The Ultimate Portable Deer Blind!

Gabe converts an old gravity wagon into a deer blind for hunting Michigan's cold late season.

[@mikehaas5292]

Very Cool Blind,,, At last someone gets the high shoulder shot! Great Shot, No Tracking, Deer Down,

[@Nicmadis]

Deer blind for hunting season and playhouse for the girls for the rest of the year or a place to grab a few beers with friends while looking out over the fields. Looking good.

[@wolfman2702]

I love when I see things re-purposed! Nice build!

[@cowboyup2243]

That’s the coolest deer blind ever

[@BrianFitzpatrick-fn8er]

Very kool,i built a box blind then realized it wud b way better to have wheels under it so it can be moved at least around the farm,so i added a camper axle and a tongue an away we go. Im in the south but trust me i enjoy mr heater,an bein free to move around,read a book,etc . Lol now i need one like yours😃 Hope yall have many seasons of enjoyment 👍🏽

[@Sully4Real]

Man that is a pretty awesome deer blind no doubt!!! Great job sir!

[@HitokiriRaiden]

Back in the 90s my uncle built one just like this only difference he had a small wood stove, alotta deer was taken out of that thing everyone called it the kill house lol. Makes alot more sense to buid one of these that will last years and years. The one my uncle built would still be used if a tornado didnt fling it 200yards away lol.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

Very cool!

[@heath19751996]

Awesome build! This maybe helpful... You might consider putting headers under the ridge posts, with jack studs down to the plates. Without collar ties and double top plates over time the snow load may push your walls out. hope this helps...

[@marshmellow3110]

Awesome setup. Perfect platform!

[@JeffTucker-j1p]

That is a cool concept. I thought at first you were going to use the running gear as a platform. Your idea was a lot better. Awesome build! I built mine on an old fold out camper frame.

[@ljgaines8170]

Hey nice blind man I like the heck out of it you done a good job you and the family

[@TheYeti308]

I like it a lot . As big as it is it could be blended in to the setting easy . I like how you have addressed the little things that make all the difference . Good Hunting to Yah !

[@outdoorztime2923]

Very nice, and lots of room to boot. Great family/friends deer blind.

[@frankbrowning328]

Very nice build! Yeah, it gets all the way cold in MI and here in WI too. Next year for sure I'll have a box stand as I'm too old & cold in rifle season after a few hours anymore

[@savagewolf1966]

Nice build 👍👊

[@hallerbackgamecalls2018]

Love it! Gonna have to make me one for my daughter and all the neighbor kids to introduce them

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

It’s perfect for that! Have fun!

[@TimothyBrewer]

That is one awesome build!

[@1pilotsteve]

Wow. Great job and a great idea.. good hunting.

[@jamesonh889]

Slick setup Gabe! Cool build video.

[@craigb9489]

Very cool idea and build. Good luck this season from another Michigander.😅

[@evanjarvi406]

Good idea especially in your hunting areas

[@chuckparson6712]

Very unique and cool idea, great job 👍👍

[@davidpacker117]

That is an awsome idea. I shared this video with my nephew who has a farm in Pa.

[@howarddeheer8295]

A friend was talking about adding some 12 volt LED lights and a solar powered battery charger and placing the lights down low below the shooting bench for getting set in the morning and picking up after dark

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

I was looking at the Monarch solar battery charger system with lights just the other day. Might have to get one.

[@Patrick-t1j2h]

Try to get red lights instead of white light. Still bright enough to see and easy on the eyes.

[@solocam1962]

We go with 5 pack (20.00) or similar "stick on" (use adhesive instead) LED push on/off lights (you know, the TV, Dollar store kind). Keep a supply of AA nearby during season. Completely USEFUL and CHEAP!

[@harlandrake266]

Looks loke good fun for all. Good job

[@blaineverhelle4104]

I use that see-through camouflaged fabric for curtains from the outside. All you see is the camo patterns from the inside. You can see right through it so you don't ever have to mess with it. Unless you want to shoot then you just slide it off the side a little bit.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

If I was gonna bowhunt out of it, I’d definitely do something like that. But, we don’t usually use it until gun season and usually for the late doe season. At that point, deer don’t ever pick us off. Even up close.

[@blaineverhelle4104]

@FullQuiverOutdoors I live in Texas. Even rifle season. It's hot so I like to keep my windows open so I can get a breeze. Plus I can hear movement around me. But then again I don't usually have company to play games or talk or anything like that so that's not an issue.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

@@blaineverhelle4104oh gotcha. That makes sense.

[@RobertLaBarge]

I like it!!! Awesome blind.

[@Gidaddy55]

Great for overnight camping 😊

[@Phalanx443]

Nice build, I like it!!

[@danestohler184]

We have one to,if you put silver foil on the inside metal it blocks alot of the cold.

[@boboneil949]

my son built similar out of a hay bale hauler, much lighter, used fiberglass siding and roof, insulated, old discarded aluminum camper windows mr heater. we call it the war wagon

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

That’s a great idea!

[@stepanbandera5206]

In high school I had a whorewagon.

[@rickerdman9116]

Nice job! Enjoy it!

[@MrBearbait75]

AWESOME idea and build! Blessings

[@anthonyfairbanks2952]

Man I can't wait for deer season to get here already

[@anthonyfairbanks2952]

I just bought a ATN X sight night vision scope so I can record my shots can't wait

[@arnoldgonzalez7377]

Awesome blind.

[@jimmyblackburn7843]

Very nice job love to have one. Jimmie OakRidge North Carolina

[@TimothyWarner-q7s]

Very cool teach the kids that hunting is a good hobby 😊

[@DylanTrosclair-d9n]

Now that’s bad ass and smart good job buddy

[@69burbon]

Very nice. I would love to have someplace to have something like that.

[@davidrose415]

Man I've had that idea for a long time, but built from a different base so the height can be adjustable from inside using electric screw rams in square tubing.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

That sure would be cool!

[@Knedep5511]

I just sat a blind on top of a KillBro gravity wagon and rolled it out on the edge of a wheat field. Looks like a abandoned combine in the tall weeds.

[@rodneyharrison7107]

That's neat mite build one.

[@davidb1327]

Really nice 👍🦌

[@deepskywishingwell2602]

Love the blind, I agree farm implements are not noticed by deer after one day. I saw deer tracks around a small building within one week., after farmers had pulled an outhouse looking farm trailer into the middle of the field 1/4 mile from road. I thought deer would change travel pattern around this thing. Within a week had tracks next to it. The next year I killed two deer sitting in it 😮. Yes farm implements even weird ones , are hardly noticed

[@russellwhite8890]

Great job

[@rocc05rx8]

Dude that thing is sick

[@Robert-n4p1g]

I like it good job sir good luck

[@kpatrickolivier2705]

Tint with the mirror tint, I have it on all my blinds and it works great. All the animal sees when they look at it is the sky.

[@hootdeltabravo]

great video sir.

[@jake22-1]

Nice job

[@joelramsay5072]

I agree with the tinted windows. More harm then good to have tinted windows.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

So many guys don’t think about that. Not nearly as much of an issue down south where it’s warm. But I don’t want scent getting out with the windows open so I can see either

[@deplorable_2024]

Add a solar panel and you nailed!

[@cheetoz6902]

That would be where i slept in aas well. Just awesome

[@jamesmosteller5508]

Great job Gabe!!!!

[@kennethcruise7635]

Great idea

[@sidneyvalmain9997]

Great idea for a blind.

[@michaelmanculich4004]

Job well done, thank you 😊

[@michaelmanculich4004]

I had the same idea, put screw jacks to level up the stand, that way you can take off a wheel, so no one can steal it

[@scottmaday6167]

I love the name! 😎🇺🇸

[@hereandthere9023]

Put Sherp tires on it and it will double as a duck blind. 🙂

[@blakebowser7103]

Do you ever have to worry about mice or any other pests?

[@bcpfarmandtrucking6560]

Cut a hole in the wagon just below the floor and you can carry your grain/deer feed in the lower part

[@JeffY-y3z]

even though you tried to keep the center of gravity low I have to wonder if you considered to install some outriggers for balance, it does get windy in MI. Or, maybe some ballast below the shooting platform.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

I pull it through plowed fields and it rocks back and forth pretty good. The center of gravity isn’t as high as it looks. It doesn’t move in high winds at all. And it goes down the road at 40-50mph depending on how bumpy the road is. I don’t know if ballast would allow me to do anything I’m not currently doing.

[@JeffY-y3z]

@@FullQuiverOutdoors Thanks, just a thought.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

@@JeffY-y3zno worries. It does look like it needs it and at first I was worried about it, but glad that it doesn’t.

[@User-nx7rs]

Don't hit any potholes with it or you will have problems.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

@@User-nx7rspotholes are 80% of Michigan’s roads! 😂 The big balloon tires do a great job of smoothing out even large potholes. If it’ll go through a plowed cornfield, it’ll go through anything!

[@d.barclay1564]

How did you screw the flooring down to the wagon? I saw you did 45s on one side but straight cuts on the other.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

Straight cuts have a 2x6 header underneath them and screws through the side of the wagon as well. 45’s just have screws through the side of the wagon to hold them in place

[@brandonhoad9033]

You mentioned center of gravity concern. Even w the floor it could still be done thru the wagons door. Throw some sandbags in the bottom. Unless you're using it as storage

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

It was a concern until it was done. Once it was finished, we found it’s not top heavy and trailers very well

[@caddydaddy6728]

NICE 👍👍

[@marilynwheeler8887]

need a couple collar ties to keep roof to sag and bowing out walls

[@gregz4249]

I’m going to build something like this on an old lawnmower hauling trailer as a indoor shooting shack on my range and maybe as a blind too My range is in middle of a pasture and don’t want anything permanent built there so can pull it out to whatever distance want to shoot from the berm backstop

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

We used mine all winter to get ready for a South Africa trip. Worked great! Should be a good option for ya

[@shepfc1962]

Awesome 👏

[@alvintarrer6914]

Good job,good idea 👍☕️☕️✌️

[@User-nx7rs]

Are you ever going to invite Jimmy and Jenny and film an episode from the inside?

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

We’ve talked about it several times. Unfortunately I don’t have a spot to pull it near me where we all could do it. I just don’t have much land. But we are gonna try sometime

[@shawnsmith4058]

What county? Looks cool

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

Mid Michigan. We hunt several counties

[@dalerash6285]

Nice !

[@Jerry-xi3zq]

If it a portable blind with wheels on, you have to have a permit to, hunt out of is that right?

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

Not in Michigan. Only motorized vehicles. You can hunt off any wagon or trailer as long as it doesn’t have a motor

[@jamie-243]

Any problems being top heavy, or do u have weights in lower part of wagon?

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

Not at all. I trailer down the road no issues at 40-45mph no problem. I was worried about that too. But with the extended capacity grain bin, there’s only about 30” side walls so there’s probably less weight up top that it looks at first glance.

[@tp-mh2ji]

U could paint it pink and it wouldn't bother deer at all!

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

Yup, for sure! Just thought she’d look cool with camo

[@davidsoloninka7742]

does the stray insulation keep your scent in? thx

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

When it plugs holes, yes, it helps hold in the scent. Other than that, no it doesn’t. There are a couple holes in the metal on grain wagons that need to be patched and I did that with latex caulk. They aren’t built air tight so there is a little patch work to be done. The spray foam is mainly for insulation though

[@johnskidmore9020]

form the side will it be warmer or form board

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

You’d think that would be an issue. But even in sub zero weather, the Mr Buddy Heater stays on low or it gets too warm. I was surprised at how well it does

[@matthewmcnulty698]

Would. Be instresting to see how. The urinal is routed. To the outside

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

It’s a tube that goes through the floor and down towards the grain chute. It just runs out the grain chute.

[@matthewmcnulty698]

@FullQuiverOutdoors ok

[@richardcaron3099]

Like it

[@johnskidmore9020]

i would put form bord aroud it metel first then the refleactive

[@lesbratton]

Looks a lot top heavy, needs some ballast in the bottom

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

Nope, we move it down the road about 45mph no problem. We also drive it through plowed fields too and it doesn’t tip over. The running gear weighs a lot

[@blakeskinner745]

How big is the wagon?

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

Approx, 7x12’

[@drive9997]

and cozy

[@chiefjoseph8154]

There’s hunting, then there’s harvesting. Know the difference.

[@MattTZew]

What year did you go to Ferris?

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

My buddy went and I would visit him to go steelheading and salmon fishing on the PM. I went to Lansing Community College and took a few classes at Michigan State

[@MattTZew]

@FullQuiverOutdoors 2002-2006?

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

@@MattTZew97-01

[@hystorix9031]

Aweome

[@douglass56]

Camo? I think the deer see it anyway. A grain trailer would be a normal sight

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

Yup, that’s why I said it a couple of times in the video. It’s just to make it look cool. Deer wouldn’t care if it was bright pink. Lol.

[@nickmillican4341]

Now where can I find an old used grain trailer….. hmmmm 🤔

[@owenMcGowan-rc6pk]

How big did you make your door and how tall are the walls and the roof thanks

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

I made the door about 30” wide. I don’t know how tall the walls are. I have an extra capacity gravity wagon so they are shorter than ones built on a regular wagon. The center of the roof is about 6’ tall.

[@owenMcGowan-rc6pk]

@@FullQuiverOutdoors ok thank you for your help

[@jessekolb5931]

Make sure you take the tires off once in place or else your shooting from a vehicle

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

Not true in Michigan. It has no motor so is not considered a vehicle.

[@jamiematter9979]

sit in a tree with a 3 ft wall around you , no roof no windows freeze and listen is the only way.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

It is not the “only way”. I hunt with a longbow all season out of open treestands and saddles. I’ve only taken one buck ever out of a blind. We hardly ever hunt out of them until late season when it’s frigid cold. You don’t need to knock anyone’s idea of hunting to make yourself feel better.

[@owenMcGowan-rc6pk]

Do you know your roof pitch

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

That would imply I know anything about carpentry. 😂 No, I figured out the total height that I wanted to be able to clear most tree limbs and other obstructions when trailering it. Then I figured out how to get the most headroom. From there I figured out wall height and peak height I needed. I just needed a little pitch to get the snow to slide off in the winter.

[@owenMcGowan-rc6pk]

@@FullQuiverOutdoors thanks

[@drewapple9681]

Want to take a disabled hunter? That’s hunting in comfort.

[@Stickbow1980]

I mean a blind that weighs 8-10lbs ,you can fold up and throw over your shoulder is about as " portable " as you can get !!!

[@paladin556]

But not ultimate. Lol

[@tomevans9683]

You don’t hunt in Michigan tho.. I’m surprised there not a wood burner in it..

[@rudygeorgiamulesandcountry1594]

Hard to put a Wood stove in though !

[@wd.6254]

Nice not criticizing but the white wheel stood out bad how about flat black and the white Wheels

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

I understand. But the gravity boxes by themselves sit in the fields around here all the time and the deer don’t care. The camo was just for the cool factor 👍🏻

[@contemporaryprimitiveman3469]

All the camo paint was unnecessary. I see deer walking around them in Illinois corn fields all the time without camo.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

I said that about 3 times during the video. Just wanted it to look cool.

[@Auction_Henry]

You guys are not hunters, you are just shooters.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

Yup, we sure are. Don't do any hunting at all. Just a bunch of unethical shooters. You know us so well...

[@Auction_Henry]

@@FullQuiverOutdoors Yep, I see guys like you all the time.

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

⁠@@Auction_Henryman, that’s crazy. I don’t see many guys hunting with a longbow, self taping and killing deer on camera like I do. You must run in some fun circles to see a bunch of us. I’m in a treestand or in the field about 65-70 days a year and have taken 31 big game animals so far this year. Not one from a blind yet and almost every one on camera. I’m sure you see lots of us in the field. 😂

[@Auction_Henry]

@@FullQuiverOutdoors Yeah, you are a real Great White Hunter. ...and I don't run in your circles, Jethro, I avoid them at all costs.

[@rompinroger9614]

Should put a shitter in the basement.

[@ronbrown8559]

So this is what Hunting has come to! Everyone is looking for an Easy fix! Nobody embraces the hard stuff anymore! It has become a “Watered Down” meaningless hunt! The same as playing a Video Game at home! Exactly the same!

[@FullQuiverOutdoors]

You’ve never seen any of my other videos apparently