ideas for pit blinds

[trophy8]

does anybody have any ideas or pics of a pit blinds?

[BIG IRON]

I have thought about doing one and trying to find ine of the real old, big satellite dishes that are made out of expanded metal to ude as the roof.
Not sure if that is what you had in mind.

[1troubleshooter]

a coworker of mine uses pvc and makes a dome shape with the tubing and covers them with old plastic election signs that are left behind from the folks that dont get elected cuts out some windows and uses shoot thru mesh to cover the windows throws on some cheap brown and green paint ive sat in them a few times deer get scary close just an idea wish i had pics too show u

[duck'n]

I would like to see some pics of a few as well. I have heard of framing the roof with lumber and then attaching an old piece of tin. Then brush the top. I don't know how you would get in and out though without disturbing the brush pile. My main concern is SNAKES! I don't imagine it would be fun to get up at 5:30 and climb into a pit with a rattler or two. Flashlight would be mandatory.

[STGS]

Try digging out the pit 2.5'-3' deep. Then take rebar (small, but not too small) and make a domed frame approximately 2.5-3' above the ground. We always sink the rebar into the dugout floor. This takes a bit more rebar, but enables you to put concrete around the bottom of the rebar as well. Then put chicken wire or a tight wire mesh over the top of the rebar all the way to the ground. Concrete in the floor and side walls of your dugout to hold the rebar in place. We put "chunky" concrete, as opposed to soupy concrete, over the chicken wire. The wire will catch and hold the concrete if you tie it off to the rebar and double up the chicken wire. Wire mesh works better, but it quite a bit more expensive. You can also add stain to your concrete. Brown & green work well.

Brush it in and add a little camo paint job and you are done.

[AgHntr10]

I've hunted out of ground blinds that are made of very large( 7-8 ft across) fiberglass septic tanks. I would think that these would work perfect, just dig a hole and drop them in

[opiecunningham7]

a septic tank?

[coachwhip]

Here is a design that is close to a pit blind, I take 6 sections of R panel sheet metal and fasten them together.

Next I create a slight pitched roof with two pieces of flat tin over the rafters, I take two pieces of 1 inch rigid tubing to form a hoop to support the bottom of the blind. The final step is to dig a hole
deep enough that I can sit in with my butt on the ground.

When complete the blind is just 48" tall but roomy enough to stand in the cent of the blind.

[BIG D]

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=281368

My thread from last year.

[Capt.Bryan]

I hunted out of one several years ago a friend of my dads made. I wish I had pics. He built a form out of plywood in the shape of a large triangle. He then stretched chicken wire across it then poured expanding foam into the form. He would then take 4 of the expanded foam pieces and take them to his stand location and dig a hole so he could sit on the ground with his legs in the hole. Then he would lace the chicken wire together to form a dome around him. He cut 2 shooting windows out in the middle of two of the triangles and put shoot through mesh over them. To get in you just unwire one of the panels and drop in. Seal the other seams up with a can of expanding foam. Then camo and brush it in. His had been there for years. They were about 40" tall above the ground.