are ground blinds the new treestand
04-05-2007, 08:02 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Southeast, VA
Posts: 2,119
RE: are ground blinds the new treestand
For many of us hunting from the ground is nothing new. I have been hunting from the ground for as long as I have been hunting. I bow hunt and from the start I was making "homemade" blinds or using natural blinds(deadfalls, windbreaks, old farm structures). I love hunting on the ground when it fits. Don't get me wrong I love my stands toobut some spots can't be hunted from a stand and sometimes I hunt a spot on a whim and I don't have time to hang a stand. I think the recent burst in blind hunting has more to do with the market being flooded with them than anything else. I have picked up a couple of these too and had good success last season with them, are they the new treestand? No, but they definately have a place in my hunting shed.
04-05-2007, 09:49 AM
#23
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Portage WI/Racine WI
Posts: 2,320
RE: are ground blinds the new treestand
I think groundblinds are definitely gaining popularity as a whole. I've always hunted on the ground, just started using stands this past season. I think for gun hunting, blinds are starting to replace stands, for bow I wouldn't say the same.
