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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: sumpter_al]
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06/25/18 01:29 PM
06/25/18 01:29 PM
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4' is not deep enough if ya wanta build a narrow shooting bench and use office chairs. And that's a fact , Jack! I have never been able to keep an office chair from squeaking. I build a 6' bench seat across the house. The key to a bench seat is to add an angled plywood back to it so it is more comfortable. I also use liquid nails and screws to build all my houses (4x6) and they work great. I also build windows out of real 1/4" glass. The glass slides in a groove that I use my router to cut into a piece of solid PVC. I buy the PVC at lowes and it comes in 1x4. I can rip it to 1x2, cut my groove as close to the edge as I can while keeping a little lip (1/8-1/16"). The PVC will not swell if it gets wet so the glass wont stick. Then I have room left to screw the plastic to the wall. There is so little an opening between the window and the wall that bugs (especially wasps) cannot get into the house. Real glass is more expensive than plexi but it holds up better. It can be cleaned with windex, where the plexi will turn yellow and scratch easily. Another thing I do before each season is remove the window from the frame (when I am cleaning) and apply a little gulfwax to the edges. It makes the glass slide easy and quiet. Another thing I add to my houses is a piece of stall mat. I get them at tractor supply and cut them to fit. Stall mats are heavy rubber mats and work as an insulator really well. If my feet dont get cold I can sit all day. I also cut a little strip of the stall mat and apply it to the bottom of my windows for a quiet gun prop. With the windows and the stall mat, even on a real cold day the house will warm up pretty good. If you can keep the wind off you it helps to see more deer and not get so cold. Those benches don't sound very comfortable to me. Kinda be tough shooting directions other than out the front too I'd guess.
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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: crocker]
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06/25/18 01:52 PM
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4x6 Anything wider than 4ft and you start loosing field of view unless your windows are huge which creates other issues This. The larger it gets the harder it is to see out of especially if only one person is using it. I put mobile home windows in mine. Cost about $50 a piece so consider that. Horse Stall mat on the floor. Skip the office chair they make a ton of noise. I have bought several nice blind chairs cheap after season sales... leave them at the camp house and you take it with you. I also leave a metal folding chair in the house just-in-case. I use a Banded Swivel blind chair most of the time. Plenty comfortable but not enough you are going to fall asleep in it. I'm out there to hunt so that isn't an issue.
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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: bambam32]
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06/25/18 03:34 PM
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4x8 has always worked for me. Of course the bigger the better IMO. I use either plastic or metal folding chairs. Those folding stadium chairs never seem to be high enough to see out the window once you sink down in them.
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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: bambam32]
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06/25/18 03:59 PM
06/25/18 03:59 PM
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My floors are plywood with low pile carpet , chairs are quiet. I guess if they squeaked I'd oil them. Office chairs are good for changing heights and spinning around to shoot out the side or back. All of mine have windows in all sides for a reason , deer get killed in all directions.
Last edited by 2Dogs; 06/25/18 04:13 PM.
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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: bambam32]
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06/26/18 07:02 AM
06/26/18 07:02 AM
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I don't build shooting houses with windows all the way around. I only hunt them when its windy or raining, unless I have one on a powerline where I can just see 2 ways. When the wind is howling, or its raining your not going to hear anything so you need to be concentrating on looking 1 or 2 ways, not 360 degree's. I'd rather cover 2 ways well, than 4 ways half ass. Having windows all the way around defeats the purpose of a shooting house to me. I'd just as soon hunt out of a stand. But that's just me.
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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: bambam32]
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06/26/18 07:46 AM
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whats this shooting HOUSE thing ya'll sissies are talking about???
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: blumsden]
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06/26/18 07:54 AM
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I don't build shooting houses with windows all the way around. I only hunt them when its windy or raining, unless I have one on a powerline where I can just see 2 ways. When the wind is howling, or its raining your not going to hear anything so you need to be concentrating on looking 1 or 2 ways, not 360 degree's. I'd rather cover 2 ways well, than 4 ways half ass. Having windows all the way around defeats the purpose of a shooting house to me. I'd just as soon hunt out of a stand. But that's just me. IMO your open stand V shooting house because of wind is flawed . Open stand scent can travel any direction, shooting house with windows all around you simply close the one on upwind side, plus the house can actually hold scent. Been my experience deer are much more likely to silhouette you while moving too much than smell you in a house with windows on all side. My deer can come from 360 degrees. I don't understand why anyone would limit their view to one or two directions. All my houses have plots in front but deer are killed in other directions. One has many more killed out the back than in front.
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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: BhamFred]
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06/26/18 07:56 AM
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whats this shooting HOUSE thing ya'll sissies are talking about??? It's where older , wiser hunters go when it's raining. My days of sitting in the rain for a deer have long passed!
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: 2Dogs]
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06/26/18 09:23 AM
06/26/18 09:23 AM
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I don't build shooting houses with windows all the way around. I only hunt them when its windy or raining, unless I have one on a powerline where I can just see 2 ways. When the wind is howling, or its raining your not going to hear anything so you need to be concentrating on looking 1 or 2 ways, not 360 degree's. I'd rather cover 2 ways well, than 4 ways half ass. Having windows all the way around defeats the purpose of a shooting house to me. I'd just as soon hunt out of a stand. But that's just me. IMO your open stand V shooting house because of wind is flawed . Open stand scent can travel any direction, shooting house with windows all around you simply close the one on upwind side, plus the house can actually hold scent. Been my experience deer are much more likely to silhouette you while moving too much than smell you in a house with windows on all side. My deer can come from 360 degrees. I don't understand why anyone would limit their view to one or two directions. All my houses have plots in front but deer are killed in other directions. One has many more killed out the back than in front. Where I hunt 2dogs, you have limited sight opportunities because its so thick. Watching down a power line or some lanes that have been cut with a dozer are the only way to hunt most of the properties. I agree the silhouetting of the hunter is another reason I don't like a window behind me. I'd rather not be confined to a shooting house but on those windy rainy days they sure are nice. BTW, the wind I speak of is not that a deer will smell you, its just damn cold on your body. I would have to have windows if there were windows on all four sides. Another thing, typically my windows are only 8" high. I don't get why some people make there windows so large. I don't bow hunt out of a shooting house. I don't bow hunt when its raining, hard to find blood after the shot.
Last edited by blumsden; 06/26/18 09:26 AM.
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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: bambam32]
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07/01/18 11:30 PM
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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: bambam32]
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07/06/18 11:41 AM
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If you plan on bow hunting out of the shooting house, 4 feet deep isn't enough for me. I cannot get to full draw in a 4 feet deep shooting house. If there will be no bow hunting, 4 feet deep is plenty.
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Re: Best sized shooting house for two hunters?
[Re: 2Dogs]
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07/06/18 02:16 PM
07/06/18 02:16 PM
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My floors are plywood with low pile carpet , chairs are quiet. I guess if they squeaked I'd oil them. Office chairs are good for changing heights and spinning around to shoot out the side or back. All of mine have windows in all sides for a reason , deer get killed in all directions. Yep. And 4x6 at least for two folks. Build them on the ground, set and brace post with a joist system. Set them up with tractor and forks.
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