Friday, November 7, 2014

$44 dollar ice house/greenhouse from Menards


lady not included
This is my idea for a cheap portable for this year. Might have to weight it down or
attach to a sheet of treated plywood with zip ties, and thin it will be time to fish. Might
use spray paint to cover some of the clear plastic, and leave spots for windows, insert
buddy heater, radio, and buckets, and it should be a good little shelter for calm days.
Not heading up to Lake of the Woods with this setup, but should work well for round here.
Link to clearance shack at Menards

Portable Pop-up Ice Fishing Shelter Plans via Mother Earth News.1986

link to article

Thursday, November 6, 2014

permies homesteading forum

http://www.permies.com/ link

Ice house pictures: one person ice house made from freezer with safety features included?

Here are two pictures of ice fishing house designs I like due to the way they incorporate natural light for the short, dark days of winter:



&quotThe Lakehouse" that Ron Ingals of Hermon built is mostly scavenged materials supplemented with $150 worth of purchased items. It features a large picture window, a spice cabinet (Ron likes to cook) a wood stove and home sewn curtains to name a few. All told, ice auger and snowmobile included, his investment is $250. Ron has three kids, so frugality is not an option, it is a requirement, he says.


But the most financially friendly and ingenious design goes to the builder of the freezer ice house:

The &quotChest Freezer Shack" can be used as a tote sled or can be converted by standing up into an ice shack. It has an electrical cable tray for runners, caped with nylon paper-machine foils.


This is a one person ice house made from a freezer. I remember the warnings when I was younger to never go inside an old freezer, but this is a very cool way to reuse the old icebox. Plus, this design comes with free integrated insulation.
The &quotChest Freezer Shack" can be used as a tote sled or can be converted by standing up into an ice shack. It has an electrical cable tray for runners, caped with nylon paper-machine foils.











he &quotChest Freezer Shack" can be used as a tote sled or can be converted by standing up into an ice shack. It has an electrical cable tray for runners, caped with nylon paper-machine foils.
Freezer  house










sled shanty pics. from iceshanty.com

Ice fishing house building plans link

http://www.blfga.org/blfga/shanty/shanti.html

Ice Shanty Diagram
From iceshanty.com
view the thread





pics. of 4 x 8 fishhousef from iceshanty.com



Walls are 1.5"x2.5" ripped from 2x6"s, the shack is 6'3" tall on the inside

I got two brand new 12"x30" windows for free from a friend and I will be making 2 more plexiglass windows that are 12"x8" (Sorry picture wont up load)

I also got a free older shack that had tin on it so I took it off the tin and put it on the one I am making now. here are a couple pic's with the tin on the new shack. the old shack that had the tin on it was crap and weigh a ton because it was steel.

2013 Deer Harvest by Zone: Map of Minnesota

210, the zone is which I hunt, had a 2.3-3.7 for last year, and I hope to secure some venison for the winter.



"Trapper", new series, pilot

The Woodsman Trapper