Let's see your...HUNTING SHACK

[snapcrackpop]

Is that north of Fourtown?

My family has the 3 red cabins on Linder Fire Tower Road.

I hope to post those pictures after my next trip.

[love to hunt]

I know right where you are, across the road from Polly's place, we are straight north of you. I think we met on the Buckman one time. You may have been on a older 3 wheeler at the time.

[Craig_S]

Very nice. Looks like some new window and door work? What is the deal with all the hip roofs on these shacks? Must be the vintage. But I don't think I've ever seen a wider collection of hip roofs.

And it looks like you have electric? Why would you go home?

Craig

[love to hunt]

Just replaced some windows, yes.

This was a school house and I think they are pretty popular for shacks. That is why the roof.

I just installed electric a couple years ago, to include electric forced air heat. That was part of a major remodel project.

I don't want to come home but the wife says I have to work.

[nitroant]

Let me see if I can get these to post.

Here are a few of the outside

Here is the office

The Deer Pole

Some interior pictures. The Kitchen Area

Eating Area

Loft Areas

The Stove

Hopefully these will all post.

Nothing special but it works for us

[Craig_S]

Way to go Nitro! Can you get back in there and make those just a little bit bigger?

I see a loft over the porch area? If so, that's cool! My loft gets much too hot when it's sub zero outside - Maybe a loft over the great outdoors cools nicely?

A very nice shack. Last night I was missing my fireplace in my last house while reading a book. But thought that reading in front of the Shooterville woodstove would fit the bill nicely. Yours looks comfy too.

Opening day is just around the corner! Where's your hunting shack?

Craig

[nitroant]

If I knew how to go back and make them bigger I would. Any idea how to do it?

Yep, loft over the porch. The 2 sides stay about the same temp. You really have to watch what your doing with the wood stove because she can get the upstairs hot and right now. It takes for ever to cool it down when it gets too hot. We have the porch ceiling/loft floor insulated pretty well.

Its pretty comfy and can get pretty packed too, we will have around 14 in it on opening weekend, but mid-week we are down to about 6. We sleep 6 in each loft and two on the couches that you can't see in any of the pictures. I put two pictures up of the side, meant to get one of the back up.

We are out of Orr, about 12 miles east.

[jbell1981]

holy.....You went from on extreme to the other.

[nitroant]

Yep, just glad I was able to get them bigger. How do you down size them?

[stmichael]

Here is the Floodwood Hilton.

Here is the throne. I was told not to light that cigarette, I shoulda listened.

[iffwalleyes]

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Here is the Floodwood Hilton.

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Hey Man you stole my shack . Ours looks pretty much the same except it is in ponsford MN.

[stmichael]

and I thought it was a one of a kind. hmmm

[jegerjack]

bump for this fall....

[perchking]

Here is mine. When I first got this trailer I took one step inside and went through the floor and cracked my nads on a steel support beam, it was love at first site. I pulled the bathroom,painted it hunter green, build bunks, new 3/4 floor with authentic wood looking stick flooring . Then I built a roof of the top so the trailer didnt have to bare all the of the snow load... All in all works out pretty nice, LP gas lights, stove... I had fun with this project but it is time to move on.

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[Craig_S]

Hey! I think I know that spot. Pit Grade?

Craig

[Nate McVey]

I love it Greg! The inside looks great, we should talk........

[GotOne]

Do you guys up north of fourtown know anybody on jackpine rd?

[snapcrackpop]

How about the 3 red cabins?

We used to have quite a few nice racks in the cabin, but it got broke into and they took the nice ones. Now we don't leave anything good around there.

Here's an inside picture (forgot to get an outside one).

Here is a favorite sign from the inside:

This is another good one for the outhouse:

[northerndave]

Hey guys, brand spanking new here, just found this site today. This looks great, love the hunting shack thread.

A guy told me to check this out, wow was he right, this looks like a great site.

I'm building my hunting shack right now. We purchased land pretty much first of the year & began collecting ,materials & working on the property this spring. here, I'll see if I can post a few pics in progression. we're pretty excited to be out there for deer season this year.

Widetrack.... i'll have to send you a PM.. chances are we may know each other.

used to work for a company that built "wide tracks"

here we go...

building the insulated floor.

standing some walls.

setting the first truss.

setting the last truss

Roof on, weather tight (kind of)

sheeting the ceiling.

And the most recent after building interior walls, wood stove installed... insulated & sheeted.

We've bee staying out in our new shack on the weekends, lots of work left to do with trails, stands.. eventually a food plot or 2 I suppose.

I don't think it will ever end.... at least I hope not!!

Dave

[northerndave]

Love to hunt,

we're in beltrami too, beltrami forest, roseau county side.

so you guys are closer to fourtown?

[GotOne]

Do any of you guys (by Jackpine rd) go to the pig roast at Ray H. place in October?

[Harmonica Bear]

Would that be at the Blackhawk in Roosevelt?

[northerndave]

I think you might be thinking of the "night hawk" ?

[northerndave]

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Yes there are alternatives. Me personally, I'm not too thrilled about potential gas leaks. We have detectors. But electric would be a nice trick. We go on a fly-in every year and love the solar setups. RV water pump, electric lights, and usually propane fridge and water heater. It's sweet, but can't see the expense for the solar and wonder how it'd work in colder weather. I'd like to hear more ideas...

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Craig S, first off great thread.

love all the shack pictures, great stuff everyone.

as for the solar, we have a pair of 12v batteries that are trickle tended by a solar panel & the whole works must have been put in at least 10 years ago, batteries too (original, not replaced yet)

We have the little panel inside the shack in a south facing window kind of mounted low so the panel doesn't distract the view.

Now I don't know if either of those 2 old batteries would crank over a car engine, but I know the light goes on when you flip the switch & we don't use the 12v light very often, we have gas lights in that shack. the bulb is pretty much for quick light only, we don't leave it on for too long. On ocasion one of the guys will plug a cell phone into the 12v to make a call or to charge a battery too.

I'll go with the same setup eventually in my new shack pictured above but for now it will have to be coleman lanterns cause this dude is broke.

[northerndave]

Nitroant: "Nothing special but it works for us"

you gotta be kidding me, that place is frickin awesome!!!!!!

reminds me of our place south of Tower. We've got an outdoor wood fired sauna at that shack, very cool way to get clean every night before you zonk out.

Nitro that place is crazy awesome. I absolutely love it & hope that someday my new shack can have even a fraction of the character your place has. I love it.