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Getting ready for next deer season (blind windows is the topic)
Posted on 1/30/26 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 1/30/26 at 6:43 pm
I am already getting ready for next season and I have a list a mile long of stuff I want to do.
One of the things is add another box blind. And I have a unique deer window that I have used this season that I want to share incase someone might be as crazy as me and try it.
Two features that can be incorporated, individually or separately.
Who might need this stuff. People not hunting over a big food plot. People who are hunting where shot opportunity is going to have a small time window. People like me that hate being cold.
My windows consist of a strip of Plexiglas as long as the window is wide. But only 2,3 or 4 inches tall. Attached to the bottom of the Plexiglas is cloth... basically drapes. 8" inches or more long to cover the opening.
This allows me to have my gun out of the window but still keep the cold air out. If a deer is spotted crossing a shooting land I don't have to take time to open a window then get my gun out without bumping anything.
I use to hang on the side of trees in lockons for decades. I prefer not to do that anymore especially when the temps are in the 20's. I have a propane heater and hunt in comfort most of the time now.
So that is feature one.
Feature 2 is what I call pass thru windows.
Instead of having a window facing north and another facing East and another facing South They are all connected and are just one big window.
Something has to hold up the roof and keep the window opening from sagging so I have a bottom support and a top support that extend a foot and a few inches out past the corner of the shooting house. The support is at the ends of these.
This allows me to swing my rifle from the North window to the east or south window without pulling it inside the shooting house. Much faster and quieter. A couple extra seconds is crucial when you turn your head and a deer 150 yards away is already half way across the shooting lane.
Anyway just thought I would share. Fell free to laugh. But it works. I make shutters for the windows that seal them when I am gone to keep the mice and wasp out.
One of the things is add another box blind. And I have a unique deer window that I have used this season that I want to share incase someone might be as crazy as me and try it.
Two features that can be incorporated, individually or separately.
Who might need this stuff. People not hunting over a big food plot. People who are hunting where shot opportunity is going to have a small time window. People like me that hate being cold.
My windows consist of a strip of Plexiglas as long as the window is wide. But only 2,3 or 4 inches tall. Attached to the bottom of the Plexiglas is cloth... basically drapes. 8" inches or more long to cover the opening.
This allows me to have my gun out of the window but still keep the cold air out. If a deer is spotted crossing a shooting land I don't have to take time to open a window then get my gun out without bumping anything.
I use to hang on the side of trees in lockons for decades. I prefer not to do that anymore especially when the temps are in the 20's. I have a propane heater and hunt in comfort most of the time now.
So that is feature one.
Feature 2 is what I call pass thru windows.
Instead of having a window facing north and another facing East and another facing South They are all connected and are just one big window.
Something has to hold up the roof and keep the window opening from sagging so I have a bottom support and a top support that extend a foot and a few inches out past the corner of the shooting house. The support is at the ends of these.
This allows me to swing my rifle from the North window to the east or south window without pulling it inside the shooting house. Much faster and quieter. A couple extra seconds is crucial when you turn your head and a deer 150 yards away is already half way across the shooting lane.
Anyway just thought I would share. Fell free to laugh. But it works. I make shutters for the windows that seal them when I am gone to keep the mice and wasp out.
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Posted on 1/30/26 at 10:14 pm to omegaman66
Do you have any pictures of your stand? Interested in seeing what it looks like.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 11:56 pm to TygerT
This is the only one I have. Lost the others when my harddrive crashed.
PIc of my East side.
The link is a jpg on my websites server. So don't be afraid of viruses or anything.
The pass thru part was planned but the windows with the cloth below the Plexiglas came later. The original windows were sliding windows and the conversion didn't go to smoothly. Works but is not pretty. This is pic is without shutters.
Pass Thru windows are harder seal from bugs and mice. You have to have something like a 4X4 to put in each corner when you aren't there due to the two boards that stick out of the corners.
This stand is 4x8. Each time I make a stand they change.
The one I am going to build is for a location in the woods where I think I will have more time to get a shot. So I am planning to not do the pass thru windows but definitely will do the drapes/curtains below the plexiglas.
I usually hunt alone and after years of driving to my place in the dark and driving home in the dark I have started getting their midday. Spending the night or more and driving home in the middle of the day.
This allows me to be in my stand all night and don't bump deer walking in. And I don't need to get up early for a two hour drive. That sucks. Leaving at 2:30 or 3:00 oclock isn't fun.
Like I said I have propane heat and have a urinal in the stand. I can stay for days if I want to. I get the propane going when I wake up in the stand and hunt with my sleeping bag around me. I don't run the propane while I am hunting much for fear of the sound scaring the deer. That is why I converted my windows. I needed a way to keep the warmth in and the cold out.
PIc of my East side.
The link is a jpg on my websites server. So don't be afraid of viruses or anything.
The pass thru part was planned but the windows with the cloth below the Plexiglas came later. The original windows were sliding windows and the conversion didn't go to smoothly. Works but is not pretty. This is pic is without shutters.
Pass Thru windows are harder seal from bugs and mice. You have to have something like a 4X4 to put in each corner when you aren't there due to the two boards that stick out of the corners.
This stand is 4x8. Each time I make a stand they change.
The one I am going to build is for a location in the woods where I think I will have more time to get a shot. So I am planning to not do the pass thru windows but definitely will do the drapes/curtains below the plexiglas.
I usually hunt alone and after years of driving to my place in the dark and driving home in the dark I have started getting their midday. Spending the night or more and driving home in the middle of the day.
This allows me to be in my stand all night and don't bump deer walking in. And I don't need to get up early for a two hour drive. That sucks. Leaving at 2:30 or 3:00 oclock isn't fun.
Like I said I have propane heat and have a urinal in the stand. I can stay for days if I want to. I get the propane going when I wake up in the stand and hunt with my sleeping bag around me. I don't run the propane while I am hunting much for fear of the sound scaring the deer. That is why I converted my windows. I needed a way to keep the warmth in and the cold out.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 9:07 pm to omegaman66
quote:We had a stand similar to this on a power line that had a shooting lane out the front. It was probably a 4x6 stand, where you sat facing the 4ft side. From the back wall there were supports that came up at a ~60 degree angle to the front instead of straight vertical studs in the 4 corners. It wasn't a perfect 180 degree view/gun access, but the power line angled at the stand anyway so it worked great.
Instead of having a window facing north and another facing East and another facing South They are all connected and are just one big window.
Something has to hold up the roof and keep the window opening from sagging so I have a bottom support and a top support that extend a foot and a few inches out past the corner of the shooting house. The support is at the ends of these.
Posted on 1/31/26 at 9:30 pm to Citica8
I guess I am not the only lunatic that hunts then.
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