I shot my first three birds with a bow... None included a pop up blind. I users the big trees for the first, his fan for the second, and put a sneak on the third. It is hard though. I must have called 15 birds into gun range before I could take those three. I shoot a 12 ga now because for me the fun is in calling and watching more than the difficulty of the shot. Keep hunting fun and ethical and you will be fine either way.