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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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
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
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.
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.
@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.
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.
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.
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 TH-cam 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.
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... 👍👍
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!!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Damn near perfect! I especially like the improvised curtain rods, water system, solar, etc. Nothing for show but comfort, convenience, utility. Excellent, excellent, excellent.
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.
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.
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 !
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 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 😂🤘🏼
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.
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.
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 🤠👍
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.
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 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!!
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
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
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.
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.
Mr. Kevin this is absolutely awesome. This makes me want to build one of these for me and my son. I could see us sleeping in something like that overnight and waking up to hunt all day. What an awesome thing. Would love to see some hunting videos out if this thing. Take care
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
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.
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 :)
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.
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 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
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.
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
Really? the joy of hunting is to be outside in nature and enjoy the outdoors and the animals God provided for us, being cold and out in the elements is part of the hunt, the story, and the memories. You're not a hunter man, maby you should just stay at home with your alarms, cooking stations, running water, electricity, solar panels, and all the other bull crap. And come on you seriously just drive right up to the stand in an atv! Come on you can't be serious!
Reason on why I have a heated blind like this one is cause I used to get sick 2 or 3 weeks later with the flu every year after deer season. Now ever since I built this heated blind, something like this blind I never get sick with the flu after deer season any more.
an how do you get to where you choose to hunt? walk from home? I don't think so! shit I've shot deer,skunks,coyotes etc while sittin on the deck having morning coffee. as he said it aint just for hunting from.
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 !
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.
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.
If I were in a blind like that I would have no reason to come back home...until hunting season is over!
At what point does it turn from hunting blind to wife escape building
franklin auer that’s what they all are
Thanks for watching.
Every time...
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.
The day the build starts.
Thats awesome! Put a cot in there and you can sleep in the the night before you hunt then you ain't desturbing anything when you go out in the morning
That wood work thanks for the comment Mostly Outdoors.
Your not serious haha it's deer hunting my god take one day an go for a walk an kill one that is not hunting
@@kyraleigh9816 that's what most people who do not have a blind say... It's ok to be jealous just don't be mean at the same time...
@@kyraleigh9816 I never realized it was as easy as just "goin for a walk n killn one" ???😯 I guess I've been doin it all wrong all these years....
@Ojibwa62 x most places do not have enough land to track one down for miles.I have done it though and if is a great way to hunt.
We interrupt this marriage to bring you the hunting season
Thank you for watching.
@@Robinson-Homestead pleasure a well executed ad thought out spot
@@hollickrichard thanks Richard.
Nice job Sir. A great "Grandpa" shack! A true memory maker, well done.
Thanks for the comment.
Yes it’s a great memory maker because the grandkids can’t hold still, stay warm or be quiet. This solves all the problems!
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.
Sometimes that happens.
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.
Thank you so much for the comment glad you liked it GUY ATWOOD.
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
Sounds like it was a great place, thanks for sharing.
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!
Thank you for the comment. William.
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
Nice blind man, I am 14 years old and you are very fortunate to have a super nice blind. Wish you luck hunting this year!
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
Loved your work with the Vikings Brad. Good times.
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
Thank you for the comment.
I enjoyed this video!! I've made many memories hunting w Dad in his blind, and I'm about to build my own 8x8.
Im glad you enjoyed the video, hunting with our parents or kids is something we will never forget it was always a good time. thanks for watching.
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.
Thanks for the comment.
This guy hunts from the coffee shop..
OR IN THE TAVERN,,,
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.
My dad loved it he was 82 years old
Are we hunting or living in a house
That's a tiny house !
@Some 1poisoned the water hole it’s on private property. You can do what you want.
I won't fault the guy for doing it his way but that's a shooting house not a blind.
There is no hunting involved.
@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.
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.
Thank you James happy hunting be safe.
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.
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 TH-cam 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.
Thanks for the Grand Tour !! There are only so many hunting season in a Life Time to share with the younger generation
Thanks for the comment Doug.
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... 👍👍
Thank you Gary.
I love it, I would bundle up in there all of December in Michigan
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!!
that is right Gizmo,it's not fun anymore sitting for hours in the freezing cold
If I had this I wouldn’t go home all season
Some times I feel like that.
It would be home, bout all I need
For shizzle Eric.
Thanks for the video. I was recently given access to a nice little spot and was told I could build a blind.
This would work love it.
Yep been looking for different ideas for a blind that I'd like to build and I think I might be trying to mimic this one. Very nicely done!
You will love it on them cold days.
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.
Thank you for the comment Burnin' Daylite.
Great job. Very nice. Good place to go to get away from the wife when she is riding her broom.
You are 100% right Jeff thank you.
Jeff Sartain what does it mean riding her broom
Jeff Sartain a whole week eveey month!
Awesome!
@@fisher-ph7ll your kiddn right???!!
What a pad. My kind of hunting. I'm getting old and I like being comfy. Nice job.
I just deer hunt in it it is nice and comfy thanks for the comment and watching Mike.
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
Stephen Brandner did you ever have any luck with the hunt ?
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.
Thank you Gary.
To each his own, we have those here in Wisconsin. I am 60 and there is no place like being in the woods hunting from my ladder stand.
I use a ladder stand and love it thanks for the comment larry seliger.
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.
larry seliger I totally agree
Nice blind. Enjoy hunting as long as you want. Time with the kids and grandkids is precious enjoy every moment you can.
That's right thank you for the comment.
Awesome blind. What a great way to spend time hunting with your family. Good luck this season. Cheers.
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.
Sounds like a cool cabin, thanks for watching.
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!!!
Thank you for watching and glad you like them I will work hard to bring good clean videos to all thanks Stacie Youngblood.
i agree with stacie :)
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.
Damn near perfect! I especially like the improvised curtain rods, water system, solar, etc. Nothing for show but comfort, convenience, utility. Excellent, excellent, excellent.
Thanks for the comment.
Very cool, we used a piece of indoor outdoor carpet, it cut the air movement big time from the floor
Thank you for sharing... I am glad that some people are blessed with the time, space, and resources to have and enjoy such things.
Thanks for watching J Martin.
Great hunting blind !
I have an 8x8 7' off the ground -great for camping too .
About the only time when I camp in mine is when I cannot get a hotel room in that town during hunting season, which happens from time to time.
Very Nice ... You seem so relaxed out in your Blind . 👍👍 Enjoy Brother....
It's a nice place just to sit
I would not even have to go home from 11:30-2:00 this place is awesome
One day I aspire to build a blind like this, maybe incorporate it into my hunting cabin.
Thanks for watching and the comment.
That is a really nice blind. You could hold a card game in there after the hunt.lol.
Thanks for watching.
In Michigan it would be Euchre
@@BrianGLee-bc7hj Nothing better than a good game of Euchre.
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.
Look at yard sales and flea markets.
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.
It's a peaceful place thanks Hatch61.
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 !
yeah the older i get i can't last out there for too long so it is nice to have the heat
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 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 😂🤘🏼
Wow sounds awesome
How much time did this take you? Also if you don’t mind me
Asking how much did it cost you to do this?
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.
I am 49 years old and the cold is to cold for me thanks for watching Ranch.
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.
@@jeffheff9811 that's what I'm talking about brother, respect the wildlife & hunt however you enjoy it best.
Thank you all for the comments be safe and have fun.
@@Robinson-Homestead your welcome Kevin, thanks for sharing your deer house with us. Hope you have an enjoyable season.
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 🤠👍
Thanks Brette
Ultimate man cave you can shoot from! Nice!
Thank you Albert.
Absolutely love this . I can't hunt outside anymore either . Can't handle the cold.
It works for me and it is warm Mak 90 thank you for the comment.
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.
Thank you lloyd jarvis for the good comment my friend.
wade morris lol
wade morris how ghetto you sound. Hahaha
lloyd jarvis yeah that's what I was thinking hunting in the wind and freezing your ass off gets old after you do it for a few years.
#facts
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.
Thank you for the comment.
That is frickin awesome
Thank you for the comment.
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!!
Thanks for watching and the comment Rusty.
Nice blind but basically hunting from your cabin. That's ok to me no different than hunting from any enclosed blind.
Thanks for watching silverdack802.
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
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
Thank you for watching Fumbles.
Like shooting from a single wide up on stilts.
Good for you…. I’m building one this summer for myself and my two boys.
You'll Love it good luck on your build my friend.
I just wouldn't want to be in there when someone shoots a hi power. Your ears would ring for a month. LOL these comments are hilarious!
Thanks for watching and the comment.
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.
Where do you shot from? My dad would have loved that blind. Great job.
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.
Thanks for the comment My friend.
It's likely you won't feel the same way in 35 or 40 years.
@@SpringfieldGuy ill die young. No worries.
he even almost called it a cabin, lol
It could be a cabin.
I love your deer blind, it's perfect just as it is,add heat and ur good!
Keep on Keeping on!
Butch from Ashland Ohio
thank you Butch
Some like hunting, some like shooting
Dude - fantastic! This is a place you can stay in all freaking day and hunt. Great job!
Thank you Jeff.
If that's what u like great... Myself if I had to hunt like that, well I just wouldn't bother hunting any longer. Summit climber for me.
Mr. Kevin this is absolutely awesome. This makes me want to build one of these for me and my son. I could see us sleeping in something like that overnight and waking up to hunt all day. What an awesome thing. Would love to see some hunting videos out if this thing. Take care
Thank you for the nice comment EC.
This is awesome but if I was hunting in this I’ll need at least one more person to watch the other side
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
Thanks BTHaney.
Are you even hunting at that point? Like damn pretty untraditional
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.
no he wasn't hunting he was giving a tour. that is not just for hunting as he said it's also a lil getaway.
So maybe he should use a stick and wear leaves now that's traditional
Looks awesome to me I hunt everything really cool
I know what you mean about getting cold. I am in Wis and I have a hunting shack with heat in it too. Great job you did on it. Good luck hunting.
Thank you Tom you to my friend.
I see the like button, where is the love button.
That's a great set up. Only thing I might add is a wall mounted propane heater. That would definitely take the chill off.
A little much !!
That's great. I would have one if I could. The cold has gotten to much for me also.
Me to John and I really don't care if I see a deer I am warm.
City boy hunting blind.
Smart hunter blind !!! Hell, yea
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 :)
the more comfortable you are the longer you can stay.
That thing is fucking awesome
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.
Its nice but that's to much for deer
Thanks for the comment Mike.
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 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
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.
Thanks russvtguy Merry Christmas.
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, it's not your place to define how others should do the things they enjoy.
Cody little is just jealous because he can’t afford bullets or a gun to hunt with
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
Cody Little searched for hunting in the dictionary and nowhere it said hunter had to be cold or miserable
I like the idea of parking underneath.
It works Charles thank you for watching.
Really? the joy of hunting is to be outside in nature and enjoy the outdoors and the animals God provided for us, being cold and out in the elements is part of the hunt, the story, and the memories. You're not a hunter man, maby you should just stay at home with your alarms, cooking stations, running water, electricity, solar panels, and all the other bull crap. And come on you seriously just drive right up to the stand in an atv! Come on you can't be serious!
Reason on why I have a heated blind like this one is cause I used to get sick 2 or 3 weeks later with the flu every year after deer season. Now ever since I built this heated blind, something like this blind I never get sick with the flu after deer season any more.
an how do you get to where you choose to hunt? walk from home? I don't think so! shit I've shot deer,skunks,coyotes etc while sittin on the deck having morning coffee. as he said it aint just for hunting from.
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 !
It is nice on them cool days for sure thank you for the comment.
You my friend need to learn what hunting is about
I did that the older you get the colder you get and if I take my grandkids they will be safe and warm thank you for the comment Jacob.
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.
I agree. How can you feel any sense of accomplishment taking a deer from basically a cabin on stilts? NOT for me.
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.
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 !
Thank you for the comment know more freezing for me and I can now take my grandkids.
Really, ridiculous, just stay home...
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.
Cool thanks for the comment.
That’s not hunting
Great blind! You could live in it. That floor needs to be quieted down though for sure
I agree!
Thanks for the comment.