So when the wind is howling and the cold....

[growalot]

cuts through you like a knife...these older bones will be able to sit comfy and take in the view ...Really I just can't handle the driving rains and the blowing snow like I use to....but I know there are turkeys...deer... yotes and what  not out in it so I will be too...just warm and dry thank You...lol

I forgot how heavy PT wood is and dang if all muscles don't scream today....manged it by building in sections and attaching braces so I could lift the sections and they'd stand on their own as I positiond them...pheww hard work done....will finish decking in a few days then build the shooting house...over all10x6x8ft high.....The shooting house will be 6x6x6' 2"high with a 6x4 open deck for nice calm days...

[ny hunter]

Sure gonna be nice when its done.All those aches well be worth it.

[Dave]

Does it come with a bath tub and running water . So how many stands and blinds do you have now?

Dave

[growalot]

all told 30+ at home and camp....this will look similar to the one in pic but bigger...the next two I build will be 6x6 and 12 ft high ...no deck...some ppl build bird houses....others buy "collectables"...me I just like planting and building things....in the pic I built this red chicken coop down in the woods...Mr B likes to have a rooster with the hens...I don't care for crowing at 3 a.m.( his last rooster : ) so this was my solution.....I'm building a bigger out door run ...actually working on it today...but the little unwired section...acts as a blind and supply area....deer really don't mind the rooster crowing and I'm amazed how the chicken sounds attract turkey and I get lots of eggs to boot ;D

[Fantail]

Are you using any kind of concrete deck support / block?

[growalot]

no ...with the way I put in the final bracing there is no need...they are solid as a rock and absolutely no movement...I'm actually afraid of heights so I'm very careful on how I build things...by village law they also can't be permenantly(sp) attached to the ground.....the chicken coop I built a few years back...On a block and stone foundation with no morter...has never moved an inch...with all our winds and heaving frost

[hunter]

Nice work, Growalot. I built a lean-to frame with my brother on his land but we only enclosed with tarps. I plan on building a wood one on my land this summer. I like them big enough to move around in, stretch legs, take off or put on jacket, room for a heater maybe a stove to boil water  for coffee etc. Basicaly a condo with shooting ports. Now, elevating it like your camo one might be good also.

[growalot]

Hunter...that green one up in the woods I built last spring....I made out of a packing crate ...card board and plastic tarps....and shes still bone dry and comfy...but like you I need to stretch a bit and the office chair in it gives my just enough room to swing around with out hitting the walls...so I know what you mean

[ny hunter]

I would knod right out in that nice office chair,my snoring would scare any deer around right into the next county.End of the hunt.LOL

[Doewhacker]

I would knod right out in that nice office chair,my snoring would scare any deer around right into the next county.End of the hunt.LOL

Thats exactly what I would be doing in a nice comfy set up like that!  zzzzzzzzz Hey did you see that deer? No I was checking my eye lids for holes and missed it. ha

[ny hunter]

LOL,I would be lying if I said I never fell asleep while on stand in the sun while all was quiet.Getting a bit sleepy just thinking about it...

[Geno C]

nice, good luck with building it

[growalot]

Oh ya...may have missed a deer or two and a turkey or two...when my snoring woke me up ....but better that then waking to the end of my safey harness catching me or scraping my face off the side of the tree I'm sitting in ...been there done that....Now...I'll be able to shower and hit it at bedtime...wake up and start hunting...so much more time to sleep in ;D

[hunter]

I knew a couple of oldtimers who told me they know they're gonna fall asleep and the deer wake them up when they get there. I shot one buck when I woke up from a nap in a hay bale blind with walls blocking the wind on all side with a bench with backrest and a half wall that served as a shooting bench and a place to lay my rifle on. I t was bitter cold and the first day I could not sit still but the second day I brought a heavy space blanket and dozed off to find my dream come true a buck. lol

[Dave]

Nice when dreams come true, now that's hunting in style.

Dave