RE: pop up or natural ground blind
My dad and I started using Ameristep Doghouse pop up blinds last season. I love them, and I never thought I'd like ground blind hunting...period. I always prefered tree stands. Anyway, you can set them up the minute your hunt starts and the game won't know the difference if you pick a good spot. My dad saw three one morning, two does and a buck, from his blind that he set up that very morning. Another morning I was in it and had turkeys all around me. You can zip the edges of the windows nearly all the way up and still see, or you can use the shoot-through mesh windows that they have. I have the shoot through mesh but have only used the open windows.