My plan is to get the pond re dug and pit dug this week. I will be hauling away the dirt from the pit. Once the frame is built and put into the hole I will back fill with the some of the dirt we took from the pond. So hoping by the time sept comes around the grass/hay will be there like nothing happened. I will re seed if needed. Hoping to get it as flush as possible.
We may turn the grass field into corn. Gotta make up my mind soon.

 

Most pit blinds leave a large foot print. It's almost unavoidable. The only way to keep that from happening is to haul all the excess dirt away. I've seen a lot of pits from the car that just stick out because of this. You would also have to try and make the roof about 1"-2" below the top of the dirt so it stays flush when you brush it.

 

If I build a pit blind it will be basically flush with the ground. Anything raised up I mine as well use my layouts. Trying to avoid humps and mounds. I want to completely dissapear

 

we use 2 pits that are 4x8x about 4.5 deep they have worked good for 3 to 4 people ......3 gives you plenty of room 4 is a little cramped and we have a one pice lide on garage tracks with tin over all im happy with it i am replaceing one of them this year witha bigger one here is some pics of when we installed the newer one

 

couple more to give u an idea

 

I believe our pit is about 16 long, about 4 deep and maybe 5-6 wide at the top. Its OLD, so its nowhere close to square. Ive hunted 4 or 5 out of it comfortably but it gets tight with a dog. Ill put up some pics of ours doing a roof rehab last summer.

 

Yeah I was thinking 4 feet wide and 4 ft deep. Most likely 12 feet or so long. Mainly for 4 guys but most of the time it prob wouldn't be that. I was going to frame up a box and drop it into the hole. Plywood walls andfloor with a bench. I have been looking at some pics and some of these pit blinds. You could have a party in there. Not looking to cook n clean in the thing.

Just make sure you go deeper than four and take yourself out a drain to give the water that is bound to get in there somewhere to go. Gravel, sand, something other than clay, otherwise you'll be hunting out of waders or need to invest in a decent trash pump.

Luckily for me I own 2, 3" trash pumps. I'm a poolguy remember lol. What you guys do for lids? I dont want to come out an have some vermin in my hole. Wanted to make like garage door runners on top so the lid can slide back n forth. Anyone do anything like that?
My trash pump...and ice eater

That'll work!!! We use 18inch pieces of plywood to cover the front side of the pit, but I like fishers set up better. With our set up you have to plug the hole with a guy and concealment is tough. I've seen a whole lot of different set ups on that one, but the simpler ones tend to work better. I've seen drop doors, garage doors, lids like the power hunter's got, all kinds of contraptions. Try a few different things and let me know what you like, I might give it a try myself!!! :rolling:

 

Yeah I was thinking 4 feet wide and 4 ft deep. Most likely 12 feet or so long. Mainly for 4 guys but most of the time it prob wouldn't be that. I was going to frame up a box and drop it into the hole. Plywood walls andfloor with a bench. I have been looking at some pics and some of these pit blinds. You could have a party in there. Not looking to cook n clean in the thing.

Just make sure you go deeper than four and take yourself out a drain to give the water that is bound to get in there somewhere to go. Gravel, sand, something other than clay, otherwise you'll be hunting out of waders or need to invest in a decent trash pump.

Yup! We have to pump out our pits most every morning we hunt if there has been any amount of rain. Only we don't have room to haul a trash pump. So we have a little hand pump, 12 gals/min. We estimated one day about 800 gals of water we had to pump.

As far as lids go. We use some sort of grass. I have no clue what it is called. We take an 18" wide piece of ply board and put it on the back of the blind. Then we lay the grass across the top of it. From there we tie down using a two lengths of wire so the wind can't blow it away. We do have to add some more later in the season because it breaks off. It works well.

 

Yeah I was thinking 4 feet wide and 4 ft deep. Most likely 12 feet or so long. Mainly for 4 guys but most of the time it prob wouldn't be that. I was going to frame up a box and drop it into the hole. Plywood walls andfloor with a bench. I have been looking at some pics and some of these pit blinds. You could have a party in there. Not looking to cook n clean in the thing.

Just make sure you go deeper than four and take yourself out a drain to give the water that is bound to get in there somewhere to go. Gravel, sand, something other than clay, otherwise you'll be hunting out of waders or need to invest in a decent trash pump.

Luckily for me I own 2, 3" trash pumps. I'm a poolguy remember lol. What you guys do for lids? I dont want to come out an have some vermin in my hole. Wanted to make like garage door runners on top so the lid can slide back n forth. Anyone do anything like that?
My trash pump...and ice eater

 

Yeah I was thinking 4 feet wide and 4 ft deep. Most likely 12 feet or so long. Mainly for 4 guys but most of the time it prob wouldn't be that. I was going to frame up a box and drop it into the hole. Plywood walls andfloor with a bench. I have been looking at some pics and some of these pit blinds. You could have a party in there. Not looking to cook n clean in the thing.

Just make sure you go deeper than four and take yourself out a drain to give the water that is bound to get in there somewhere to go. Gravel, sand, something other than clay, otherwise you'll be hunting out of waders or need to invest in a decent trash pump.

 

In my part of the country, hunting five men in a 12' pit is quite common. (But we're not out there cooking and playing cards.)

 

Yeah I was thinking 4 feet wide and 4 ft deep. Most likely 12 feet or so long. Mainly for 4 guys but most of the time it prob wouldn't be that. I was going to frame up a box and drop it into the hole. Plywood walls andfloor with a bench. I have been looking at some pics and some of these pit blinds. You could have a party in there. Not looking to cook n clean in the thing.

 

I'd allow 3 feet per man

This is pretty well spot on. The average shoulder width of an adult male is about 20". Based on the fact that most of us aren't average you are more likely to see 24". Add on the bulky cold weather gear and you are looking at 28"-30" plus a little space for gear. You could base your width on the cockpit width of your layout blind.

 

I like fishers thoughts there. We'd hunt 6 out of 16 footers on our old lease. Didnt hunt from a pit much this past year, just three times. once with fisherhunter, once at the farm and once out of a 24 footer on a buddy's farm. That thing was frickin sweet. I'd allow 3 feet per man or 3 guys per 8feet.

 

20'x4'x4'. That's a decent 5 man pit in my opinion. 4' deep is a pretty decent for kids and short people. My sister in law is about 5'2" and has a hard time getting up and shooting out of any thing deeper than that. Not much head room for taller guys, but they just have to slouch a bit. Or, think about the shortest member of your hunting party and measure up to breast height and go from there.