Gun season here in IL can bring some cold and windy conditions, and while I spent many days up in a tree stand I want to expand a bit.

A friend had the base from some cage they were scraping at work. I was able to cut off the sides that left me with a steel frame. I then got a set of 4x4 leg mounts and welded them to the corners. Then each side wall is made form 2x2" and luwan so its lightweight. Then roof is a premade tarred heavy felt type material. The final size was 7'x6'x6.5' so there is plenty of space for 2 to hunt and I can stand up and strech out every now and then. Its really nice to have a shelf to put all my gear out on, and a swivel chair for 360 degrees of deer hunting action



In the back you can see my old tree stand


This years project is to add some windows to knock down some the wind