Blind question
 

My wife wants to try hunting this year which makes me happy. The deal is she hates spiders etc. I was wondering if anyone has added a floor to a popup blind, or if someone had a suggestion as to how it could be done. Thanks

Do you have a lot of spiders your area? I guess you could velcro a bottom in. I would let it overlap up the inside.
Have you tried taking a bottle of bug killer and spraying the ground where your blind sits?

I thought about using my pump sprayer but was concerned about the smell of the insecticide possibly making deer wary.

I thought many if not most popup blinds come with a detachable floor. I removed mine cause it is just more noise.

Any paper mills in your area? If so do you know of anyone that works there ? If you are truly in dire need of a floor try and get a piece of mill felt. Most of these paper mills up here just discard the old ones. They can be a bit heavey but are very quite and you can still drive your stakes threw it. Good Luck..

I like using a piece when setting up my tent as the ground becomes softer and I have a place to take your shoes off before entering..

Plastic sheet and duct tape.

I would think plastic, as mentioned, would be noisy and I wasn't aware that any popup blinds had floors in them. I'd clear the ground real good before anchoring the blind in place and put a piece of carpet in it that is light colored and big enough to go up the insdie wall at least a few inches. That way you can see any little creepy crawlers before they get to her and the carpet will be quiet to move around on.

Sure would be... wonder if it wouldn't be any louder than a screeching female though?

If you can not get any mill felt a rug would do the trick that is for sure.

The thing with the mill felts is it is made out of monofilament woven together with a batten that feels like some what like a rug. Water will run right threw it and if you own the property you can simply leave it right there for your next outing. The stuff hardly ever will rot on you.

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Any paper mills in your area? If so do you know of anyone that works there ? If you are truly in dire need of a floor try and get a piece of mill felt. Most of these paper mills up here just discard the old ones. They can be a bit heavey but are very quite and you can still drive your stakes threw it. Good Luck..

I like using a piece when setting up my tent as the ground becomes softer and I have a place to take your shoes off before entering..

Easiest cure don't take her.:biggrin:

How about a piece of HD canvass to use as a ground cloth, cut to size? There are many outfits that make custom cut canvas tarps and such. Would be quiet, durable and packable. Could get it is black , brown or green.

Personally in all my expiditions using a blind a floor is not needed! Simply remove and leaf litter or brush and sit down. If you set up the blind in advance spray the area with Raid YardGuard.....that will kill anything in and around the ground litter or brush.

JW

What if you leave the blind up all season? Do you repeatedly spray? I don't see how a floor in a blind would keep out bugs, spiders, snakes, field mice etc.

How long is a season?

I would spray as needed. I am never bothered much by bugs - I don't leave anything edible for a mouse in the blind ever.
Snakes are not a problem for me but I surely would check if i was in slither headquarters.
One thing to consider leaving a blind out. Those Avery blinds or any any blind using that Nylon type camo material may fade or turn blue due to the ultra violet rays.
Be aware of that.
My DBs don't - because it is a canvas type of fabric.

JW

I have a amerstep blind that has a floor. the floor can be unzipped to get it out of the way. While carpet and other things have been suggest if it isn't sealed tight to the blind, spiders can still get in and then you will have a fear crazed woman clawing and other stuff to get out.

Ortho home defense spray last for a while, get it by the gallon. Use a leaf rake to clean the area up of any litter then spray inside and around the outside edges of a floorless blind.
That should do the trick and tell wifey to watch for deer and not for spiders on the ground.

:D Al