RE: Speaking of ground blinds....
I hunt exclusively out of ground blinds or on foot.
Like robb said, put it up, brush it in and spray it down with some brand of scent killer. leave it up a few weeks ( if that's possible where you hunt) and you are good to go.
Shot one with a gun at 3 yards last year. No kidding and not exaggerating.was actuallyjust under 3 yards. The deer came in from behind and to the right. He went to turn left and actually had to move out a little not to walk into my blind. I was watching this through the screen on the right side of my blind. He crossed in front of me.
My blind had been up for over a month by then.