Barrel blind
 

Okay guys i'm changing up my blind from a platform blind and looking for something alot lower that i can brush with salt grass. Someone posted some pictures of some blinds made with barrels but i don't remember who it was. Please give me some suggestions and plans on what i can use.

Thanks, chris

Quackhead62 has some nice ones he might have some pics laying around. If your doing it in the marsh jäger pump is the way to go when you sink them. My uncle has a piece of PVC pipe he melted the end on. Fill the barrel with water and stab all around it while someone stands in and rocks it back and forth. It sinks right in. Now don't ask me how they don't pop up.


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I want some of those big comercial trash cans they have in Lake Arthur. That would make some great blinds.


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i'd love to see some pics

I thought I had some pix with out brush but I don't. We have some over-pack drums. I have used regular 55 gal they work just not as comfortable. All we did was dig the holes in the marsh and fill them full of water them drive 3- 8' 2X4's and lag bolt them to the barrels. Never had one pop up in 15 years. Here is a pic of how it looks all brushed up. Attachment 62738

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We are supose to go pull our boats out this weekend and I'll take some pix of them for you

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Here's one of my buddy's he has these barrels cut in half and and built a platform on top if them you sit on the platform.

This is the only pic I have
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Looking forward to pics of that, been thinking about sinking some barrels all season...

thanks man

To me sunken blinds are the way to go in the marsh. Your profile is alot lower.

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this is more of the idea i had in mind and someone on here posted pictures of them as they were building them and after they brushed them. Thanks for all the help guys please keep the ideas and pictures if ya'll can coming

The big thing is you have to put the drums far enough apart to stick brush in between

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I stole an idea from Ttop. It's basically plastic drums cut in half. Then you build a frame around them with a seat on the back. 6 2x4's for anchors and your done. Lower profile than a true platform but not quite as low as a sunken blind. Quick, easy, and cheap. We also added a dog stand to the end and a boat hide on the back side.

that's who it was do you have the pictures of these or the thread he posted them on?

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These are the ones we built. I think you can search his old post and maybe come up with something.

nope that's what i needed thanks appreciate it

Black pastic cow troughs with platform like the barrel blinds have little nicer to hunt out of

another great idea thanks

Pit blinds works good too

Pit blinds are The way to go... All our main blinds on the big ponds that are hunted a lot are pits. The pot holes have the barrels.

Ours are very similar to y'alls... It's the only way to go

DD, is that the boat hide behind the pit blind?

yes it is

Next season I'm building half boat hide /blind, did better this year out the go-devil powered canoe than the blinds...gonna stick with this since I'm on private land....going straight to the ducks from now on...and for boat hide I mean roseaus piled and angled just right...tore the pintails up on the last few hunts like this after killing zero pintails the years before.

Is that a steel pit blind?

Yes it is

No problems with them rusting out in the marsh?

Make it from aluminum


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You can go to Waste Management or one of the other companies and they have stacks of cans they don't use anymore. Even comes with lids sometimes! They usually don't charge a dime for them.

They last us 8 to 10 yrs unless a storm comes and they get hit hard with salt water. We keep them clean and dry during hunting season then we put lids on them after season is over

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Cannot find the construction pictures. They are easy to build and easier to set up in the marsh.


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Hated to hear that about your blind Chris... but it was time to try something new anyways.

Chris we use 2 of these pit blinds just south of you. Been having them for over 20 years. A few dollars up front but then you finished with it. Survived both hurricanes with no damage; we lost every other blind we had out thereAttachment 62783.

where do you buy those at?

Rapides Fiberglass; they'll deliver to ya if you order 2 or more. Great 3 man set up. I do find this blind to be too open over the top. Run separators between hunters and hog wire around blind to angle cane or grass to hide edges. Like using 2x6s to drive on outside to set blind...better than 2x4s.

Got one just like that one G&H in Gueydan about 10 years ago. Still use it on my lease in PI.

We hunt out of an AL floating pit blind. It has ballast tanks all the way around it to add stability. It kind of sticks out a little, so you have to do a good brush job. Other then that, we kill ducks out of it.

yeah dude that was something to pull up on the last day of the season and find out that someone set the marsh on fire south of you and it got out of control and burned your platform blind down to the ground that you've been hunting for 10 years.

But the past 2 years i've been fighting that cane so now i'm gonna poison it when it starts growing back. and move the blind and do away with a platform and put something with a lower profile so i can brush with salt grass.

Can you post a picture of a half boat hide/blind? I hunted out of one of those once. Can't remember exactly how it was made though. Thanks

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Chris, I wondered how you faired w/ that burn on Sat. Sorry to hear you lost your blind. Exactly what will you use to kill the cane; I'm having the same issues. Want to get ride of most cane around some ponds. Thanks for any info. I do have an electric spray tank (12v) that I can put in our mudboat. What do I need as for chemicals?

Rubbermaid 100 gallon water troughs make a pretty sweet setup.

Here you go

It hunt's 4 men and a dog comfortably. It's 8 feet long, around 4 feet wide. The blind itself is around 5 years old but was rewelded/touched up before this duck season. The metal drums are new from this year as is the drum bracket. It has a bench that can be moved so you can hunt either side of the blind depending on wind. It has spud poles and spud pole brackets that you set with a 1/2 inch bolt- very simple and very fast. I think the spud poles are 4 or 5 feet long so if you're hunting in deeper water you will want to go buy a stick of 1 inch tube and find a chop saw and make some longer. It has a dog door. It has a transom so you can mount a trolling motor/ surface drive to it. It will move surprisingly well in open water. I took it through a stump field to get it to its resting place in our lake and with some pushing and shoving it will navigate/ float over most obstacles and slides over objects well. Doesn't weigh much and I did this move in said stump field alone.

It doesn't need bungee cords/ ratchet straps around the drums and brackets but I did it anyway. I also used U clamps to connect the blind to the brackets, but again, it sits fine on the brackets as-is. The floor is expanded metal, but you will want to put a couple of 1"x12" boards in the floor if you're running a dog- in case you didn't know that stuff plays hell on a dogs toenails.

On one hunt the water level had dropped several feet leaving the blind suspended on the spud poles about 8 inches in the air. Myself, my dog and a buddy hunted in it anyway like that to keep from damaging the drums. It stayed put suspended with no problems.

It's a solid little setup. It's perfect for hunting sloughs and areas where water fluctuates- just pull up the spud poles (or leave them hanging down so if you can't tie a knot the spud poles will keep it from drifting too far) tether it off to a solid object and if the water rises when you come back to hunt just set the spud poles and you're ready. It drafts a couple of inches empty so it can and has been towed through shallow water pretty easily. The more weight that is in it, the more solid it is, it can be hunted out of without spuds with no problem. But with the spud poles it's a rock solid shooting platform. It's the best way we could figure out to be mobile in the lake we hunt without needing 4 layout boats. A lot of r&d and materials in this bad boy to get it right, but it's right.

I got with Scooter Trosclair from the refuge anhd i have it wrote down at the house what they use to contain and i will call you tomorrow with the name and directions on how to do it.

My buddy that owns that land right by you... His dad works for Dow chemicals. Maybe he could be of some assistance


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