Mini wood stove for deer blind

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mstoelton

mstoelton

Feeling the Heat
Dec 16, 2013
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SE michigan
I'm planning an elevated deer blind that I want to include a mini wood stove for all day comfort.

Are there any really small and inexpensive wood stoves for this purpose?
 
Yes, but I can't cook breakfast on that!
 
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I'd consider something like this - Kingsford 820-Square Inch Barrel Grill:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kingsford-820-Square-Inch-Barrel-Grill/19398430

$108, you could shorten the legs to make it a little smaller and extend the stack up out of your blind.

I'd make sure you had good airflow in the blind or even bring a battery powered CO detector - better to scare off some game if it goes off than fall asleep and never wake up!
 
Gotta stay warm and fed watching the big screen TV.

Hunting with my BIL I didn't want to have to dress one that I couldn't bring back on the plane so I smoked in the blind. Never saw a deer in three trips. Everybody else on the lease always limited out.
 
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I'm building a small stove from one of those mini Heineken kegs. You should see what you can come up with and we'll compare in three years when I actually finish mine.
 
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Fsappo said:
could never get deer to come close to any kind of smoke
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That's the big conversation point - I have some hunting pals that wear the charcoal impregnated suits and keep their hunting clothes in a rubber bin with scent wafers. On the other hand, one of my veteran skeet partners (RIP - Charlie) told me he never took so many deer as when he was out there smoking cigarettes in his tree stand!
 
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Wait, what was he doing?
 
oh...man...interesting thread. I'm not sure I would personally bother with a wood heater in a blind. Better to get some good gear and maybe a few hotshots in your pockets.
I see they have rechargeable heated liners for your boots...(I can see millions of old hunters writhing in their graves at this very second)

But then again I can't look in any direction around here and not see a deer, they are like rats...so a blind is kinda pointless....unless it's just an excuse to get another wood stove! I like how this is going....
 
Im starting to wonder if the purpose of this deer blind has a damn thing to do with hunting deer. Sounds like the making of a swell man cave.
 
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An Elevated man cave with shooting windows. I hunt a private farm in SE MI. Last year I took an 8pt that weighed out to 240 lbs dressed. These deer are out there, you just have to spend the time in the stand. The elevated stand with a couple of lazy boys, and a small wood stove just makes that more comfortable.
 
You'd be surprised what you can rig up to cook on with one of the Mr. Buddy heaters. Do some google searches and you'll find all kinds of plans for cooking racks for them. A lot of people use them for ice fishing.
 
Look up BOBCAT rocket stove. Or Colorado Cylinder Stove. I think either would fit your need
 
I love my big buddy heater. Never tried to cook on it, though.
 
Hit Amazon their are a few their. http://www.amazon.com/TMS-STOVE-2346-Portable-Military-Camping/dp/B002XNWC8A I have a buddy that bow hunts and he burns incence sicks in a coffee can ? Shoots 1-2 Dear every year, He claims it's a smell they have never experienced before and their curios as to what it is? Sounds Fishy to me, But he swears by it??????? Not a hunter myself but I do enjoys the venison burgers he passes my way. Jay
 
This is gonna get like those ice-fishing shacks. Pretty soon guys will have satellite TV, a jacuzzi, and a wood stove in their "tree palace". ;lol
 
morpho said:
oh...man...interesting thread. I'm not sure I would personally bother with a wood heater in a blind. Better to get some good gear and maybe a few hotshots in your pockets.
I see they have rechargeable heated liners for your boots...(I can see millions of old hunters writhing in their graves at this very second)

But then again I can't look in any direction around here and not see a deer, they are like rats...so a blind is kinda pointless....unless it's just an excuse to get another wood stove! I like how this is going....
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Pretty neat, a stove in the blind. Spent 2 hours this am in a stand , wood stove wouldn't fit in mine but wondered about a a coffe maker . Are we losing our minds here, was wondering about using RPGs but wandering !!!!!
 
Kevin Dolan said:
Are we losing our minds here, was wondering about using RPGs but wandering !!!!!
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Well, there's this if you need to get it out of your system:

 
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