Swamphunter

I need to get some ideas for ground blind construction for my son and I... to be honest, I've NEVER "built" one.. does anyone have any pics they can share of theirs and the construction process? Thanks guys!

I can not seem to find the regulations on a US citizen hunting in Ontario Canada, on either private or public land. My girlfriend lives in Ottawa, and seeing that I spend a lot of time up there, I'd like to find out some information on me being allowed to hunt there. Does anyone know where I can find this information? The government website address non resident, but I'm not sure if that includes a US citizen... thanks

It's got clearance and fits tight. Just then owners manual never addressed it. Thx everyone

My sons .50 cal TC Impact has a ramrod extension (appr 4" long) with a sabot seating jag on the end. When you replace the ramrod after loading, the extension and jag stick out about 4" beyond the end of the muzzle. Can you not shoot with the extension on the ramrod? Do I have to remove it every time before shooting? Not replace the ramrod? On my TC Thunderhawk, my ramrod doesn't stick beyond the muzzle. I realize a mod will move this, but hopefully not before I get an answer. Thx

Thank you.. we used the folding chairs tonight and although they were comfy, level ground was hard to find.. and you couldn't get close to a tree with the roots.... this tree seat fits the bill! Thank you!

Ok, I've used stools for years when hunting from the ground outside of a blind, but since using my folding camp chair IN the blind the last couple of years, I was wondering if any of you ever just walk in the woods with your folding chair, open it up and sit in some downed limbs or grass? Pro cons? Hard to turn around to shoot vs level of comfort?? Thx

I hope you guys don't mind this long thread.. we are just very excited about having our dream cabin finally... so we like to show our progress...

Here is the progress.... nothing much really.. just brought the cabinets out to the cabin. They were used.. very good condition. There are a few more to go with it, but these filled the bed of my truck today... Just sitting in place... I still need to insulate and put nailers behind them.. The two small ones on the end are upper cabinets and are just there to be out of the way... Blade

Actually there is a brook that cuts through the 70 acre parcel and ironically the name of the brook is "Trout Brook".... I've never fished it though, but there are plenty of minnows in it so I'm assuming it holds trout of some sort.

I have $7500 in materials into it.... from including the concrete on up..... then the wood stove and chimney pipe $1000... and I gave my buddy a few bucks... WAYYYYY less than I had hoped he'd accept.

Still need to finish the insulating and add a loft railing and handrail for ladder... then the interior pine boards which those will be next spring....

Some more construction pics Have been doing the electrical work Some lights in and started the insulation immediately after... Some interior cabin views View towards the rear of the cabin from the front door Up the loft Under the loft towards the front door Looking from front of cabin under the loft Some metal signs that I got for my birthday Views from the loft View OUT the loft window.... hehe A cabin walk around... Off the porch My scenic one...

A nice scenic exterior view of the cabin. I am putting the updated interior pics in my original thread so the construction pics stay all together... but I just wanted to post a couple exterior pics....

Thanks everyone! Was a good day. :-)

Well here the scoop. After hunting all morning, we came home and Blade and I set up the 3d deer target and recreated the shot. Blade even ran around the house to get his heart rate up and guess what? He made the shot... not just once, but time after time after time... So we went back to a regular bag target and set him up with a 30 yard pin to practice with for now.

Blade made me very proud tonight... I know other adults that would have tried to take a deer by just "aiming high" and letting an arrow fly. I did not have to talk him out of it, he just knew he needed to pass..... I am SO PROUD of you son!

Here are the cabinets.. they are in excellent condition and I paid almost next to nothing for them! There are a few more sitting behind where I took the picture from, but I couldnt get them all in the same pic together, there are 8 cabinets all together... I will sell what I dont need...I guess he was sick of walking around them in his garage....

Well up to date progress is, the cabin is all wired for a generator and then to be converted over to solar in the future. I have a few more light fixtures to install next week, but with the opening of hunting season, I'll be in the woods with my son this weekend. I did pick up some really nice looking dark oak cabinets for the cabin and then had the guy at the lumber yard use his computer program to show them in place. The only one Im not using is the tall pnatry style cabinet.... it will be too close to the door. But here is what Im looking at...

My front wall cabinets need to be 4ft and the side wall cabinets need to be at least 6, no more than 8'.... that is measured from the same corner...

Thank you Steve....

I will get you the measurements this weekend... I haven't decided how to configure kitchen other than the center of the sink is exactly 4ft from the front of the cabin on the left side centered under the window. (Its the side of the cabin with the single window)

Ok.. here we are as of yesterday.. headed out to the cabin yesterday morning to finish up a few details, and although it was supposed to be sunny... it rain.. poured at times.. until lunch time. I immediately started the wood stove and with-in 30 minutes, the cabin was nice and toasty. Finished up the rest of the battens over the porch, insulated the last couple of windows, cleaned up some scrap wood and piled it for burning, and then went to the Amish saw mill and inquired about my cedar decking for the porch. Found out the Amish guy hurt his arm and it wasnt ready. Might be another week. Im only going to lay the decking in place when I get it as I want that to shrink before I screw it down so I dont get large gaps on the porch boards. I also started the wiring for the electrical last evening with my buddy however I didnt get a picture of that.

Thanks son, it's for you kids to enjoy as you grow up

I will. He's a good guy. Lifelong friend

Just got back from meeting with the building inspector/code enforcement guy and inspection went well! Was granted my certificate of occupancy and he was impressed with the construction!