6×6 Hunting Blind
A 6-foot-square elevated-style ground blind — vertical 1×8 siding, lean-to metal roof, 30" crossbow slots and 8" portrait bow windows on three walls, 45°-chamfered skid runners for tilt-trailer delivery.
For nominal lumber commonly available at national lumber stores.
Actual lumber: a 2×4 is 2 in × 4 in — found at a local private sawmill. Nominal: a 2×4 is 1.5 in × 3.5 in — found at most chain hardware/lumber stores.
A six-foot-square hunting blind built the way you’d build a shed that has to last — four 4×4 corner posts, 2×4 framing, and a single-slope lean-to metal roof that sheds rain and snow away from the field wall. Vertical 1×8 siding runs the whole shell, notched clean around every opening — no trim strips, no filler, just board to board.
Where it beats the store-bought blinds is the glass. The 30”-wide crossbow slot on the field wall and both side walls is wider than anything on the market: Shadow Hunter ships a 24.5” slot, Maverick a 22.5”. You get more swing room to track a deer and follow through on the shot. Flanking the door are two 8”×24” portrait bow windows, and there’s a third on each shooting wall — quiet, low-profile, and sized for a vertical draw.
Underneath, two 4×6 skid runners carry the whole thing, 45°-chamfered on the ends so they ride up over dirt and roots instead of digging in when you drag it. The runners sit 8” inset from the floor edges — exactly right for loading on a standard 6’×6’ tilt-trailer.
You get: a step-by-step build guide with cut lists and framing details, plus optional STL / SketchUp files if you want to study or modify the model.