Ground Blinds are the Shat

[DUCKAHOLIC]

Yall know I shot a couple last weekend out of a ground blind. Well we went back yesterday me and the kids. At 5:30 we had two spoted fawns, a doe, and the bachelor group 2 spikes and two 4 points all within 15 yrds of the blind. At one point the fawns were within 4 ft of us.

My little boy was wanting an arrow flung but I acted like I could not get a shot......I was having to much fun watching them..........The 4 points got into a sparing match and Peyton (son) was about to pee on himself.

It is gonna be hard to get me back in a stand...................

[cwink]

Are you leaving the blind up and then going back to it.. Or are you moving it around to different spots when you want to go hunt a new spot.. I guess my question is do the deer have to get used to it?

[DUCKAHOLIC]

Last week we put it up at 7:30 in the morning on Friday killed a Doe at 5:30 that afternoon.

We put it up Saturday about mid day this week and then hunted it Sunday afternoon.

I broke down and bought a "double bull" cause I could see myself in these things alot. It came with a viedo and it said to just stick it in the wide open and let'er rip............it showed them hunting in it in the wide open and it worked.

All the deer we have seen come out look at it for 15-20 seconds and then act like its not even there. I got it set up on the edge of a pine plantation and in no way have it covered in brush. It has a shoot thru mesh on it that is unbelivable. I drew on that doe last sunday she was within 15 yrds and she never picked her head up.

Vans has Ameristeps on sale for 140.00

[cwink]

I bought the Escape at the end of last year. I set it up for me and my son a couple of weekends ago and it seemed to work pretty good for the hour we where in it.. It also has the shoot thru mesh.. I almost used it this weekend, but wanted to try out the Summit I bought a couple of weeks ago.

Look forward to using the ground blind alot this year.

[duckbuster330]

bought one while i was home this time and put it up just to video one day. they will walk right up on you in it. Gonna get to try and stick one out of it when i get off the rig hopefully

[waterfowlwidowmaker]

Got a double bull on the way. Can't wait to shoot something out of it.

[SHAG]

Last year I bought an Ameristep Intimidator. On Jan. 13 I got into the area I wanted to hunt late(after 4:00pm) -fell asleep in the recliner at camp. Set up the blind, unzipped the windows, set back in my chair, looked to my left and saw this guy headed right for me at about 70 yds. at 50yds I dropped the hammer

[LawDawg]

I bought the Escape at the end of last year. I set it up for me and my son a couple of weekends ago and it seemed to work pretty good for the hour we where in it.. It also has the shoot thru mesh.. I almost used it this weekend, but wanted to try out the Summit I bought a couple of weeks ago.

Look forward to using the ground blind alot this year.

how'd that viper treat you, Chad?

[cwink]

I bought the Escape at the end of last year. I set it up for me and my son a couple of weekends ago and it seemed to work pretty good for the hour we where in it.. It also has the shoot thru mesh.. I almost used it this weekend, but wanted to try out the Summit I bought a couple of weeks ago.

Look forward to using the ground blind alot this year.

how'd that viper treat you, Chad?

I think I scared everything in the woods off in the morning when I went to put it out.. Took a little getting used to... But by the afternoon hunt I had it figured out. The seat kept getting in the way as I was climbing up and down. But it is the most comfortable and easiest to carry climber I have ever had.

[tombstone]

You are not brushing it up at all?????

the one time I hunted out of my blind (ameristep) they jumped out of their shoes. I gotta rethink this. I sure would like to hunt out of it. I got a couple of places where it would be the only way to hunt

[DUCKAHOLIC]

There is not a stick of brush on it....its in the wide open...The video said to brush it completely or none at all....a little brsh made it stick out like a sore thumb.......so being lazy I went for the none at all aproach....

Waterfowl.....I have hunted both and that Double Bull is worth the money.

[duckchur1]

I have an Ameristep Doghouse. I used it this past weekend. Its a little dark for the surroundings right now so we put it in a group of palm meadows and brushed it up with 10 or 12 palms around it and on top. Had 1 doe at 65 yds, 1 doe and yearling come by at 25 yds, and 1 doe at 10 steps that knew something wasn't right but didn't run off until she heard me draw back (damn chair squeaked).