RE: Elevated pop-up blind
I bought some brackets for making a tower stand a few yeas ago that I never got around too so I would use them plus some extra treated lumber I have laying around that never got used in a decking project. Basically, 5 foot high 4x4 legs braced with criss-crossed 2x4s and and 6 foot by 6 foot platform on top. I'd secure a sheet of carpet and blind on to the top and brush the whole think into the tree I have picked out. There's lots of deadfalls around so hopefully it would just look like another one.