you sound like you are from a place with a lot of thick forest. where we are at, most places are bare and open, that is why the turkeys like it. if you place a blind out in the open, the turkeys won't mind it. if you sit next to the only couple of trees exposed on the hillside you will be busted. we are forced to use blinds all the time here.

we will break out of a blind in a hearbeat if the strategy changes. a blind is more of a strategy that sometimes fits a purpose better than other strategiesat each different situation.

also, hunting out of a blind in the rain makes the hunting so much better than being soaked.

a blind is just another tool that got upgraded, it is always up to everyone to choose what strategy they want to use.

bowhunters of course like blinds because they can help to mask movement. in a place with lots of turkeys and a lot of open ground like where we are at, a person would do everything right to call in a tom and still never have the chance to settle the pin on the tom.

who can forget kids, anyone who has taken a kid on his first hunt will learn to hide and muffle the sound of that kid a little better the second time around. it doesn't matter if the turrain is open or dense, kids always need a larger margin of error.