I'm going to be replacing and adding a few box blinds on my hunting lease this year, and before I get down to serious planning, I thought I would see what other people have liked about various blinds. We use old office chairs for comfort, and carpet the inside for noise. I'm a fan of a shelf up above the windows, and a few LED puck lights for getting set up before sunrise. I'm thinking about a cup holder for a travel cup of coffee, and things of that nature. Comfy sort of things. What have you seen that you thought "now that should be in every blind!" That's what I'm looking for.

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Originally posted by Bigjimttu:
I'm going to be replacing and adding a few box blinds on my hunting lease this year, and before I get down to serious planning, I thought I would see what other people have liked about various blinds. We use old office chairs for comfort, and carpet the inside for noise. I'm a fan of a shelf up above the windows, and a few LED puck lights for getting set up before sunrise. I'm thinking about a cup holder for a travel cup of coffee, and things of that nature. Comfy sort of things. What have you seen that you thought "now that should be in every blind!" That's what I'm looking for.

Enough head height to get up and stretch a few times!

Just an observation, nothing more sand Yes I do work for a person that sells fiberglass blinds.

Having been down the road of building blinds where the various amenities were listed, was fun, but as I have gotten older, the manufactured blinds have some or many of those features, are lighter in weight and more durable.

Building ones own blind is fun, but all too often I see the remains of homemade blinds merely pushed over and left to rot if the person leaves that lease for whatever reason. Course if a person owns their own hunting property that is not really an issue.

As for homemade or factory, installing a funnel and hose with the hose going thru the wall/floor outside the blind as a makeshift urinal comes in damn handy at times.

One of the modifications I have been looking at for the fiberglass blinds we use, especially the elevated ones it to build a holder on the front wall for one of the Mr. Buddy heaters, running the supply hose down the inside of the front wall, out the floor and building a box under the blind large enough to hold a 20 pound propane tank.

The Mr. Buddy heaters keep those blinds toasty on cold days.

One problem I am addressing this summer is figuring a method, caulking possibly, of closing all holes or gaps that wasps can get thru so I won't have to spend time placing foggers in the blinds. I seemed to have solved that problem on the control boxes of the spin mechanisms by placing a few moth balls in the control box.

Crazyhorse- I spray foam every gap. My lease is about an hour west of you, and I have the same wasp issues. I'm going to try something new this year, because the doors and windows never seal fully tight. I crammed weatherstripping in the cracks, and sprayed eucalyptus oil inside the blind. No idea if it will work. The propane tank is a great idea. We've got some women who hunt there, so we've got wide mouth bottles in every blind. I'm also a fan of removable curtains so I can keep it dark, but be able to poke them aside quickly and quietly, I'm trying to think of a good solution, probably going to use mosquito netting for that, with magnets instead of Velcro. Quieter that way, and Harbor Freight has rare earth magnets cheap.

Basically the wasp issue, heating considerations and being able to relieve oneself without having to get out of the blind are my major concerns.

I have 14 various stands/blinds to deal with and getting stuff done in the off season makes life a lot better come season.

CH..put half of a no pest strip in your blinds and that will keep the wasps out of your blinds. Half a strip will last about 4 months. We get ours at Walmart.

Z

That also sounds like a good option. Thank You.

A gun rest. One that fits over the window ledge. One of the sand bag types works well. Space. If you are going to the trouble to build a blind, make it as big as two people will need. That would be 8x8 MINIMUM. Ideally you should be able to stand up in it for a stretch and go in and out without having to double over just to get in and out.

You guys are talking a different language to me.

Box blinds and leases are foreign to me but if I had to sit in a box it would have a mini bar so I could medicate my claustrophobic condition!!! LOL


Zeke

Real chairs! That don't squeak and are comfortable. Allow enough room for stretching out old stiff joints.

Also allow for blacking out the interior as the sun moves around (curtains?). I don't like being lit up like a light bulb inside a blind by sunlight streaming in.