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I'm thinking about building a duck blind using wood pallets. Any thoughts or ideas?

Some guys that hunted the same pond I did last year did. It looked freakin awesome. They took two pallets, cut cedar branches, and tied them on. Blended right in with the cedars they put it in front of.

any suggestions are welcome! or maybe if we have any architects to help with some design ideas

Need to know where the blind will be. On the water? At Water's edge? Floating requirements? Things like that...

Pallets are about 40-48" square and one pallet would be ok for one hunter but two side by side should hold 2-3 hunters comfortably. The major drawback with pallets is that usually they are not solid and the slats are uncomfortable to stand or move around on. In soft mud they sink easily but never sink level and you end up sometimes with an uncomfortable floor.

Standing brush up around any blind is far better in my opinion than camo cloth, netting or other materials. If you are using slatted pallets, be careful not to drop shells, calls or anything else through the slats, it is a pain in the butt. A dog on a pallet can easily break a leg.

If you are using the pallets as a fence/wall around the blind, they work great for that, sturdy, easy to hold brush and when the brush is applied they offer quite a bit of wind protection

Yes we are planning on putting it close to the shore. Thanks Ron, thats what i was thinking with the floor, so we would probably just build the walls up with the pallets.

You could use the pallets as a floor too. Just nail/screw down a piece of 1/4" or 1/2" plywood to it and that will solve a few problems.

Juice Box wrote:You could use the pallets as a floor too. Just nail/screw down a piece of 1/4" or 1/2" plywood to it and that will solve a few problems.

Xzackery!

good shit, thanks guys, this is our spring/summer project