Need tower blind ideas.........

[LETMGROW]

Marc and I are going to build 2 tower blinds. If anyone has pictures, ideas etc. would you please post them?

Thanks,

Lynn

[92xj]

[toddyboman]

We have built a few like this. Most of our land is rather flat so we didn't need to build it real tall.....

Here is the front......but we added telephone poles to the bottom to raise it up higher and make it so we can move it...... Telephone poles work as runners.

And it has windows.

Here it is finished and moving..

[RangerClay]

The one that Brian built that overlooks his corn plot looks nice

[wtnhunt]

This one is a 6x6 Lynn. Would imagine you have or have access to a welder, should make for easy building a steel frame if you chose to do so.

I rarely hunt the box blind myself, but it is nice to take the kids. The wife hunts it quite a bit.

I basically drew out the plans on paper and ordered my steel, in hindsight I wish I had made the platform a little taller. Would not have cost much more. I really should also have used angle or square tubing for all my bracing, but the blind has withstood 80+mph winds and has had no damage. Used anchors from lowes like what are used for tying down house trailers to tie the corners down.

For the sliding windows, used 2x6's turned sideways which also made for shooting rails and cut tracks in those with the skill saw for the plexiglass windows to slide, worked out real well.

Wish our clover plot was still in that kind of condition, needs redone again.

[dbHunterNY]

IL11.2: "Tank" | Midwest Whitetail

...they've got a good idea in this video. thinking about doing something like that someday too.

[LETMGROW]

Thanks for the link! Couple ideas I saw which I think I can use. I like the window design at about 7: 38 Got an idea for an existing blind.

Lynn

Edited September 15, 2011 by LETMGROW

[LETMGROW]

Love the concept. Marc's camper is 32'long! If we can figure out how to get it up there maybe we'll give it a go. His better 1/2 is a little aprehensive though.

Lynn

[Born2Hunt]

I really have no idea how we would get my Timberlodge that high in the air.

[okiedog]

Here are mine.

This one was built in 2006. 6'x8'

[okiedog]

This one is 6'x6', carpet, propane wall heater, etc.

[dbHunterNY]

This one is 6'x6', carpet, propane wall heater, etc.

I like it.... better than mine. mines around 2'x3' with a sunroof/moonroof, 100% efficient air conditioning, and heat not including. It's shooting windows are nice and big though. Come to think of it the walls weren't included either. I suppose those had to be purchased separately. I need to get me one of those in the picture!

[Immunkneubs]

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