Saturday, December 1, 2007

Deer stand plans


Here are the basics of the plans that dad and I put together while we were in SD for the hunt.

The basic dimensions are 4x6. Small enough that you can see in all directions without moving around to much but large enough to be able to swing your rifle around.

The entry will be through a trap door in the floor that you can close and then stand on (makes it so you don't have to deal with a full size door on the end) Hinges will be against end wall? and a few inches from the wall so the door will stand on it's own. How do we want the ladder to flow to make entry easiest?

Side windows dad already has and I believe they are 54" wide and about 14" high. We'll mount them about 36" high (so that you can rest on the sill) The windows will hinge inwards and up so that you can hook them out of the way to shoot and be able to clean them from the inside.

End windows are small sliding windows should give about a 12x12 opening to shoot through.

Sides and roof are tin, floor is made of either plywood or 1"x lumber (which we have some of already)

I wanted to get some feedback on these if anyone has ideas. Also, if someone has free time and wants to they could create a better set of plans

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