LocationThis week for my Genius Hour project I located and cleared out an area for my deer blind. The location is in a small clearing in a wooded area behind my house. The location being near my house will allow for it to be easily accessible or me to work on. The location is also definitely good enough for me to hunt in. I cleared brush away from the area where I wanted to place the blind. Doing this was not hard, just very time consuming. I also raked back the leaves to get to the dirt. This was very easy to do and took very little time at all. The ground is slightly uneven so I will have to dig into the ground to make sure that the blind can be completely level. This may be challenging to do, but there's no other location that I can place the blind that is better, so I will just have to work around it. Next week I should be ready to start on the construction of the base of the blind. New plansLast week I mentioned that I am probably going to need to change my plans for the blind. I need to do this because the cost of lumber right now would make the blind incredibly expensive. While I was researching for new plans, I found plans that used pallets to build the frame of the blind. This is perfect for me because my dad has hundreds of pallets where he works, so it will be very easy and cheap for me to get the materials for the blind. The frame will still need to be made out of wooden posts, but it will still be very cheap when compared to what the price was originally going to be. The roof can be made mostly out of pallets, but some other pieces will need to be added to keep water out of the blind.
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AuthorI'm Ty and these blog posts are to show off my progress for my Genius Hour project. Archives
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