My father lives in Nebraska and his fire is fueled by hunting ducks and geese. Year round he is thinking about it and making silhouette decoys and carts and other things...
... but this was his first summer as a retiree and genius and boredom led to this amazing little rig that looks like a giant hay bale from the outside. Inside it should stay nice and cozy since he kept the stove for making coffee and hash browns.
I hope he thought through the fire-escape plan.
.... And way back in the day when hair was feathered and big he made this sweet "goose blind" that you could drive around the lake. It is made with closed irrigation pipes on each side like a pontoon boat. The neck of the goose was a gun rack. The john boat motors the thing around after you lock it in from the inside with a few ratcheting pulley deals. The goose retired after a few pics in local magazines and stuff.
He converted it into a floating island by removing the head and covering the entire canvas area with reeds... and it is still in use today.
Here is how it works:
1 - the barge/blind (goose) with boat locked in is trailered to the waterway you are going to hunt.
2 - You launch the barge and boat as one unit and motor the whole rig to where you want to set up decoys.
3 - Anchor the barge part and unlock the boat to exit the blind with just the boat.
4 - Motor around the outside of the barge setting up your decoys, and the pull the boat back in to start hunting.
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