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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 30, 2021 10:03:07 GMT -5
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Post by genesis273 on Sept 30, 2021 10:54:41 GMT -5
Those are nice
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Sept 30, 2021 11:15:44 GMT -5
And I happen to have a good twenty or more pallets here at the house.
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Sept 30, 2021 11:24:16 GMT -5
Great idea. I can get pallets. Another project after season. I'll use cedar branches to conceal even more.
I have one spot where there is an old coil of barb wire fence left decades ago. Before 23 years ago. Bards are rusted off and we have a chair inside. I'll see if I can remember to take a picture. My brother and I only walk that area once a year in late winter or hunt it at the very end of season. It's where the big bucks bed. My one stand is about 100 yards west of that bed area on the same ridge line. That's the one I moved 2 years ago where I've seen three times big bucks walking that ridge line.
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Post by BOBinIN on Sept 30, 2021 12:09:57 GMT -5
Good idea, only thing missing is the 12" x 12" square of hunter orange on all sides, that the law demands!
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Post by parrothead on Sept 30, 2021 12:15:02 GMT -5
I had one that I made out of 4 sections of wooden privacey fence. Fence was free and I just screwed it together at the corners. I trimmed the boards for shooting holes
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Post by titanium700 on Sept 30, 2021 17:29:20 GMT -5
I built one early this spring out of pallets.
Got it on the edge of a big bean field.
Killed 4 turkeys out of it this spring (not all me 😉, I got one my two kids each got one and a bud got one)
It’s a great spot even for deer.
Would use it for a late evening and rainy day hunt.
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Post by esshup on Sept 30, 2021 23:50:01 GMT -5
I think one will be built at the back of my property here. Pretty cool!!!
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Post by mstr2175 on Oct 1, 2021 5:11:46 GMT -5
I have been thinking about how to build a blind from pallets, this is exactly what I had in mind, thanks for sharing
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Oct 1, 2021 6:13:46 GMT -5
Here is the pile I get to pick from. Sometimes a smaller pile, but most time bigger. I think about a dozen pallets will be removed this fall and set up late winter after season.  |
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Post by 36fan on Oct 1, 2021 8:09:16 GMT -5
Good idea, only thing missing is the 12" x 12" square of hunter orange on all sides, that the law demands! Only during firearm season! |
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Post by budd on Oct 1, 2021 8:43:58 GMT -5
Anyone made one of these? Can buy the totes fairly cheap. Im worried they wouldnt be big enough for me, also concerned with noise issues.  |
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Oct 1, 2021 8:56:03 GMT -5
Anyone made one of these? Can buy the totes fairly cheap. Im worried they wouldnt be big enough for me, also concerned with noise issues. Where you live I guess they have to be that strong to keep the bears out. LoL |
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Post by budd on Oct 1, 2021 9:09:28 GMT -5
Does not really have anything to do with being bear proof, just looks like a cheap way of making a waterproof hunting blind. You can usually find water totes anywhere from free to $80 each.  |
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Post by deadeer on Oct 1, 2021 9:26:57 GMT -5
They are probably big enough for one guy, 4'x4', but gotta be noisy when cold. Cool idea, good to see ingenuity.
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Post by steiny on Oct 1, 2021 10:24:45 GMT -5
Why not just build a ground blind out of natural materials laying around, logs, sticks, weeds, brush, etc.
You're kind of dragging a bunch of junk full of nails to the woods by using pallets.
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Oct 1, 2021 10:38:39 GMT -5
Why not just build a ground blind out of natural materials laying around, logs, sticks, weeds, brush, etc. You're kind of dragging a bunch of junk full of nails to the woods by using pallets. We are just putting the wood and metal all natural pallet materials back to the woods and land! I know a smart-ass, but had to. |
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Post by Russ Koon on Oct 1, 2021 11:27:44 GMT -5
Hmm, more I look at it, the more I think about other variations that would be possible using stuff like PVC pipe and camo netting, maybe some plastic sheeting to provide wind/rain protection, and possibly using the pallet as a platform to position the blind more than four feet off the ground to free it from the orange requirement in gun season and provide better field of view. Might be able to come up with a version that would be more portable and lighter to carry our and bring in next year in late summer in a collapsed form. Maybe if it's obviously made of cheap stuff and wired in place firmly, the thieves that always seem to find them wouldn't bother to steal it if they could just make their own version
more easily than unwire it and carry it out.
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Post by tony on Oct 1, 2021 12:24:45 GMT -5
The only problem I had with pallets was trying to use them again the following season and they were so full of wasp nests that you could hardly get close to them.
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 1, 2021 13:03:48 GMT -5
Hmm, more I look at it, the more I think about other variations that would be possible using stuff like PVC pipe and camo netting, maybe some plastic sheeting to provide wind/rain protection, and possibly using the pallet as a platform to position the blind more than four feet off the ground to free it from the orange requirement in gun season and provide better field of view. Might be able to come up with a version that would be more portable and lighter to carry our and bring in next year in late summer in a collapsed form. Maybe if it's obviously made of cheap stuff and wired in place firmly, the thieves that always seem to find them wouldn't bother to steal it if they could just make their own version more easily than unwire it and carry it out. Keep those wheels turning! Speaking of turning, maybe a little more permanent flooring in it and add some game cart wheels to make it portable? |
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