Hay bales are normal throughout much of hunting country. Deer, turkeys, and other big-game animals do not give them a second thought as they pass by them. So it only makes since to hunt out of a hale bale. But that’s not possible. Or at least it wasn’t until now.
You can purchase expensive hale bale blinds, or you can make your own for a lot less.
Andy Biddle from Paris, Kentucky submitted a reader project to Outdoor Life for a DIY hay bale blind project. This is impressive.
“We started by doubling over one fence panel to get rough measurements for the base, which we built with 2x6s. We braced each corner with 2x4s cut at 45-degree angles to reinforce the base. Once the base was finished, we doubled the panel over once more and tacked it to the inside of the base with staples, and then tack-welded the second panel to the open sides of the first panel. The sides made the blind pretty stout, but we added braces in the top portion of the blind… [continued]
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