The older you get, the more comfortable you want to be. I'm at that age where I only take TROPHY deer, unless the freezer is empty. I'm not a "brown, it's down" guy. I've been hunting for over 40 years, and I actually want to build a blind that I can sleep in - comfortably. I don't need electricity, but I damn-sure do need warmth.
Super job as you age you realize a comfortable stand helps you to enjoy the hunt . Do not let the haters influence you they are just showing they are jealous. Hopefully you are able to enjoy it for a long time.
Nothing wrong with having a comfortable place to hunt. Very impressive. I bet the people giving negative comments are in the coffee shop by 10:00am instead of being in the woods.
Nice build, I’d get to comfortable and fall asleep on the morning hunts. Deer would walk right on by while I’m napping. The wind cutting through me is what keeps me alert. Like it, good job.
Im a carpenter and at my old house I decided to build a 12'x16' "tree house" at my old house that doubled at a hunting blind. It was on 6x6 posts and sono tubes about 12' in the air. Cedar on the walls and ceiling. Laminate floor. Electric with a mini split unit, couch, TV, frig etc. It had it all. I took a lot of big bucks out there watching TV while hunting. It was a really great time. I could camp out there all day
I don’t hunt. I guess I wasn’t raised in it. But I’m a carpenter and I love these videos. I think you did a excellent job building your blind. It’s awesome. Hat’s off to you my friend for knowing the importance of making life long memories with your family members. That’s huge!! Great hunting blind. Beats all I’ve seen.
What a wonderful place to hunt from. I’m getting older now and I cannot take the cold here anymore so I will be doing something similar to what you have. I used to stalk hunt and participate in drives but I’m an old man now. To the critics it’s called “Hunt smart not hard” Wait til you all get old like us. You will see!!
If it was my blind seeing you already have a leaching field for sink I'd run some five gallon buckets on ground in lower section that can be changed or sink a 55 gallon drum in ground for sewer and install a camper flush toilet inside. I would also lay down some sort of outdoor carpet that can be easily removed to change or rinse out to dampen noise from walking around and stop any draft issue. Plus I'd run a couple propane tanks like the bigger camper size in lower section and run up what ever gas tubing inside for heat and cooking.. But that's what I'd do.
Kevin,I am very impressed with your blind,,I build a blind that the door is on the floor but we'll supported when you close it,but I have electricity as well but I painted my inside windows Black so I can turn light on when it's still dark and that way it doesn't spook game. And then when it's time to turn light of I gently slide window back to view,,Great work thanks
I can just imagine it.....sitting up there with the guys, laughing and playing cards. The smell of bacon and eggs frying, drinking hot coffee, telling stories.....did I miss anything? Oh yeah maybe a deer even walks by
While I can understand this is not the hunting style for everyone, no one can take away from your hard work and dedication you put into creating your own ideal set up that you and your family can enjoy and get use of for many years to come. The way you handle the negative comments shows that you don't care what other people think, and you known what you have created is something to be proud of. I came to RU-vid to get ideas for building own blind when I came across your video. For me, it's not practical to add all the luxuries you have here, but I most certainly have been inspired with what you have done. I had the same idea of the atv storage below, so it was nice to see that incorporated in your design. Keep up the good work and best of luck hunting this season.
For the negative comments we are all entitled to are opinion so that I am ok with. the blind is great for my family and I we have had good times and made memories that will last forever so all that negativity can never take that from me thank you for the good comment Brandon and the best of luck to you to my friend.
Very nice blind. Lot of thought put into it. I too am building an elevated, permanent blind. I can hunt from the ground or a tree stand but when it's freezing or raining it's hard on a 60 year old. Let the critics say what they want.
Kevin, you have built the ultimate blind, and I completely understand the making memories part, great philosophy. All you need is a couple of fold up cots, and a little refrigerator and nobody would ever see me again, live off the land. Very nice video and great blind!!! LIVE YOUR DREAM... 👍👍
Nice job! Don't let the punks get to you. I've spent 30+ years out stalk hunting just like they are bragging about. I guess they think the pains of old age should keep me at the house. I still stalk hunt. I have ladder stands and portable blinds. But sometimes old injuries keep me from enjoying the challenges of hunting in extreme cold weather and rain. It's times like that I'm glad to have a small cabin that I can hunt from. Be proud of what you have, and enjoy every moment. I'm sure you've paid your dues. And, that's a great way to pass the torch, making memories! If anyone wants to say I'm not a hunter, I've spent 25 years practicing and teaching survival. This includes primitive hunting/trapping. Take all of your high dollar gear back to Bass Pro for a refund, go make a bow, then when ya get a deer have me over for dinner. Then we can talk! To all the rest... Do what ya want, do it your way, and enjoy the rewards! God bless!
In the middle of building one about like this right now . I started with a ladder that goes up about 15 feet and my floor starts at 12' . I thought it would be ok but ended up doing stairs myself. My structure is close to an 8x8 on utility poles with a small porch that the stairs lead to. I've been waiting many years to build it and glad I am now. Love yours and appreciate the video. You have a nice set up.
I didn’t have my first blind till I was 30 years old. Which is this year lol. I built a pretty nice one and have all the bells and whistles in it even wifi for my smart tv 😂🤘🏼
to all the critics, where in the hell does it say that you have to suffer when you hunt deer? Maybe when all you knuckleheads get a little older and wiser you'll be hunting out of something like this too. If I owned a piece of hunting property that I was able to build something, I doubt it would be this elaborate, but it definitely would have heat and a comfortable chair, and I'd be in it all day. Try doing that when it's 0 out in a tree stand 20' up
@Fenrir wait til you get my age, all crippled up with arthritis and can’t take the cold anymore. I still love deer hunting as much as I did when I was wet behind the ears. You will change your tune. I guarantee it.
Brother I’ve had 3 major back surgeries with hardware . A open heart that they used a mental plate . When that stuff starts getting cold I’m done . The guys that know me understand I’m coming down when I get cold . Love your blind !
Fellow Wisconsin resident here.... In my opinion, it depends... I want to take kids hunting when they are a little bigger and am thinking of building something like this so I can introduce them to hunting. But that being said, nothing beats sitting out on a ladder stand or in a ground blind and hearing and seeing everything nature has for you.
Northwoods Acres - Do them a real favor. Take them out in the woods and talk to them quietly about deer hunting and it's history in Wisconsin. Talk to them about deer behavior. Talk to them about deer habitat. But most importantly let them get cold and bored to the point where they listen to every sound and smell every scent. Let them learn just how cold cold is for a mammal in the winter and teach them how miraculous it is that a deer survives at all without a wall to hide behind. And when they get too cold, build them a little fire with dry pine and toast a sandwich over it. My favorite is summer sausage, cheese and mayo - that sooty sandwich will be something else that gives them memories that will last for the rest of their lives.
I am not discounting sitting outside... I love it and have done it my whole hunting life. But both types of hunting are real hunting. There are times when it would be nice to focus on shooting skills, spotting skills, and all the things that happen after you make the shot. I often hunt in 10 degrees below zero Fahrenheit weather with a wind chill of -20 or more. I sit out, literally all day in the cold. Heck, we even camp in zero degree weather. So I appreciate you demonstrating your man skills by commenting what a real hunter apparently is, but there is so much more to hunting than showing how manly you are by letting your kids get frost bite. Sitting and waiting is literally the coldest part of hunting, and I am not sure where you come from, but in some parts of the country, it does actually get dangerously cold. When I am training a kid in hunting, I want them to focus on certain areas and not have their attention drawn away by the pain of intense cold. If I bring a 10 year old out and it is -10 or -20 degrees, how long do I really get to sit with them? We'd be heading in within the hour. If I can control one factor (blocking the wind), I can bring them out with me, show them how I watch and listen for animals, show them how I fire my gun or bow, etc. Then, when it is time to retrieve the animal, they can come out with me and stay warm because they are working hard at that point. My kids are not even old enough to hunt yet, but they are not wimps and they possess many skills I wish other hunters had. They help with the butchering, they regularly spend vast amounts of time in the cold, in the woods. They've run into bears at night while taking care of our animals. They often point out animal tracks, scat and trails to me that they have found and they identify the type of animal. To say that they cannot be "real hunters" unless they are unprotected from the wind is kind of missing the point: that hunting is something bigger than where you shoot from.
I made one with the bottom 8 ft being stone walls (nice flat blue stone helped from the property). Then I put beams overhanging the base by 2 ft with 12x12 beams for a second story of 10x10. Then I built a timber frame on it and covered it with tin. Made a door for the bottom to park the ATV in and a hatch in the base. one winter I was hunting muzzleloader in PA with the temps in the minus 20's and stayed in there with the small wood stove I put in it. The third day that I was up there I got a doe just before dark and by the time I was done cleaning her out, she was frozen solid with ice crystals in the air. I call it my mini cabin after that.
Love it. I'm as far west in the U.P. of Michigan as you can get. Get pretty cold up here during rifle season and muzzleloader season in December. Coming up on 50 years old and having spinal stenosis, something like this is on my wish list.
Yes sir , know where you are coming from. In my prime walk the woods rain snow cold, but we all get old as some of the young hunters will see. My blind is very much like yours solar and elect. Cold is now a factory in hunting. Plus just wildlife watching is great time in the blind. I think most of the put-downs is from a lack of the ability for them to even be able to construct such a nice deer blind or the lack of a place to put a blind. But you do what you can as a hunter and more power to the ones that can get out and walk or set in tree blinds, but a lack of understanding of older hunters is not a reason to complain, just show what you are really are.. So thanks Kevin for the updates and keeping on with your dreams and GOOD Hunting and thanks for teaching grandkids about wildlife. AMEN brother.
Good job man. I just got out of an open blind sixteen feet off the ground. Spent six nights and seven days in it. The wind can cut right through you. Also it sucks when your water bottles are freezing. Cheers from northern British Columbia. Canada. I think I'll build one of those
Hey Kevin, I love your videos and am still making my way through all of them! Of all they ones I've watched so far I think this one of the hunting blind is my favorite. I absolutely love deer hunting, and am hoping to build a blind as nice as this one sometime in the near future. I believe you have thought of everything for your blind, it really is a great one!!! I always look forward to your next video, so please keep them coming, I learn a lot from them, thanks!!!
Hi Stacie, if I knew on how to make You-Tube videos, I would make a video of my blind , and wish you can see mine cause I think you would like my blind just as much.
Looks like a great place, I could see myself just sitting out there listening to the radio and enjoying the view. I'm glad that you did this video, on your hunting video, I was trying to get glimpses of your blind as I watched the video. Enjoy my friend.
Some of these younger guys will eventually learn to truly enjoy their time outdoors. I also used to go out along the firing line waiting on the geese to go out for feed but I envy your hunting shack. It is hard to enjoy your time outdoors when you are frozen to the bone. Good looking shack, stay warm.
My first lay was in a 4 by 5 ft deer blind cold as hell and scared deer off. It would have been great to have a blind like this lmao. Discretion is advised when reading this comment
I’m with you brother ! The older I get ( I’m 61 now ) the harder winter is on me ! I think I would add some sort of sleeping in it then get up before sunrise and eat then hunt ! I wish I had a place to build one like yours !
All this bull about that's not hunting. To each his own! What is hunting to one person doesn't have to be the same for another. Hunting is what you make it. It's a man's or woman's free time & it should be enjoyed however they want to enjoy it. Hunting can be 35 feet up a tree in a climbing stand or it can be the super cool hunt house in this video & everything in between. Don't be a hater, nobody is judging your type of hunting, so don't judge theirs. Just chill & enjoy whatever you call hunting. And good luck to you all in this year's deer season!
I drive around in my truck and shoot crows, coyotes, rabbits, and what-not. I put the heat on when it's cold and the air conditioning when it's hot. I drive into town for a cuppa coffee when I'm thirsty. When I need to take a leak, the whole outdoors is my toilet. It all works out pretty good.
Damn near perfect! I especially like the improvised curtain rods, water system, solar, etc. Nothing for show but comfort, convenience, utility. Excellent, excellent, excellent.
Consider installing a Screech Owl nest box on the South side of your blind. Ticks have a multistage two year life cycle and the second stage is typically rodents or birds. Forest mice act as a disease reservoir and host for ticks. There are not enough old trees with hollow cavities suitable for nesting.
My friend has one just like this at the back of his soy/corn field he’s got a wood stove in it for heat even has a tv out there he drives the four wheeler out the night before parks it under just like this one gets coffee and everything ready and wakes up and harvests the meat while still in his long johns he even has pics of him with his kills still in his pjs and just like you he has camp outs with his kids in the spring and summer it’s used more than just for hunting. when hunting meat for the freezer it’s well worth it to be as comfortable as possible great set up!!
I need something like this for sure, would certainly come in handy for anyone who gets cold easily or just wants to be more comfortable while hunting. Thanks for sharing.
Hunting out of this blind would make me feel like I'm hunting out of my camp itself. Shot a six point from the bathroom window while I was sitting on the crapper. It's not a blind it's a dwelling. lol
I love your replies of "thank you for your comment". That said, i totally understand age affecting your willingness to withstand weather. Myself, im 35 and love the below zero stand sitting. Im all about using my senses to locate deer as they do to locate me. To each his own and glad it makes you happy.
That’s a really nice blind ya got there, nothing better than building something yourself that you can enjoy yourself and with your family to create memories whether it be hunting or relaxing, really neat man
Outstanding human endeavor and thanks for sharing. I know how much blood, sweat and tears go into making one this size. Hope you have many successful hunts from it. I just wish i could get cheap blind windows down here.
That's awesome, I've been looking at making a blind as well as buying one. This is definitely the ultimate blind and would like to build one this spring or so. As for now tree stand will have to do lol. Thank you for the video 🤠👍
Nice blind. I'm getting older as well and sitting out in all the eliminates is harder and harder every year. Do what ever it takes to keep getting out there. All the negativity I would guess is coming from young bucks.
Used to say the same kind of things on my younger days. Many years ago my dad got so sick and almost died as a result from getting ammonia and the flu from being outside deer hunting in all cold type of temperatures etc..., is when he quit hunting. If he had a heated blind this probably would of not happened to him.Ever since I built a heated blind as good as this one, weeks later I never not got the flu, or sick etc.... after hunting season like I use to many times. And 1 of my aunts is a retired nurse. She said a few weeks after deer hunting season is when she would see a major rise of hunter's coming down with the flu etc.... But with me I can handle any type of outside weather as long as if I am moving around.
Hey, awesome blind. All these negative comments are made by punks acting like there tough guys. They would hunt out of it to if they had it. Hey, yeah I said it.
GREAT blind. Like you , I am getting too dam old to climb trees . I built a couple of ground blinds over the last couple of years so the grandkids can learn to hunt. I love the idea of heat and a coffee pot. Nice job.
great video and awesome blind..... after freezing my ass off hunting between Northern Ont and thanks Nova Scotia Canada for the last 40 plus years..... your damn right I would hunt out of this blind....! ya Im old !.....and paid my dues.....time to build !
Excellent job Kevin ! Mine is as good as yours, but not as big. But do admit you do have me beat on the solar electrical and also which I also do not have an sink inside. On mine the stair case is not steep like yours but my stair case would be the same as a house. Our blinds is better then most out there. Mine is a 6 sided hex, with an 3ft x 3ft extension box, on the bottom of it so I can stretch my legs out and sleep inside of it incase the hotels are filled up during hunting season and I cannot get a room, which happens from time to time, and mine is insulated like a house like yours, painted drywall inside, storage area's in the floor, so I can store pots and pans and food and pop soda or Gatorade while hunting, and store other things like paper towel, had sanitizer, toiler paper etc.... and a stone shelf for cooking and put my portable heater under it. In a short time I can easily get mine heated to 80 degrees to 100 degrees easily, on any zero degree below day. . And mine is 6ft tall of the ground so incase the farmer does not have the corn down, at least I will be able to see on what is going on the other side of the farm fields. On mine I am be able to see out of my windows from sitting down or standing up,(which most of these blinds you cannot stand up and look out of the window the same time).Then on my bottom I am going to make that into an out house since I cannot or probably not be able to fit a 4 wheeler in the bottom of it. And I also in the process of building another one now, but taller. The one building now will be 12ft to 19ft of the ground . The extra deer horns I got I am going to use those to hang the pots and pans like your doing. I've been using one deer horn as a coat hanger just to hang up my coat when I get inside of it.I like your idea of the curtain rods, with home made sticks . I may do that on both of these blinds.
Awsome huntn blind! To all the wanna be Rambo's hating on his methods, where in the book of hunting does it say you can't be comfortable while hunting? Some would say hunting with a rifle or compound bow isnt hunting, using commercially bought equipment to give you an edge is cheating etc... to each his or her own. Every hunt doesn't have to be a lesson in survival. Can't wait for next deer season to try this!!! I'm gettn mine built this off season. More power to ya bro, well done!!!
Love it. youre doing it right..making memories. im in the process of building my own blind and youre right...set it up to just get away sometimes. good luck sir! get that big buck
Hunting to me is about being outside enjoying nature. If you want to sit in a house you should just stay home and play video games with your grandkids. That's not hunting!!! Guys like you make real hunters laugh
Thank you for this awesome video. It has given me plenty of ideas. I am in the process of building a 6x8 box blind for a small family hunting lot. Originally I just wanted something to keep me dry and out of the elements but now I'm considering putting a small solar electrical system and a small propane heater for the really cold days. I doubt I'll go as far as running water but a corner toilet isn't a bad idea :)
Jacob Reeves as we get older we like the Creature Comforts. I've become accustomed to a few luxuries I really like. living indoors and eating. I consider myself successful. I started my life with nothing and I still have most of it left.
No. I do hunt with an arrow though...sort of a sharpened stick. Also hunt deer/elk with an iron sighted handgun. On my FEET...WALKING. Not sitting in my living room, waiting for a deer to happen by. I just think stands like that are sad. HOW can a guy get any satisfaction about taking an animal that way?
Jacob Reeves seems like it's more for drinking beer and getting away from the wife. what happened to hunting these days?! what happened to hiding out in the cold like the REAL men did without your entire home comforts with you?! guys are gettin pussified more and more.
Thats not hunting my friend. Hunting is about the experience of being cold, having the wind around you, etc. Thats a vacation in the air. Thats not hunting at all.
Cody Little is your typical asswipe. You hunt in , that is IF you hunt, in your stand in the elements and keep your fucked up hatein' comments to yourself and let this gentleman hunt however the hell he wants to. Myself Kevin, I think you're spot on !! I too, get cold and hate ta get damp or wet and cold so my stand is very similar to yours
Yeah, I like getting away from my crazy wife too. I love how you incorporated a deer blind into your escape pod in the woods. There's a chance you're a genius.
