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Re: Shooting house tips
[Re: cvp3]
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01/24/19 09:49 AM
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Built some with OSB about 15 years ago and they are still fine. I would recommend sealing it with great stuff or some sort of filler to try and keep the wasps out as much as possible. Also plexiglass windows on hinges are nice to have. Finally, I would really look at elevating the stand a little more than four feet. Good luck doing it on a budget. They get expensive quick. Thanks. I might have access to some free lumber and also picked up a couple boards last night from the cull stack at Home Depot (70% off).
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Re: Shooting house tips
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01/24/19 10:17 AM
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Joe; remember older we get the key word is comfort, build for it.
Yep. That's one reason the shooting house might become a reality...getting out of those ladder stands. The weekends rains this season have also provided motivation.
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Re: Shooting house tips
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01/24/19 10:18 AM
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Those are great pieces of advice already!! I'm with what cvp3 said about making them as insect-proof as possible. The last one we built, wasn't heavy or over-built, but we did it RIGHT with no gaps around the door/windows/roof, etc. I absolutely HATE going to a shooting house in the dark, even when it's cold, and there being wasps huddled together on the wall. More than anything else, insect-proofing it was my priority last time. Maybe I'm just girly! This is expensive to buy, but my father in law owned a flooring business and lots of old boxes of carpet tile. 2' x 2' squares of commercial carpet with rubber backing....we used flooring adhesive and put it on the floor and interior walls up to the window. It sound dampened movement very good, and I suppose also gave it a little bit of insulation (although I guess that don't matter really). I do NOT leave my chairs in there year round. Again, makes my skin crawl thinking about spiders being in them. Some friends of mine had buzzards roost in one of theirs over the summer, basically ruined the house to the point of being unusable. They sprayed it with Clorox and everything, still can't kill the ammonia smell.
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: Shooting house tips
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Oh, only other thing is plan the window height very carefully, so when you shoulder your gun it's comfortable and steady. I'm only 5-11, but most shooting house window ledges are far too short for me, I'm always leaned down and hunched over, don't feel steady.
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: Shooting house tips
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Oh, only other thing is plan the window height very carefully, so when you shoulder your gun it's comfortable and steady. I'm only 5-11, but most shooting house window ledges are far too short for me, I'm always leaned down and hunched over, don't feel steady. Yep, and I'm going to have a youth with me much of the time so have to consider that as well...
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Re: Shooting house tips
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Some friends of mine had buzzards roost in one of theirs over the summer, basically ruined the house to the point of being unusable. They sprayed it with Clorox and everything, still can't kill the ammonia smell.
I've had to clean a few out that owls had been roosting/nesting in. The dust from all of that poop and pellets makes you feel like you're definitely going to die from bird flu.
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Re: Shooting house tips
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01/24/19 10:46 AM
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The guy I hunt with in Namibia builds blinds out of boulders on the side of a mountain about 100 yards above a waterhole. When I hunted there in 2017 a leopard had killed an African porcupine and drug it into the blind to eat it. The quills of African porcupines are extremely long (10-12ā) and considered good luck. I brought about 15-20 home with me in my carryon bag.
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Re: Shooting house tips
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The guy I hunt with in Namibia builds blinds out of boulders on the side of a mountain about 100 yards above a waterhole. When I hunted there in 2017 a leopard had killed an African porcupine and drug it into the blind to eat it. The quills of African porcupines are extremely long (10-12ā) and considered good luck. I brought about 15-20 home with me in my carryon bag. I feel like being in an enclosed space where something got eaten by a leopard would be somewhat unsettling for me
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