4x6 blinds have seemed to be the most popular for a long time and I can barely tolerate hunting outa one for an extended time. Sitting in one all day today and my legs are not comfy. 4’ is not long enough for even Altuve to stretch out his legs. I have good views north west and east and I have to sit north to easily see all directions without moving. Then I sneak a peak over either shoulder through pulled back curtain sometimes. Everything would be fine for most that only hunt a few hours but hunting 12 hours the legs need stretching and I don’t like to give up my views while doing that.
Most of our blinds are round, hex or square so usually I’m in Heaven.
I’m starting to see more blinds marketed that are round, hex or square so maybe there’s hope. I just make my own when I can.
I know I’m picky-and just needed to vent.

I grew up hunting in a brush blind.

Me too-plenty leg room. Also in a board in a tree-plenty leg room. Also on a flat rock-plenty leg room. Also very often in a tripod and some times in the rain and cold-plenty leg room.

If I ever get new blinds, they will be 5x6.

If you’re spending 12 hours in a blind; I would get the best in the world that fits me.

Built a 4 x 8 this year. Much better than 4 x 6.

Built a 4 x 8 this year. Much better than 4 x 6.

Reason I’m going 16’ X 8’ or larger on my land in KS. I might want to nap on a couch!

In Jr. High my friends dad would drop us off on top of a ravine or in in a wooded area and we would sit up next to a tree on the ground, graduated to a 2X6 in the fork of a tree. In my 30's I got a tripod and was living large In my 40's finally built a 4 X 6 blind and thought I had gone to heaven.

no telling "what" he was hunting.

I utilize two stands - an Atascosa 5X5 and as Free knows a TreeBark 6' diameter circle blind. Each beat the heck outta 6X4's.

For me the 4 would be too short and the 8 would be too big. I would want some middle ground.

Close to my experience as well. Hunted most of my life without any type enclosed blind but when I’m in an enclosed blind I don’t want any of the dimensions to have a 4’ in them.

This is a “hunting” forum, Hud…..

5x5 and 6’ round both excellent dimensions.
I am hunting out of one of my 6’ round “Realbark” right now.

The reason for the 4' is so that one sheet of plywood will do an end. If you guys weren't putting LaZ Boyz in there you'd have more leg room!

over the years, I've built a variety of sizes of stands/blinds.

4' x 4' is very cramped for one person unless it's on the ground and you leave the doorway open for leg room.

4' x 6' works but agree it is a bit cramped on the short side, especially if there are any shelves. pretty efficient use of materials (5x 4x8 plywood sides)

6' x 6' is my current main stand, elevated about 5' sitting in a corner on a hill side overlooking 4-5 acres with shots out to 175-250 yards. Has room for 2 office style chairs that can swivel to see out all sides. Also pretty efficient use of materials (6x 4x8 plywood sides)

5' x 8' (burned down in wildfire) was great for 2-3 people but limited direction of shooting for a single person without moving around to other end. This was an old shipping crate that I converted but wouldn't optimize materials to build.

a hex or octagon in the 5' (1 person) - 6' (2 person) would be a great setup with fairly equal distance out all sides but more of a PITB to build

No lazy boys for me. More like secretary chair. I hate big chairs in blind.

Great comments by PMK. He thinks a little like me.
I always say a too big blind you have to call a taxi to get from one side to another. OnlySmith loves his 4x4(I think) blind and he’s a deep thinker on stuff like this. WAY too small for me. I’m like Goldilocks-not too small, not too big-just right.

I don't mind 4X6's. Spent a lot of years in 4x4's and especially with a kid or two crammed in there, that got old fast.

The older I get though, especially with lower back problems & sciatica, it sure is nice to have room to stretch out when the pain starts.

What’s wrong with a 4x8? Can hold 3 people in office chairs, 2 really comfortably and is easy to build given the dimensions.

Big problem with 4x8.
4’ too short for decent leg room.
More important-if only one guy he has to take a taxi back and forth if any action on the ends. Not to mention fighting through two extra chairs to get through.

Yeah and can act like a sail. They do catch the wind well.

My 8x8 doesn't move. Infact if it does we got bigger problems

Bunk bed or just a single???

I was going to put a futon in it

Single, but he is a soaker anyway, to minimize movement.

Honestly though, an 8x8 is great if you are taking the family hunting, but for one person it just ends up too big. As Free said, you gotta shimmy all the way across the other side to use that side.

I prefer 5x6, or 6x6. My favorite blind is still too big for me to use all sides except from one chair. I have comfortably sat 4 in there with 2 guns, but with me and my xbow I can hunt three of the windows and thats enough for my needs there with an xbow.

I just looked it up, its a big chingon from ASF, its 7x7, but not square, its hex shaped....I guess not too far off from BOBO's 8x8....dang.

Can you imagine how many came come out of the clown's 8X8.

It's a really nice blind.

4X6 is plenty big for me. I’ll never sit in a blind more than 3 hours even if I have a buddy drinking whiskey with me.

We have had 6 (four kids & two adults) Its regularly has lots kids hunting it. Many a kid had killed a deer out of it. I bought it off here.

its hard to cover 360 degrees though, more of a 180

Ya'll catch a movie after the hunt?

54" sq. is perfect for me. One chair in the middle, windows on all sides with one solid corner, 12" on each side. 4 hours is no problem, I can stretch my legs out from one corner or stand up for a minute or two. I want to be able to hunt 360° and shoot from a rested position in any direction. Biggest moron we ever put on the lease was a great welder. Built a huge stand, all metal. Took a lot of help and a couple of trucks to set it up. He hunted it alone 99% of the time, I could hear him banging his rifle on the metal walls and it sounded like a train when he rolled his chair from one side to the other. He blew an ear drum out when he shot from one side out the other with his barrel about a foot inside the metal skyscraper. Deer stands can be too big.

They can DEFINITELY be TOO BIG.
Or too little.
Like Goldilocks-I like em just right. “Just right” is different for different people.

5x8 is great. 3 office chairs. Sleeping bag on floor behind them for kids naps.

Depends on who is in it. If I’m by myself I like a 4x4. We have a 4x8 and it’s ok but it’s too long, can’t look out all the windows without moving etc. have a 5x5 atascosa and like it a lot but the windows suck. Have to sit with the windows open, would have to be a tornado to open those windows with deer out and not spook them.

mines all metal exterior and framing, nothing bangs around. Its insulated w/ smart LP siding on inside with carpet on walls to bottom of the windows.

it sets on a hill and over looks 4k acres, with about 1k combined segmented wheat fields.

Hunters have gotten SOFT and LAZY. I remember sitting on a freezing ground or in a tree that other hunters (probably from, the 60`s) had nailed 2x4`s in to be able to climb and sit in. My 4x4 blind is not spacious but has plenty of room for me and my 6'1" / 215 lb. body with all of my gear and a small propane stove. I`ve sat in mine for 4-5 hours many times with ease. Good grief, toughen up. I`m not even going to start on the ones that drive a heated atv and park it beside their 8x8 blind. I digress.

I hate the round ones. I dont want to roll the chair in order to shoot all sides.

Wow. You are a tough tough man. How far did you have to walk to school and was it up hill both ways?

I hate to roll a chair to shoot all sides also and that’s why the proper diameter round blind is so good. I dont get it.

Toughen up as I make a pot of coffee and lunch on my gas stove lol

So now we know who`s soft and lazy and drives their heated ATV up to their blind and parks it. Guilty dog always barks first.

yeah, I can't believe more here don't choose to make it hard on themselves

Believe me, no way you are going to get me in a heated ATV, no way. Not while the Taco still runs. It still makes the three mile trek out to the stand each & every time. It's almost embarrasing as i don't have a remote start function on it and when its cold I have to run out there and turn on the engine so the heater warms up the cab prior to commencing the rather arduous journey. One thing good about the Taco though, pleanty of room to keep the bumper dumper handy.

That post screams jealousy alot more to me than anything. I can't buy an UTV with hvac so I'll hate on it so I feel better about myself and situation.

I doubt that was what he was shooting for but that was my interpretation. Who takes swipes at f-range? One of the nicer guys on here in my opine.

I Park it about 40 yards away, not right next to it!!! Im not that lazy!!

I do have an 8x8 and heated Mule, I couldnt afford the AC though. You can walk in the snow and Ice.

We built a 10x12 last year, yes it's ridiculously big, and we won't have to ever build a bigger one.

Same here, hunted log blinds until I was in my 30’s then I started building my own.
I build them 4x6 so I can haul them on the back of a pickup, I’m not that long legged, so that part doesn’t bother me at all.

Pretty smart build

That is cool.

You say that and I'd bet a solid $100 you've have the ladder ripped off before you got it set anywhere Should've used something that folded for the more off road crowd such as yourself

amateur…. look under it…. theres a spare

8X8 for the win for me. Cheap walmart couch and solar. Makes it more enjoyable for the girlfriend and 5 y/o. She can nap in the early mornings and wake her up for the action.

5x8 work well for my needs

Is the 20 lb propane bottle safe on the inside? I was thinking it needed to be outside.

Red chevy is right. The Atacosa windows are terrible. They make too much noise to open. I have a 5x7 with the 4 foot wide windows. I have to block off part of the windows to keep from being silhouetted.

When I've hunted 4x6 blinds I was constantly moving from one end to the other. I like to digiscope so moving the scope was a pain.

Verde

I've been in quite a few different sizes and my main blind now is a 4x6. It's fairly comfortable with 2 office chairs. For long sits, you have to turn sideways to stretch out. I'm planning to build an 8x6 sometime this year to be able to take both kids with me. I'm thinking an 8x8 base with a 6x8 box, leaving a 2' porch in the back.

with the costs of materials these days, you might have to take out a 2nd mortgage to finance that build

4 x 4 is just to small for me, 6 x 6 to big. Now days most of mine are around 4 1/2ft x 4 1/2 ft. Built many over the years, some i like and some i didn't.
Thinking about a couple new ones this year, most likely stick with 4 1/2ft x 4 1/2ft with a little build out where i can straighten my legs from time to time.
Like a boot shape looking at it from the side. I like mine built where i can rest my rifle on the window ledge without needing to roll my chair from side to
side to shoot. Will sketch it up in Solidworks, laser cut some parts and get to welding this summer.

Me as well. 54" sq is perfect. These are shooting platforms we are building to conceal and keep us out of the weather.

Just right size.