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I'll be using a 6.5' (to platform) box blind on the lease and am looking for suggestions (real-world) on ways to anchor it.

I plan on, at least, anchoring the legs. I am also looking for a way to anchor the center. I was looking at this (for a way to anchor 2' down in to the ground): http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/p ... rchID=4006" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Any suggestions?

This is the blind:

A single T-post right in the middle and anchor from the top of all 4 legs to that. We switched to doing it like that instead of anchoring all for legs out and it worked great. If you can, cement it but that's not always possible on a lease.

Hopefully the attachment worked....

pbwalker wrote:I am also looking for a way to anchor the center. Any suggestions?

Why do you want to do this? If you did a stress analysis, I would think that you would not gain anything from anchoring the center.

WildBill wrote:

pbwalker wrote:I am also looking for a way to anchor the center. Any suggestions?

Why do you want to do this? If you did a stress analysis, I would think that you would not gain anything from anchoring the center.

More so for the added support from wind.

budroux2w - That looks like a great idea! Thank you!

I like budroux2w'a Tpost suggestion. Sounds easiest too.

I will go ahead and throw the one I was going to add out there...
Places like home depot often have something that screw into the ground to secure things like children's playscapes. (from tipping over like your concern) I have one of these that is a metal corkscrew design with holes the top to secure to the structure.

Simpler design...when I made a large play scape for my kids I tool some 2x4's and made one end pointed like a big stake and hammered into the ground for this same purpose.

I like the T-Post however one change needs to be made to assure stability. We have anchored with a single T-Post in the middle like that but have always experienced the stand being blown over. If this is going to be set up on the edge of a field or out in the open I would suggest having a T-Post for each leg. If it's going to be a good ways back in dense brush you will be fine with the single T-Post.

The way we set our stands in fields up is have a T-Post for each leg driven in the ground about 2 foot away from the from each leg at an angle where the head of the post is sloping away from the stand itself. Then we use steel wire to tie the two together.

I have no experience with setting up a box blind, but I immediately thought of using 4 of these, one for each leg. I don't know if it is enough anchor, but it is easy to use. Plus, with all four legs anchored down like that, the stresses on any one leg would be reduced.

shortysboy09 wrote:The way we set our stands in fields up is have a T-Post for each leg driven in the ground about 2 foot away from the from each leg at an angle where the head of the post is sloping away from the stand itself. Then we use steel wire to tie the two together.

The only issue I saw with the wires going out and away from all of the legs was that the steps are actually on one of the legs.

We've anchored 3 person stands with porches from the center no problem, but then again I don't think any of them were in open fields.

If you are a "real" hunter you will get some 1" angle iron and some 1/2" plywood and build a box 4' square and 6' tall. This will not require anchoring. It may require hernia surgery, though.

I think the anchoring part is most dependent on where you put it. You're going to hunt in Llano County, right? How rocky is it going to be where you put the stand? We have a real hard time getting anything more than 10" in the ground in Gillespie County, so a T-post in the middle underneath is out of the question. None of our stands are out in the open, or in fields, though. 12" spikes at the foot of each leg of our bow stands work very well. We've got some box blinds that just sit on the ground, and some on various height legs that have either short T-posts driven in as far as we can get them and guy wires to the bottom corners of the stand (away from the ladder/steps), or they are wired to the trees they are tucked next to.

The best solution is usually a Redneck one resulting from several men with beers in hand spending a couple of hours staring at the stand. At least, that's my experience.

UpTheIrons wrote:The best solution is usually a Redneck one resulting from several men with beers in hand spending a couple of hours staring at the stand. At least, that's my experience.

budroux2w wrote:

UpTheIrons wrote:The best solution is usually a Redneck one resulting from several men with beers in hand spending a couple of hours staring at the stand. At least, that's my experience.