RE: GROUND BLIND BOW HUNTING ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH?
 

I have a neat ground blind that I "trick up" with existing twigs, branches, and other stuff. It's one of those pop-up umbrella looking things that you use in a tree stand (has a "bite" taken out of it, so it form fits around a tree). It looks really cool and has enough room for me to crouch down behind.

I want to get a tree stand for next season, but then, I've never been up in a tree stand! <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> I might need to hook up with Tazman and have him show me how it's done. Kind of like, &quot;hey, if he can do it, then I can do it&quot;! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> hehehehe....

Butch

RE: GROUND BLIND BOW HUNTING ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH?
 

Butch so far I have only hunted from a hanging tree stand twice in over 35 years, all my other treestands are home made from wood and fairly comfortable and you can turn and shoot from them almost all the way and in some cases a full 360 degrees. I will be honest the two times I hunted from hang on stands and I was not really comfortable in them, too confining and the constant feel of just hanging there ready to fall at any time even though I wear a safety belt.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

RE: GROUND BLIND BOW HUNTING ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH?
 

Okay, now I get the picture, Taz.... Sorry. I thought you used climbers and hang-ons on and so forth. Permanent wooden tree stands are excellent. I found one that somebody made down at Powhatan WMA. It was a small 2x4 framed stand that looked to be only 10 feet or so in the air. It was built inbetween 3 big branches of a big oak tree, and for some odd reason, was covered in roof shingles. No name, no ownership tag, no anything on it, and no way to climb up to it (the person must bring a sectional climbing stick or something).

Another question: Do you hunt right after work during the week? I'd like to do that too, but don't know about leaving my bow in my truck or having to change into my camo pullovers or whatever. I get out of work at 5:00pm and could easily be at the two nearby WMA's (Amelia and Powhatan) by 5:30 or so. Is that a good time to hunt?

Butch

RE: GROUND BLIND BOW HUNTING ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH?
 

ButchA, don't leave your bow in a vehicle on a hot or warm day. You'll be cracking limbs.
I love to hunt on the ground. I've had just as much success as with a climber but I still hunt both ways, depending on the situation.

RE: GROUND BLIND BOW HUNTING ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH?
 

CHEF,

You think you need nerves of steel you should dive in and read Ausie guy's story from this morning.

His was check your shorts time.