i bought a pop up blind. It is a eastman blind i got at sams club.
do you guys do anything differnt when bow hunting in a ground blind then when treestand hunting.
Do you set them up in the dark or wait untill light to set them up.
Also the blind i bought seems real heavy it says it weighs 26 pounds feels like 50 it is a hub style 51/2 feet by 5 1/2. Is 26 normaly for a blind that says. i am glad i bought a game cart now i can use it to haul the blind in
also do any of you hunt turkey with bow from a pop up
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If possible, set the blind up and leave it for a week or so before you hunt it. It gives the game a chance to get used to it in the environment. That is not a bad weight, but it makes a big difference if you are going far with it. Deer can be skiddish around a new blind. Turkeys, on the other hand, don't seem to give two hoots aboud the blind. They walk right up to it.
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Or on the other hand, Your gonna be bowhunting, Go set it up the day of, or evening before the hunt. Brush it n really well. use the surrounding foalige to blend it in. Check out jmbuckhunters thread "BDD" look at how he set his up and youll get the idea. That way if deer want to be skittish, so be it, by the time the see it youll done have them on the trail of death.
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Also something to think about is brushing the blind in. Cover it up well with brush from the area, leave shooting lanes outside your windows. Deer will be much more comfortable with it if it "blends in".
i can not set i up and leave it because of it being public land and not sure it would be there the next day. plus i plan to use it on several differnt spots.
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ya brushing it in is a great idea. it has a odd shape not square but more like a stop sign shape and it has the left cuts i think it will hide well with a little brushing in
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As I said, if possible. I know a lot of people don't hunt their own land or can't trust "the neighbors". Brushing it in is a great idea.
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Team 17: Kickers and Stickers
i bought a pop up blind. It is a eastman blind i got at sams club.
do you guys do anything differnt when bow hunting in a ground blind then when treestand hunting.
Do you set them up in the dark or wait untill light to set them up.
Also the blind i bought seems real heavy it says it weighs 26 pounds feels like 50 it is a hub style 51/2 feet by 5 1/2. Is 26 normaly for a blind that says. i am glad i bought a game cart now i can use it to haul the blind in
also do any of you hunt turkey with bow from a pop up
I think I have the same one as you do. By the time I load that thing on my back with my big fanny pack and carrying my bow, it's not as over bearing as I thought it would be. It surely isn't comfortable, but it's not like hauling a full Army issued back pack with 75 pounds of gear.
Best to know where you're going and get it off quickly as oppose to scouting with it. You will deffinitly want to open it up and let it sit open (preferably outside in your back yard since your hunting public land) to air out the newness of it.
it is the carbon venture magnum by eastmans it was one of the reason i bought a game cart i got a spot i plan to use it that i sa 1 1/2 mile hike up hill
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i bought a pop up blind. It is a eastman blind i got at sams club.
do you guys do anything differnt when bow hunting in a ground blind then when treestand hunting.
Do you set them up in the dark or wait untill light to set them up.
Also the blind i bought seems real heavy it says it weighs 26 pounds feels like 50 it is a hub style 51/2 feet by 5 1/2. Is 26 normaly for a blind that says. i am glad i bought a game cart now i can use it to haul the blind in
also do any of you hunt turkey with bow from a pop up
I think I have the same one as you do. By the time I load that thing on my back with my big fanny pack and carrying my bow, it's not as over bearing as I thought it would be. It surely isn't comfortable, but it's not like hauling a full Army issued back pack with 75 pounds of gear.
Best to know where you're going and get it off quickly as oppose to scouting with it. You will deffinitly want to open it up and let it sit open (preferably outside in your back yard since your hunting public land) to air out the newness of it.
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Team 17: Kickers and Stickers
I don't like to leave mine out. What I do is set up a natural blind around the pop up blind just to break things up. Then I pack up my blind and leave. When I want to hunt the area, I just bring it in and set it up.
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