Our buck pen is about 50% hill and for months now I have wanted to build a deck of some sort on the hill for the bucks to lounge on, and to provide an extra shelter for them to go under when it rains. I kept putting it off because dealing with pier blocks on the hill and working around the large bay tree was a significant deterrent. And then I came up with this idea! It is 8 foot square and built on a frame I attached to the tree trunk with 4" TimberLOK screws. On the uphill side the platform is only one foot off the ground and on the downhill side it is about five feet high. As soon as it was finished it became the favorite hangout spot.
