Ameristep blinds
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Maine
Posts: 287
Ameristep blinds
I would love a double bull but it is way out of my price range. I found a couple of ameristeps in cabelas for 149. one is the penthouse and the other is the roundhouse. ANyone heve one or used one? Any comments besides buy a matrix?
#2
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 20
RE: Ameristep blinds
have not used those particular models but my bro in MI let me use his. It is a Cabelas full draw blind. LOVED it. got a doe 1st time in it. It was, however in a fence row and had been there for about 3 or 4 days. Not sure about the price but i remember thinking "wow, thats cheap" Good luck
standingbear
standingbear
#4
RE: Ameristep blinds
I have the Penthouse model as well as some of their others. The Penthouse has been their largest offering (though that may have changed in the last year or so). I remember hearing one guy saying the he would actually hide his ATV inside of it. I have only had a few occassions where I needed to use a blind of that size but it did work quite well on those occassions.
#7
RE: Ameristep blinds
I like the Ameristep blinds, I just don't have enough room. I went with a Trophy Den, from Hunters View. I love it. Hub style blind, at a fraction of the cost. Also was just looking in the Cabelas archery catalog, and there are several new ones to choose from. Look it over. It is a growing market.
#8
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Fort Covington, NY
Posts: 118
RE: Ameristep blinds
I have the Doghouse, and it is too small for use with a bow. I just don't have room to comfortably come to full draw without constantly paying attention to whether I am going to bump into the sides.
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Central Michigan
Posts: 982
RE: Ameristep blinds
I have the doghouse and it works very well. Me and Carp were turkey hunting and we had a doe walk down a trail about 85 yards away and never looked at us. Later that same day we had a doe walk by at about 45 yards and she never looked up until she heard me snap my binoc caps, then she circled us and got to within 15 yards. She didn't know what we were but she couldn't figure it out so she left.
#10
RE: Ameristep blinds
I've used an Outhouseā¢ blind for about 5 years for gun only and I've been very pleased with it . I also have a Guide Gear knock-off of the Roundhouse blind which works pretty well for bow hunting , even my 58" recurve . IMHO the DBs are both vastly overrated and outrageously overpriced . That wierd pattern they use sticks out like a sore thumb in my terrain .