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Old pallets = New duck blind


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Made this over the last couple of weekends. I think it turned out pretty good for mostly scrap wood. Saw a bunch of woodies and a few mallards while setting this up. Geese seem to be grouping up in flight, big flocks today! Looking forward to opener!

Albany, MN

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Looks great.

We used some free pallets (with also free plywood over them) to make a "dock" through cattails to pothole. It won't last long, but price was right and now easy and dry walking wink for hunting before work.

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  Feathers Rainin said:
Just so others are aware, this is illegal to do in MN on public land....for a couple reasons.

Nice blind.

Not on private land though, where we did this. Would never do this on public, or create any sort of blind.

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  BoxMN said:
Looks great.

It won't last long,

Thats the sucky part. We built a couple similar blinds on my buddies pond one year, they lasted about 3-5 years, the best pallets to use for the walkway are the ones with the smallest spacing between the boards and the thicker the wood the better. They last longer and dont snap when you step on them carrying a couple dozen dekes, your gun(s), coffee, etc.... Pretty comfy hunting for those 3-5 years though.

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