Wind Damaged Hunting Blind

[delmer]

Last fall a neighbor built a very nice (and fairly expensive I would think) deer blind at the back of his farm, which is visible from my rear deck. It used the prefab corner braces that you can get from Bass Pro for about $150 a set, along with all new materials - pressure treated lumber, plywood, and steel roofing. It is protected on the north by a large bush, but is exposed to the west. A couple large 2 foot eye bolt anchors were put in the ground on the west side, and attached to the blind using aircraft cable.




I went for an atv ride around the fields and bushes in my area today, and found this scattered on the ground. Apparently it didn't survive the wind storm we had yesterday. Not sure how much can be salvaged and reused.

[greatwhite]

I just enlarged the picture and the majority of that lumber can be salvaged and reused. The base 2x4's are not broken, most of the chip board look's OK. Seems it pretty much just blew over. The piece that is detached looks like the chip board is broken in half.

[Greenhorn]

I have a similar plat form , but built rails and the blind goes on when we hunt.The base was also attached to trees for support.

[Deer Hunter]

That sucks. I have the same set up and hammered a spike post holder along side each leg with a length of 4"x4" then bolted the two piece with threaded rod. Never had any problems.
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[delmer]

That sucks. I have the same set up and hammered a spike post holder along side each leg with a length of 4"x4" then bolted the two piece with threaded rod. Never had any problems.
Iphone Aug 21, 2015 563.jpg

Your idea sounds like it provides a better anchor than the cable and stakes used on this blind.

[Sprite]

Duckbill/earth anchors would have been a better choice than the eye bolts!

[js4fn]

Couple logs placed beside and anchor to would be simplest