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Ground Blinds
Posted on 2/1/16 at 7:56 am
Posted on 2/1/16 at 7:56 am
Preparing for next season and trying to find some end of the season deals looking at making some purchases soon. On the IST/IBT I saw that a few people like hunting out of a ground blind, but I personally hate hunting from the ground.
What am I missing and why do y'all prefer it or is it just a necessity for the area you are hunting?
What am I missing and why do y'all prefer it or is it just a necessity for the area you are hunting?
Posted on 2/1/16 at 7:59 am to Citica8
You can pack them, good for public land. You're concealed, you can move around. Great place to get out of the rain. Some places aren't great to put ladder stands or climbers, you can have thick canopys, no trees big enough or close enough to where you want to hunt... plenty of uses.
Posted on 2/1/16 at 8:52 am to Citica8
Def takes some getting used to. Hunting public land where its thick as hell is prime areas I use them. Easy to pack in and out. If you conceal them good, its actually not bad. I will always prefer being in a tree but some areas this is the next best option.
Posted on 2/1/16 at 9:31 am to DownSouthDave
I like them because I'm a big guy and don't like being cramped in a tree worrying if my stand is going to break. When done properly deer will no pay attention. I had a big doe so close this year I could have stuck arrow out window and touched her.
Posted on 2/1/16 at 9:47 am to Citica8
Easy to move, mosquitos can't get you, and movement is much more forgiving when animals can't see you in the blind.
Posted on 2/1/16 at 9:51 am to rusty547
I like to hunt and move a lot. It really makes that easy and hardly ever have I been busted in one versus a tree.
Posted on 2/1/16 at 10:56 am to King of the Sabine
Used a Ameristep Doghouse this year, killed 3 out of it. Killed 1 other from tree.
I like the fact it allows you to get closer, if you can brush it in well. Allows you to see further in the brush as it starts to die in more directions. I will be buying another one for next year for sure.
I like the fact it allows you to get closer, if you can brush it in well. Allows you to see further in the brush as it starts to die in more directions. I will be buying another one for next year for sure.
Posted on 2/1/16 at 12:34 pm to Citica8
I have 2 ground blinds,this year I purchased the Ameristep "The Crush" Blind. That was the one I hunted mostly out of this year. Really roomy, like the other poster said I had deer so close to me I could her them chewing the acorns and corn that was around the blind.
I cut some palmettos, took some blown down branches and piled them up around it and put some stuff on top.
Next year, instread of camo I will be wearing all black to make sure I blend into the backdrop.
I cut some palmettos, took some blown down branches and piled them up around it and put some stuff on top.
Next year, instread of camo I will be wearing all black to make sure I blend into the backdrop.
This post was edited on 2/1/16 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 2/1/16 at 10:16 pm to Tiger 79
Thanks for the responses, still not sold on it. I'd rather be 25' in the air if given the choice, may borrow one for a hunt see if I like it before I pick one up in the offseason.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 8:40 am to Citica8
I've set up three of them on my place. I hunt in hills so vantage points are easier to come by. I also have a 10 yo pine thicket that's perfect for them.. They def have their advantages
Posted on 2/2/16 at 11:04 am to rilesrick
Forgot to mention, I can take my children and have no worries my little ones will fall off the stand
Posted on 2/2/16 at 12:36 pm to rusty547
Now there's a positive I can get behind and hadn't thought of.
Grew up hunting with my dad in chairs behind palmetto leaves, and hated it. When my kid gets a little older thats a much better option to hide a kid and protect from mosquitos.
Grew up hunting with my dad in chairs behind palmetto leaves, and hated it. When my kid gets a little older thats a much better option to hide a kid and protect from mosquitos.
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