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lewbarnes
Poult
Joined: Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:51 am Posts: 5
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blinds
Re: blinds for deer/turkey, beside the ghost blinds (don't like them), what are y'alls thoughts on them?
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Greyghost
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:12 am Posts: 2451 Location: Midland, VA
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Re: blinds
Me personally, don't use them and have not so far with the kids or grandkids. But for kids, disabled hunters, or those that use them for what ever reason I support the use of. Talking total enclosed blinds. I use them for our wounded warrior hunts and use the double bull that the sponsors donate and find them easy to set up and take down.
Earl
_________________ God, Family, Country, Corps and then the Wild Turkey.
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3806
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Re: blinds
Because on most of my local season l hunt many open country or pasture birds l use the pop up blinds a good part of the season. I am not a kid. I m not handicapped . And l dont apologize for using the blind, and l dont think my turkeys are any less earned because l was in a blind. Allows me to be comfortable for the sometime long periods that are required to deal with birds that are simply not killable by leaning up against a tree because there are no trees where the birds spend the day. lt took me twenty five years to figure out that birds in open areas are for the most part not killable by old time conventional means of sitting by a tree and calling them out of open areas where they feel secure. so for the last twenty years l have made blinds an important part of the arsenal. I do not use the blinds in woods or in steep terrain. I have hidden under a single blackberry bush two feet in diameter and killed a bird in the middle of a forty acre grass pasture but frankly it is not a very pleasant experience to try to remain motionless for a few hours.with birds in view for the whole time. My advice is to use what allows you hunt successfully with confidence, in relative comfort. If you can kill birds in the mountains or forests, and l have killed a few there , then using a blind in open areas will make you even more deadly in areas where there is no natural cover to enable a good setup. 2 cents
_________________ "even after almost a half-century of hunting of the noblest game bird I am going to confess that I am still in the kindergarten; and I doubt if any human being ever acquires a complete education in this high art."
- Archibald Rutledge
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lewbarnes
Poult
Joined: Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:51 am Posts: 5
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Re: blinds
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, folks.
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Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:20 pm |
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wingboneman
Longbeard
Joined: Fri May 18, 2012 9:25 am Posts: 161 Location: Fredericksburg, Va
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Re: blinds
I just use what ever is in the woods to make a blind, use what is around you to build a blind, what is in the woods is better then any camo.
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Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:15 pm |
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Vic
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:40 am Posts: 2706 Location: Baltimore, MD
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Re: blinds
I use blinds mostly with my kids. Covers movement. Any hub style is good. If you want to run and gun though, forget it.
Vic
_________________ Vic
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!
-Pericles (430 B.C.)
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 9:36 am |
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Windsor52
2 Year Old
Joined: Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:45 pm Posts: 96 Location: Windsor, Virginia
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Re: blinds
wingboneman wrote: I just use what ever is in the woods to make a blind, use what is around you to build a blind, what is in the woods is better then any camo. Amen to that!
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 9:38 am |
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Freddy
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm Posts: 3138 Location: Goodview, VA
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Re: blinds
Sat in a popup blind on Saturday with Abby during the sleet/snow/rain storm... with a heater and hot chocolate. Otherwise, she would not have been hunting. She was able to hunt for almost 4 hours because of the warmth and comfort and it paid off in the end. I'll post the story in a bit.
I like my butt in the leaves and my back on an oak tree just as much as anyone... but if the situation dictates the use of a blind to be comfortable, patient, and out of the elements I'm all for it.
_________________ "You have to pay for every bird you kill and the coin you use to pay for them is time." - Tom Kelly
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Mon Dec 16, 2013 10:31 am |
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vagrousehunter
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:41 pm Posts: 813 Location: WV Eastern Panhandle
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Re: blinds
I do not use blinds for the most part but I'm not opposed to using one when the situation dictates it. Tut and I have had more than one hunting trip out west saved by using a blind. I'm talking blowing wind and rain that would normally keep us from hunting and we were in a Double Bull dry and comfortable. They will always be a part of my gear.
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Tue Dec 17, 2013 5:11 pm |
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jstchln71
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:40 pm Posts: 488
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Re: blinds
I love pop up ground blinds! In the woods or the fields! I have hunted plenty in open woods with my rear end against a tree and hiding in the leaves. I have hunted in the last couple years in a couple different ground blinds situated in a couple different locations. I will usually hunt in my blinds in certain circumstances. ... very cold windy and wet. .. or to much of either of these!! Or if I know patience is going to be the name of the game that particular day when I know Iwon't be able to sit completely still out in the open. I also have a herniated disc on my lower back, and even at 31, there are some days my back will not allow me to sit against a tree. This past spring at the end if the season ( 2 days left) whrn the birds were silent, but I wanted to be out in the woods and givr it a try, I would've never killed that bird had I been in the open! I csnt sit still that long!! Im aaalllll for them!!!
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Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:38 pm |
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HODY
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 3:08 pm Posts: 1565 Location: Central VA
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Re: blinds
Ditto with Freddy. Didnt use them much , but with kids they are perfect. I have used them myself in a pasture and they work great.....
_________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."
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Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:39 pm |
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Doug
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:25 pm Posts: 2092
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Re: blinds
I love using blinds when hunting the fields. It works out good for kids but also helps me with my dad who has a hard time hearing! Also good for videoing too!
Doug
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Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:32 pm |
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