I've been itching to get a nice elevated deer blind for awhile now but can't seem to get myself to fork up the money to do so. I eventually made plans to build one for what I estimated to cost me roughly 500-700 (I didn't want to half ass it so it would last quite some time). After doing some brainstorming I was browsing through Craigslist and noticed for sale was a nice 8x10 shed for sale for only $100. I jumped on this immediately and have plans to do some remodeling to the shed and turn it into an elevated blind. Fixing to spend most likely a cpl hunded on materials to add windows and the legs. So all in all, I will manage to have a nice sturdy blind that only cost me about $300 and I can fabricate to my own liking! Get creative!
I admire your gusto! Get after it and good luck! I won't say anything to discourage you from trying it. Personally I prefer to build it all from scratch but hopefully it works out well for you.
8x10 ! That's a huge blind. the only bad thing about it is you will have to move around quite a bit to see out of all windows unless you are only putting them on one or 2 sides. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Plus the cost to move it from the owners house to your property. You will probably need to rent a crane to lift it onto a platform. I think it would still be cheaper to start from scratch and build on site.
I used a come-along to pull it onto the trailer w my old man. We are going to cut out the wall where the door is and shorten the width of the shed. also going to cut it down to only 6ft. The wood from the door and bottom will be used to make the wall. Windows are ordered and only ran me 160 for 3.
Once you have a sturdy base constructed, the housing on top is just a little more materials. Question is, what is this $100 shed made out of? If its wood, how the heck will you get it up on top of your platform? A wood 8x10 shed has to weigh a lot.
Luckily for us the landowner has an excavator. So we will leave the shed on the trailer, set up the base, and use the front loaded and raise the blind onto the actual tower. Wont be much, most likely only 8-10ft max
My buddy bought 15 acres to build a house on. It had a couple old sheds on it so we picked the best one and shoved it to the back fence. We are putting a food plot right in front of it. Looks terrible but cost us 12 bucks Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
Here is one of mine. 5'x5' on 10' 4x4 legs. "Elevators" to secure legs to floor ($75). 2x4 with plywood floor & insulated. 2x2 frame with rubber roofing for walls. 3/8"plywood roof on 2x2 frame with salvage roofing - glued, no nails. I built the walls so I could bolt them to the floor. Deck screw corners and roof. I can put it together in less than an hour with just 1 other guy, a socket wrench, a cordless drill and some deck screws. Oh and a shovel to dig the 4x4 in some to level the floor before I put up the walls. I even made replacement wall "inserts" (middle section) for holes for bowhunting or sliding windows for rifle.
Been thinking about doing that, adding comfort to the sit. Heck if I had a heated stand I might hunt till the end of the season.
Comfy swivel seat and heat/stove. I have 6 similar set ups, 2 are on a steep hills - 1 has a rope to help the climb.
That is what I am talking about could do an all day in a set up like that. Heck I might just build a weekender go to the stand Friday afternoon and stay till Sunday night.
I thought of this by my snoring would keep the deer up. FWIW: A 5 gallon bucket, a few garbage bags and TP - you don't need do leave the stand all day. Fill the bag, tie it up - send it to the ground.
