I kinda like the idea of the wood burner, epecially if I can use it and not have to have a window open like with propane, but I worry about the deer being spooked at all by the smoke.

I now have a mini-version of that two burner one.. it's supposed to be a mini "stove" (one burner) that goes on top of one of the disposable tanks. It has worked good and is fairly quiet but doesnt do much for heat besides to warm your hands. The blind I'm building is going to twice the size of my tiny ground blind, hence looking for something a little more permanent.

I don't think the smoke or smell of wood burning would spook them. If anything it might cover some of the human scent which they definately know.

anthology86 said:

I kinda like the idea of the wood burner, epecially if I can use it and not have to have a window open like with propane, but I worry about the deer being spooked at all by the smoke.

I now have a mini-version of that two burner one.. it's supposed to be a mini "stove" (one burner) that goes on top of one of the disposable tanks. It has worked good and is fairly quiet but doesnt do much for heat besides to warm your hands. The blind I'm building is going to twice the size of my tiny ground blind, hence looking for something a little more permanent.

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My dad uses a radiant type heater similar to this Cabela's Heater but puts a 20 lber at the base of his blind and runs a hose up to the heater. My brother uses a Coleman Blackcat portable heater.

I like the girlfriend idea.. but I still havent been able to get mine out in the woods... at least not with a gun. My lifelong struggle is to convert her from her anti-stance. We watched the girl and her dad trapping beaver on Michigan Out-of-doors this week and that didnt really help my cause - :rant:

The overall feeling I get from you guys is a propane with a 20lber attached. I was kinda thinking that, especially after I found out that carbon monoxide is still produced when you burn wood. I dont really see a benefit to wood now.

Doesn't matter whether you're burning wood or propane, carbon monoxide is produced. You have to be careful with any unvented fuel burning equipment inside an enclosed space, even the ones that the manufacturers say are okay for use in tents and shanties.
The vented heaters, like Nu-Way's propane and wood fired heaters, are less likely to produce elevated levels of CO in a blind. Venting the heater would be difficult in most cloth blinds but is easy to do in a permanent wooden blind.

I use one of the Coleman "Cat" heaters in my cloth blind and I keep a window open and my head above the opening. My wife has a vented Nu-Way LP heater in her wooden blind. Neither heater seems to bother the deer.

Lindsey