re: Building Deer Stands with EZ Brackets

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The only tricky part of those brackets is stabbing the legs in. Tractor with front end loader makes it easy but otherwise it's a bit of a spook ride. I've done many of them with those things and so far only dropped one

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That is what I thought when I used them. Now I build them with 4x4's bolted to a 2x8 floor joists. The stand floors are 12' off the ground, 4x6 size. The legs are straight and do not flare out like the elevator brackets do.

To attach them to the ground I drive two T posts at each of the 4 legs. I drive them as far down as my driver will go (when driver hits the ground). I then wrap welded chain around the 4x4 and both T posts and use a bolt to tighten the chain. Make sure when you are driving the T post in that the bumps are on the outside so the chain will not slide off.

We have 11 of those stands (and 1 with the elevator brackets) and have never had one blow over. We did have a tree fall on one and destroy it but that would have happened to the elevators as well.

For my windows I get solid PVC 1x2's and route out two grooves for 1/4" glass to go in. The front window on my house is 64" wide and I use 2 pieces of glass that are 32.5" wide so there is a little overlap. If you will rub some gulf wax on the bottom edge of the glass it will slide easily and quietly.