Started my tower stand today

[Robert_in_NY]

That's one beefy looking blind,also high enough so snakes won't visit ..looking forward to pictures of wildlife from mini camp.

I am over building it by a large margin because this will catch a lot of wind. I don't want to build it light and have the winds push it around.

Snakes don't ever bother me around here. My problem has been mice.

 

[Luremaker]

It is going to have a small propane heater in there. I have a recliner I can take out there too and will have a shelf at 3' high all around it to set my laptop if I decide to really stay out there for a while. All I need to do is figure out if I can tether my laptop to my phone for internet access without costing me a fortune. If not I can watch movies in between watching for critters .

Now, that's what I call hunting!

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Now, that's what I call hunting!

Its going to have a regular office chair for when I am hunting. The recliner will be for guests or if I am tired

 

[Robert_in_NY]

framed up two more walls today. I still need to figure out the windows for the last wall then I can frame that up. So I will get them located and pick up the roof rafter material and go from there.

Also, this building is plumb and square, this pic makes it look terribly crooked but it is just an illusion

 

[20 20]

It is going to have a small propane heater in there. I have a recliner I can take out there too and will have a shelf at 3' high all around it to set my laptop if I decide to really stay out there for a while. All I need to do is figure out if I can tether my laptop to my phone for internet access without costing me a fortune. If not I can watch movies in between watching for critters

that sounds great

Ever since I got hurt I no longer enjoy being uncomfortable. Sitting on hard buckets or trees and freezing are not fun and I can't sit that way anymore because of my back so I want to set this stand up nice and eventually I will build a couple more in other sections of this property and maybe a couple more at our other pieces of land as time and money permits.

I hear ya loud and clear on the back issue. I have had 2 major back surgeries 1 being done on my neck about a year ago. Sacred the ______ out of me lost all feeling on the right side. I also ended up with some permanent nerve damage. I don't hunt anything like I use to and sure do miss being able to go way out into the thick forest.

I may look into solar collectors for this stand though so I can have a simple power source if I take my daughter out so she can watch DVD's while we wait for something to show itself.

That sounds like a good idea, then you could put in some simple lights etc.

 

[tornadowatchranch]

this looks alot like what i built this past spring--I didn't enclose it though

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/139822-utility-pole-fort-begun-pics-2.html

 

[Robert_in_NY]

this looks alot like what i built this past spring--I didn't enclose it though

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/139822-utility-pole-fort-begun-pics-2.html

Have you finished your building yet? The last pic I saw it looks like you were getting ready to put in some joists.

My dad thinks I am getting soft building something like this but since I broke my back and had to have it repaired I do not like sitting out in the cold on hard seats. So I am building this to be very comfortable and as a result I can take family up there with me to hunt and there will be plenty of room and should be a great experience for everyone.

I bought a couple single hung windows today for the front wall and will make them work. They were not what I originally had in mind but the price was right and I could have them now as opposed to 2-3 weeks from now. So I bought the windows, rafter material, insulation for the ceiling and floor and some of the walls, osb to enclose the insulation under the floor and the ceiling, door knob/deadbolt set and the last of the 2x4s for the wall. I had plenty of felt paper, drip edge, f channel and Tripple 3 soffit material so all I have to do is put it together now and it will be water tight.

I need to see what I have for shingles around our place as my roof is going to take just over 1 square so I hope to find something that I can get still from a recent job and hopefully we have plenty of ridge cap left for that color as I don't want to buy an entire bundle for 10' or ridge. So the next nice day I get some time I will hopefully have the roof on and walls covered.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Shaping up really nicely, nice home away from home it's gonna be

 

[tornadowatchranch]

Mine has open sides. If you look closely you can see the fence I used to keep it safe. All I did after those pics was to put up the rafters and put some old barn tin on the top. It is in the trees so we have been out there in a downpour without getting wet. I hung it over the sides about 8 inches on all 4 sides. It is about 100 feet from the house.

It is withing 10 yeards of a heavily used game trail so we should be able to get some turkeys from it too. We aren't into deer hunting right now but may in the future.

I have also added an alarm system (old fashioned dinner triangle to be used while under attack from "enemy forces") a provision replenishment system (bucket and pulley for snacks and drinks) and a sheild system (scrap wood). a girls OK/no girls reversible sign and also some bb gun holders. My son is 8 if you can't tell. I also set up an area between the rafters separated by years. Whenever he has a new buddy up there they sign it. I figure over the years this will be pretty cool to see who all enjoyed it. I imagine in the teenage years there might even be some girls names too!

 

[The Dougster]

To some of you fellows buying material for deer stands, windows, etc, be sure to check out the Habitat for Humanity Restores... They have all sorts of doors/windows at very cheap prices... a few years ago while building a shop, I picked up a door and three windows for $60 American...