This past winter, Pixelshooter and I started yacking back and forth about fabricating some portable fold-front waterfowl blinds. Pixel knew exactly what he wanted:
- Metal frame panels that pin together for an assembly time of less than five minutes.
- Lightweight.
- Big enough for three.
- Fit flat in the back of a pickup snugly between the wheel wells.
- Comfortable.
- Most importantly, a front that only needs a gentle push to release the magnets so it flops down leaving just you and the geese, with no having to pop up from your chair, then pulls back up with a light tug on a rope until magnets engage again.
Basically, our goal was to take the best features of an Avian X Blind and do our best to improve upon it, which I am confident we achieved. I am also happy, as not everyone is able to enjoy a hunt out of a layout. In particular, I have a very good friend who is now older, who hauled me all over Alberta hunting and trialing pointing dogs as a teenager, and these blinds will allow my son and I to hunt with him in comfort.
Well after a tremendous amount of time and effort, sourcing metal and hardware, and working together to build the frames, we have both completed our units.
Here are some pics of one of mine that I did a test run with this afternoon...
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