ground blind location?
10-29-2005, 12:45 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: minnesota
Posts: 100
ground blind location?
Alright i have a couple of questions....I just got this ground blind and i set it up yesterday. I sat in it for 10 minutes and a doe appeared.She looked right at me and i thought i was well covered. She stuck around but never really gave me a good shot. I packed up and went home until later that afternoon. I sat in the blind for about 2 hours and I didn't even see the buck looking right at me. I didn't move because i thought he could see me. This was one of the biggest bucks in the woods. He took off without even giving me a chance. so here is my question......Do i have to have the blind deep in the trees or could i move it out a little bit? Could it be because it was a new thing in the area that they were scared?
10-29-2005, 01:07 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Iowa (Heartland USA)
Posts: 3,249
RE: ground blind location?
My guess is was because the blind was just put there, they knew something was out of place. I had deer come up and investigate mine after it had been in place quite a while. Put the blind out (if you are on private land) and leave it so the deer get used to it being there.
10-29-2005, 03:10 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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RE: ground blind location?
The deer have to get used to it for a while unless its in a place where they wont notice it. also i recomend shoot through mesh on a blind, it doesnt affect the arrow at all and the deer wont even know that you are there.
10-29-2005, 04:37 PM
#5
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: minnesota
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RE: ground blind location?
i was just out there and it was really windy. the doe came to about 20 yards and got wind of me. It is a new blind so it has the new smell. Could i put scent killer on it?
The mesh doesn't mess up the shooting? It looks like it would.hmmmmm
The mesh doesn't mess up the shooting? It looks like it would.hmmmmm
10-29-2005, 05:41 PM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: middletown, de, usa
Posts: 579
RE: ground blind location?
how about telling us the brand and model and we can help u more. it is unusual to get winded in a blind....and when a deer usually spots a blind, they dont haul tail. they usually will detour a little around it. it also sounds like u arent ready to pull the trigger. in a ground blind u must be ready to shoot if a deer is staring at the blind...shoot if u can. i lowered my poundage to about 65 and have another bow at 60 to improve my pull-time and motion...be ready buddy
10-29-2005, 06:07 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Iowa (Heartland USA)
Posts: 3,249
RE: ground blind location?
They also make the Outhouse. My outhouse does not have a mesh you can shoot through, but unless you had opposite windows open for the wind to blow through and straight to the deer, they got spooky because something new is in the area.
10-29-2005, 08:05 PM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 280
RE: ground blind location?
check out the Double Bull blind site - They have a page that has tips on using a ground blind.
http://www.doublebullarchery.com/tips.html
http://www.doublebullarchery.com/tips.html
10-29-2005, 08:11 PM
#10
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 37
RE: ground blind location?
yeah if i were you i would set it up about 2-3 weeks before season and leave zipper open and everything to make deer used to it and it will have no smell to it. i am debating on wether or not toput up my double bull blind that i use for turkey hunting. there i other guys that hunt out there so i don't want it to be stollen. should i just go buy a cheap one i feel comfortable leaving out there>