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Two hunters. Seven months.
One blind we'd actually hunt out of.

We did not set out to start a blind company. We set out to build a blind that we as tree stand archery hunters would actually hunt from.

We hunt from trees. Saddles, sticks, climbing stands. That is how we grew up doing this, and that is where we feel at home—strapping in before you can see your hand in front of your face and listening to the woods wake up from twenty feet in the air while everything below you has no idea you're there.

For a long time, we resisted box blinds. Sitting inside four plywood walls felt like selling out. But hunting teaches you something as you get older: the right tool depends on the moment. When the wind locks a mature buck onto a bedding edge with no timber worth climbing. When it is seventeen degrees and your fingers need to be warm at full draw. Or when your eight-year-old kid is sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with you for their very first sit.

When we finally decided to build something, we didn't ask what hunters in general wanted. We asked what bowhunters need. When you hunt from a saddle, the whole tree is your shooting lane. We wanted that same freedom in a box: ten sides, a silent vertical-slide window in every panel, dead silence, total scent containment, and seven feet of ceiling clearance so a grown adult can stand up and come to full draw without thinking about it.

Seven months and a lot of scrap later we had one we would actually hunt out of. That is still the blind. We have not changed the argument since, because the geometry has not changed and neither has the reason for it.

A hunter at full draw, standing, inside a NXTGen blind.
The whole point, in one frame
The Right Tool

Three moments when you
come out of the tree.

An elevated box blind isn't a downgrade from a treestand. When built right, it's the tactical advantage in the spots timber cannot solve.

01 · Wind & Cover

The Bedding Edge

When you are managing a property for mature deer and need to cover a food plot or bedding edge from an angle the wind will never allow from a tree. Total scent control lets you sit right on the edge of daylight.

02 · Late Season

17 Degrees

When sub-freezing mornings numb your fingers and kill your draw cycle. Carpeted walls, insulated ceiling, and windproof seams keep your hands warm and anchor points consistent when a shooter buck steps out at 4:40 PM.

03 · Legacy

Shoulder to Shoulder

When your kid is eight years old and it's their very first sit, or when your dad's knees can't take the 20-foot climb anymore. Watching the same treeline, sharing the same breath, keeping the tradition alive.

How we build

Four things we
will not trade away.

01
The ceiling never shrinks

Seven feet in the 5 Foot, the 6 Foot and the 7 Foot. A hunter at full draw is the same height in all three, so the ceiling is the same in all three. It would be cheaper to shorten the small one. We are not going to.

02
A window in every panel

Not most panels. Every panel. The whole argument falls apart the moment there is a side of the blind you cannot shoot out of. Every window is a silent vertical-slide shootable opening, engineered specifically for archery hunters at full draw.

03
Quiet and scent-proof

A fully carpeted interior is not about luxury — it makes the blind dead quiet and scent-proof. Bumping a wall with an elbow, shifting your boots, or dropping a call makes zero sound, while the carpet and tight seams lock your scent inside so game never catches wind of you.

04
American-built in Pennsylvania

Every blind is built from scratch right here at our shop in Stoneboro, Pennsylvania. No thin molded plastic shells, no overseas freight containers, and no cheap shortcuts. Built by hunters using commercial-grade LP SmartSide and weather-tested materials designed to stand up to decades in the field.

Where they are made · Made in the USA

Stoneboro,
Pennsylvania.

Every blind is hand built here in Stoneboro PA.

Built for hunters by hunters.

Trusted in the field

Proven by bowhunters
who live this.

JM

Jared Mills

Midwest Whitetail · Bowhunter & Land Manager

"For serious bowhunters managing property, traditional box blinds are full of trade-offs—blind spots, cramped ceilings, and noisy windows. NXTGen engineered this specifically for archery: true 360-degree shooting lanes, a full seven-foot standing draw, and total scent containment. It's the only box blind built by guys who actually hunt like we do."

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More Field Tests in Progress

We are putting NXTGen blinds on premier managed properties and public-land fringe edges across the Midwest and Northeast with veteran bowhunters this fall. Full field breakdowns and season footage dropping soon.

Midwest & PA Field Trials · 2026/2027
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Two NXTGen blinds on the same property.

Come see one.

The shop is open Monday to Friday and Saturdays by appointment. There is usually one standing out back you can climb into.