Acceptable heater for elevated deer blind??

You live in Wisconsin = Dry Cold. I live in LA=High Humidity, Wet Cold. Big difference, as is with heat as well. Have a nice day.

You are not trying to be GMMAT's successor are you?

 

What's a GMMAT ? ? Sorry I found it funny a guy from wayyy down south was the expert on deer stand heaters

 

EBLEB...Everybody Love Everybody

 

I kinda gotta take this guys side on this one. Yes i was born and raised in wisconsin (we have freezing rain and sleet on a regular basis), lived there 18 yrs then got stationed in idaho where it is constant 25-45 mph winds with temps in the single digits without the windchill. I work outside everyday and the way we keep warm is to dress for the weather ie. heavier clothing and boots. I'm not saying that heaters don't have their place cuz believe me they do, but i just can't see it getting any colder in the south? Just my .02. LAEqualizer you don't take criticism very well huh bud, everyone is from different places so cold to one dude is shorts weather to the other. I'm just sayin you have to realize the differences in the country and if you took offense to the following comments then I'm sorry. As for the stand i would have definitely put it up way before the season had even started, letting the deer get used to it. To quiet it down up there you could always put a rug up there and just cover the heater to redirect the glow downwards. Hope you find a solution.

 

The bolded part is the issue. Not concerned with criticism, just don't really care for people who act like their idea of cold is the bottom line. I guess if its 80 degrees in the in Grandmas house, someone could tell her she's crazy cause its not cold in there. By the way, I know when "I" am cold, and I know what to do for "me" to stay warm. Have a blessed day.

 

Thats usually what most do. lol Make sure you dress for it maybe?

 

Just so you know, I am just giving you a hard time about the cold. It doesn't get below the teens here and some would laugh at me for getting cold at 24 degrees like it was yesterday morning. I will have to say it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be though. I have figured out that if I don't wear my coveralls on the walk to the stand, I don't sweat so I don't have that etra moisture to get cold.

As far as a heater, I really don't know. I have never hunted from a box blind and yes, I would wait at least a couple weeks before hunting it. Not to mention your scent being there, the deer still have to get use to something new being there and it not posing a danger to them. I screwed up a nice spot this season for a good 3 weeks. All I did was cut some big limbs off a tree with a chainsaw so I could get my climber in it. It was the only tree I felt comfortable climbing in this area. Nothing on the camera for 3 weeks after that and they were there daily before hand.