Jon Yenulonis
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I too am in the process of cleaning out my shop. For the last fifteen or so years, it has become somewhat of a catch-all. I finally broke down and rented a dumpster and started Goin at it.
Among a lot of other things, I came across this old piece of my history.
Back in "the old days", the days before the fancy waterproof, camo, extremely comfortable folding field blinds out there on the market these days, we had to improvise. My buddies and I fabricated a few of these "sled blinds". We made them out of what we had at the time. Lightweight plywood for the bottoms, 1 X 6 sides with holes cut for both handles and tying the gear in place. On the bottom, we came across an old plastic, kids swimming pool and used the hard plastic sides underneath. On a frosty morning, these things, fully loaded, would glide across the corn stalks like a business man's shoes on fresh ice. As I recall, two of us were able to carry not only our guns/ammo/cover and clothes, but 2 dozen Bigfoot full bodies, (diassembled of course), and a couple dozen magnum shells.
After reaching our destination and setting up, we would lay down inside and cover up with a combination of burlap grain bags and loose cornstalks.
We shot a LOT of birds out of these things, while keeping our butts dry!
Just thought I'd share...
Jon
Among a lot of other things, I came across this old piece of my history.
Back in "the old days", the days before the fancy waterproof, camo, extremely comfortable folding field blinds out there on the market these days, we had to improvise. My buddies and I fabricated a few of these "sled blinds". We made them out of what we had at the time. Lightweight plywood for the bottoms, 1 X 6 sides with holes cut for both handles and tying the gear in place. On the bottom, we came across an old plastic, kids swimming pool and used the hard plastic sides underneath. On a frosty morning, these things, fully loaded, would glide across the corn stalks like a business man's shoes on fresh ice. As I recall, two of us were able to carry not only our guns/ammo/cover and clothes, but 2 dozen Bigfoot full bodies, (diassembled of course), and a couple dozen magnum shells.
After reaching our destination and setting up, we would lay down inside and cover up with a combination of burlap grain bags and loose cornstalks.
We shot a LOT of birds out of these things, while keeping our butts dry!
Just thought I'd share...
Jon
