.
18. Cut some of the top vertical piece to create a few “spikes†to slide the CPVC over.
19. Cut the CPVC and place it over the vertical pieces to create a domed roof. I have found that 3 pieces of CPVC make a nice solid roof. I found that cutting the CPCV to about 8’-2†creates approximately a 6’ tall blind in the center.
20. Use tie straps to tie the CPVC together at the intersection at the top of the blind. This adds strength to the roof section.
21. Attach the carpet for the roof using tie straps. The carpet will sag some but I found that adding more tie straps to bunch up the extra carpet along with some of the solid core insulated wire stretched around the CPVC creates a solid roof.
22. Brush the blind in.
1. Buy the materieals:
Cattle panel (qty=1)
½†CPVC (qty=3)
Camo spray paint (optional)
Green black rubber backed outdoor carpet (27’)
#12 solid core insulated electrical wire
Black cable ties (or zip ties as I call them)
2. Cut the cattle panel in half. Cut the horizontal wires against one of the vertical wires. (I only do this for transportation. If you can carry a 16’ panel, then there is no need to cut)
3. Paint the carpet camo.
4. Cut the bottom horizontal strand off the cattle panel creating “spikes†to stick into the ground.
5. Lay the carpet on the ground with the black backing facing up.
6. Connect the cattle panels together by bending the exposed horizontal wires around the vertical wire on the opposite panel.
7. Cut the carpet into two pieces. One at 20’ and one at 7’.
8. Lay the cattle panel down on top of the carpet leaving two feet of excess on each end to serve as a door. Stick the “spikes†at the bottom of the panel through the carpet about two inches from the bottom of the carpet. There will be extra carpet at the top. Leave that carpet to help cover the roof. Note: by adding the carpet to the panel while it is laying on the ground the carpet will be stretched good and tight when the panel is bent into a circle.
9. Use the tie straps to attaché the carpet to the cattle panels. I used one tie strap every third square around the perimeter of the cattle panel.
10. Bend the cattle panel into a circle.
11. Stand the cattle panel up.
12. Adjust the bend so the panel makes a circle with a 2’ gap at the back.
13. Use the bottom strand of wire to create a door header and footer. I use tie straps to attach this wire to the panel.
14. Push the bottom “spikes†into the ground.
15. Use tie straps to secure the “flaps†of carpet on the end of the panels to the door header. By having a “double flap†or carpet coming from both sides it creates a nice door that does not let light in.
16. Before attaching the roof, select the locations for the shooting windows and cut the cattle panel for those. I use a window that is one square wide and two squares tall which is about 8†wide and 12†tall. (By cutting the windows before the roof is on it allows you to sit in the blind and look over the top of the panel to select the best locations for the windows.
17. Cut the carpet out for the windows and tie strap around the perimeter of the window. I cut the top and both sides and then fold the flap of carpet down and tuck into the panel. This allows for the window to be re-closed at a later date if need be.
18. Cut some of the top vertical piece to create a few “spikes†to slide the CPVC over.
19. Cut the CPVC and place it over the vertical pieces to create a domed roof. I have found that 3 pieces of CPVC make a nice solid roof. I found that cutting the CPCV to about 8’-2†creates approximately a 6’ tall blind in the center.
20. Use tie straps to tie the CPVC together at the intersection at the top of the blind. This adds strength to the roof section.
21. Attach the carpet for the roof using tie straps. The carpet will sag some but I found that adding more tie straps to bunch up the extra carpet along with some of the solid core insulated wire stretched around the CPVC creates a solid roof.
22. Brush the blind in.
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