Bait Barrel Design - Thoughts? Advice?

[SLDMTN]

The alarm? I’ve been sitting my bait from 7pm-7am. We swap off to watch and nap a lot already. iPad and movies is nice too.

The bed roll. We built a big platform stand and had sleeping bags 13’ off the ground. When the barrel tips over, it wakes us up. I use a barrel with a leash. It’s harder for them to crush it if they can’t get a good angle to keep it from rolling.

 

[BRWNBR]

I gotcha. Ya I got a huge ground blind, like 11x7 or something. Gotta get some shut eye, I’m sitting those baits for almost a month straight, rest is important. I’m gonna try out my driveway alarm this year. I’ve got a river between me and my bait so clients and I can chat without worrying about noise. We’d never hear the barrel if they filled it with rocks and rolled it down the gravel bar!

 

[Nick Muche]

Hard to sleep or watch movies 15 yards away from the bait. Sometimes I play cribbage, but most times I am scanning the brush looking for a bear because they usually come in pretty quiet.

 

[BRWNBR]

Slinging arrows that 15 yards is golden. Luckily for me it’s not something I need!