Portable Deer Hunting Stand Folds Down For Transport

Portable Deer Hunting Stand Folds Down For Transport FARM HOME recreation 20-6-8 "It's easy to use and lets me hunt anywhere I want," says Bill Kurtz, St. Croix Falls, Wis., about the 16-ft. high, trailer-mounted deer hunting stand he made that folds down to a 9-ft. height for transport. Kurtz mounted the deer hunting stand on the wheels and axle off an old trailer house. The stand consists of an open-top, 4-ft. sq. plywood box mounted on top of a vertical steel frame made from angle iron and pipe. The frame is hinged in the middle, allowing the top half of the frame to be folded forward for transport by a cable connected to a boat winch on the trailer hitch. "It takes only about a minute to raise it up or fold it down," says Kurtz. "I normally use a tractor to pull it into the woods, but I can also pull it behind my pickup at 60 mph on the highway with no problems. There's a door on the ladder side of the box, and a wooden ledge around the top of the box that I can lean on to shoot. The floor can be folded forward to reduce wind resistance during transport. I mounted a sheet of ply-wood at the bottom of the frame where I can haul a portable heater or even a deer. I can even shoot from there. I can clamp a 1-ft. high clear plastic windshield onto it to get out of the wind." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bill Kurtz, 2187 State Rd. 87, St. Croix Falls, Wis. 54024 (ph 715 483-3866).

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