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Jeff in TX
Senior MemberJ&D Ranch - North Central TXPosts: 2,548 Senior Member
Need design input on a hunting rest
Since most of our hogs are nocturnal the kids and their friends usually walk the ranch a couple times a night stalking up to the areas with feeders or pig crossings. If they stalk up and there's pigs it usually means trying to find a tree or sit down and take a shot. I have shooting stix but they don't like carrying them. They want me be put in a simple rest that's easy to get to and will offer a solid rest for shooting. They all said they'd like it standing height but everyone is a different height but I could probably find a happy medium that will work. To keep it simple I thought digging a fence post hole about a foot deep of setting a 2" diameter steel pipe into it a concrete it in. Keep it 5' or so tall. My question is what to put on top for a platform. I could add a pipe cap and weld a two pieces of steel in a "V" shape and put pipe foam insulation around it and let the cap swivel. Or I could use a floor flange screwed into the pipe and screw a small wooden platform to the flange. If I went that direction how big should the platform be? I want to keep this as simple as possible but make it functional.
Thoughts
Thoughts
Distance is not an issue, but the wind can make it interesting!
John 3: 1-21
John 3: 1-21
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Keep the ideas coming. Much better than what I had hatched in my mind.
John 3: 1-21
Jeff, in my portable tent blind I use a three legged PVC contraption I built. It's light weight, cheap, and rigid enough to give you a steady enough rest for a shot at a hog. I made it with 3/4 inch PVC. It cost me about $5 to build. BTW, I didn't glue it, it's just stuck together.
Edited: I was talking out my anal opening. I didn't glue the Legs in. I glued the top together.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
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Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Life member of the American Legion, the VFW, the NRA and the Masonic Lodge, retired LEO
I would do something along the lines of this but bigger than a 4x4". If the cow critters can get to it they will gladly make it a scratching post until they destroy it.
Dad 5-31-13
I think we have a winner, thanks Enzo great idea!
John 3: 1-21
I like both your ideas except I prefer a more portable option. But the good thing about your ideas is that they're sturdy. If I was Jeff I'd sink two or three 4x4 so drilled and stick 3/4 pvc in them. No bovine will break them. If you're afraid they will use 3/4 galvanized pipe. drill your hole about a 32nd smaller than the OD of the pipe and drive em in. Sink the 4x4s in strategic positions around the feeder at about 100 yard distances. Pigs can be highly weiry and can sense you pretty quick. Under 100 yards they'll sense you and be off to the next zip code.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.