How do the Deer react to a newly placed Blind where you Hunt? I know we tried a Blind one year and never saw a Mature Deer come within Shooting distance of it. We then Built a Pemanant Blind out of 1/2" Pressure Treated Wood and Roofed the top with shingles (on our own land) at the Seasons end.
It took all of the next Season pretty much befor a Nice Doe was even shot from it. Then the following Season all the Deer were pretty much used to it and it was a real comfy place from then on out to sit in and be protected from the elements.
Im only about a 25 Minute Drive from North East, Rifle Hunted in PA but have yet to buy a Flinter, seems like too much work and too many things can go wrong using one??
Good Luck in PA and hope you get one of them Big Old Managed Bucks out there.
(BP)