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hunter63
08-06-2009, 12:01 PM
We talked about this before, but I thought I would share my building experience of the Louisiana Box Blind.

Step one: get your self a "box" I chose the standard Port-a potty.
I purchased mine used (but clean) from a port-a-potty place.
Prices started at $25 bucks (depending on condition), this one was $75 bucks as it was in pretty good over all condition, and easy to get at.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/hunter63/azbeforecrop.jpg

Step two, clean up and remove any thing that you don't want to hunt with.
Sawzall works well, (fiberglass hard on blades), I built a floor by tracing out the bottom on a piece of plywood, then cutting it out. Added bracing (2X4's)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/hunter63/bzremovecrop.jpg
Step three, build stand, (don't need to, but I chose to build one, this can be anything you want, or as tall as you want).
Stand is 10 ft tall as I wanted to get a good view of my river bottom.
Lumber was about $85 bucks and another $50 buck for bolts.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/hunter63/czstandcrop.jpg

Step four, add amenities.Cut in windows, added plexiglass, interior shelf/shooting rest, carpet (picked up from the rich side of town on the curb)(noise), office chair, (swivels and goes up and down, rummage sale $20 bucks)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/hunter63/dzwindowscrop.jpg

Step five, decorate, DW loves to paint stuff, so I let her have at. Figured all the deer around will say, "Hey, check out the cammo job on that blind, I can't even see it!
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/hunter63/fzartworkcrop.jpg

Step six, transport to location, (lots of help, luck and bad words), set up, (again, lots of help, luck and bad words), and enjoy to new "Office".

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y139/hunter63/gztheofficecrop.jpg

Good hunting!

glockcop
08-06-2009, 12:08 PM
Thanks Hunter63. I thought that thing looked farmiliar. I was hopeing I wasn't going looney. Pretty cool man, Pretty cool.

crashdive123
08-06-2009, 02:16 PM
Nice job and explanation. Just a word of caution though - don't let Hope see this thread. Now that he's working on running water, the next thing he'll want is a door on the outhouse. Wouldn't want him to get too citified!

ClayPick
08-06-2009, 03:21 PM
Best part is the weatherproofing! Nice job! Mine isn't fancy but it works every year.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Back_Burner/BLIND.jpg

Ken
08-06-2009, 04:28 PM
Not bad! A room with a view. :innocent:

hunter63
08-07-2009, 10:15 AM
Not bad! A room with a view. :innocent:

LOL, now when I tell people I have to go to the "office", we all know where it is I'm going.

Rick
08-07-2009, 10:42 AM
1. If you had left the factory original equipment you would have had a seat and you could....well, you know.

2. At ten feet, if anyone looks up they can pretty much see your river bottom can't they?

3. I don't see the standard safety precaution labels required by OSHA.

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hunter63
08-07-2009, 11:32 AM
They were selling "factory built" box blinds, about 6 ft high at the box floor, and they had a trap door in the bottom, real PITA to get in and out of.
They were starting at about $600 bucks.
Built this one for about $350, using all new wood and bolts.
Paid a little more for the Porta-potty as it was close to the loading area, and wasn't filled with hornets nests, down in the ... well, you know where.

So I could probably save a couple of bucks, but hey, it works for me.

hunter63
08-16-2009, 05:25 PM
Thanks for bring that up.

Ken
08-16-2009, 05:33 PM
Hey legalrights! How about an Introduction? http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7813

I see from your profile that you work in a law office. Well, I gotta' be honest, that's one strike against you right from the start. At least you ain't one of them dang lawyers. That would be 10 strikes. We already have enough of that kind around here as it is. :sneaky2:

hunter63
08-17-2009, 11:23 AM
So, I'm thinking, so just where in the h--l did that comment by "legalrights" come from?
Obviously out of context, and from left field.

Well, boys looks like we made the big time, and I think I know where "legalrights" came from.
Did a Google search on "Louisiana Box blinds" and this thread came up as #1.

Talk about the economy being slow......., I mean, think about it, some one found this thread, had to join the forum, just to lets us know we have legal rights?

Tell me that big brother isn't watching?

As far as my box blind being OSHA compliant, any one except me caught anywhere near it, on private property, it will be considered trespassing, and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Now that I covered that, did also find this, Louisiana Box blinds for sale;
http://www.louisianasportsman.com/classifieds.php?sid=710079f4c1e7e8a188e0a43f37697f 58&sec=classifieds&catID=119&regID=2