So might be building one or two for dad , what's some do's and donts likes and dislikes eveyone has when it comes to them .

Don't build it Near Trump's Air Force Landing Exit In Florida.

Build a shelf for binos and such. Install the shelf a foot or more below the windows so your movement of items to and from the shelf is outta sight.

Put cheap carpet on floor, walls, shelves to muffle sounds.

Put padding or piece of carpet in the window sill to lay rifle on.

I just remodeled this big house. Had it for several years and neglected it. Got it in a good location and its ready. Son and DIL hunted from it a couple days ago...saw doe & yearlings and small 6pt...




Im about to build several more that are much smaller than that one. 4x4 is too small. 5x5 is about right for 1 person.

Flat black paint inside. If you’re anywhere it gets cold, install double pane flip up (awning?) windows often found in basements…single pane can fog up

Down here in the South we open the windows as soon as we sit down.

Up North here we often fire up the heater as soon as we sit down 🙂

On the ground or elevated? Mr Buddy heater around here, sliding windows, foam board on the walls around here, metal roof, try to get it as bug proof as possible (can foam) as wasps will take up residence.

Make a small landing/platform at the top of your ladder so you or your dad isn’t jammed up trying to get in the blind with guns/gear. This is helpful with kids too.

Carpet quiets them down, takes that hollow sound out.

Put good windows in it, that open quietly and seal. I used deerview windows when I built mine.

Secure it good, so ya don’t have to build it again! The lower it is, seems more stable and solid you can get them. 6’ legs is enough for most of my locations, I do have some taller but will build the next ones lower.

Spray foam, carpet, and double pane windows are nice.

Here’s two I built last year

That aluminum flashing on the corners will extend the life of the sheathing and helps seal the corners

… dang you ought to let Adam nm and Foxkidd split rent on that place till they get back on their feet lol

I built a stand out of scrap lumber/material when I was doing construction on the side before my kids started hunting. The enclosed part was 8’x4’ with a 4’x4’ landing where the steps came up. We killed 23 bucks out of that stand before I bought my own land and moved on.

I even had a smoker on the landing. The stand was located on a ridge fence line. The only cover coming up from the river bottom to the big timber. I could see 600 yards one way and 800 yards the other that was all open ground and they didn’t want to cross.

Saw deer from daylight to dark but never killed a deer over 120” from that stand. Since I bought my farm 8 years ago, we have killed 2 over 160” and several 150-140” deer. Including two 140” from this bow season this year. None of those bucks were from a permanent stand. If you are looking for a place to take kids or not picky, then monuments like that are fine. If you want a trophy, use a climbing stand.

Here a lot of people are using old flare boxes or gravity flow trailers for a base and building on top, here’s an example.

^^^^^ I teach my kids to stay away from things like that

Spot on info! ^^^^^

We have killed quite a few of our biggest bucks out of plywood or fiberglass “box stands”. If there is a remote possibility of flooding - do not use any carpet.

I have that same problem annually. Any permanent stand in the riverbottom has to be 10ft or more to the platform or it will flood.