RE: pop up blinds
Skeet: Thanks for the great suggestions. I've got one more week until I head to camp for opening weekend. I'll definitely take a look at cutting some shooting holes in the mesh. We've got 5 guys hunting the same land and we like to move around and mix things up---that just means I have to take into consideration rifles with scopes, shotguns, open sight rifles. I'll just big enough for all three to be comfortable.
Oh and the longer stakes are a great idea.