Digging down is a wonderful suggestion. I may have to try that as it could make standing shots even more a breeze. The pit blind sounds like an idea as well. How do you camo the top or perimiter and how do you go about shooting. Do you just sit on a bucket and rise up when the moment is right. The only thing that would concern me about digging a pit blind or digging underneath a portable blind is a good rain. Then what? [:@].