RE: Best deer blinds?
I just bought an Ameristep Doghouse blind in the Tangle pattern from Gander Mountain for $59.99. (I just checked and it is actually the Grizzly G-20 blind that is the same as the Doghouse except it doesn't have the little leaves sewn onto it.)
I set it up at 4:00 in the afternoon on a hill on my property and saw deer out of it that evening thatdidn't even give it a second look.The spot that I put it had some tall weeds around it and I just knocked down the weeds in front of the window.
I had quail within 2 feet of the blind during the day while I was sitting in it. I was really happy with it and it really was pretty easy to setup and take down. I bought one of the Outhouse blinds and tried it out before I went out and it was much harder to get folded up than the Doghouse version and it didn't have near as much room. The Doghouse blind had several other features like tent poles for the roof and high wind tie down stakes that were well worth the $20 extra over the Outhouse version.
I'll probably end up building a wooden blind where I was setup this week, but I'll keep the ground blind for turkey hunting.