are ground blinds safe
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 51
are ground blinds safe
How safe are the pop up type ground blinds? Someone suggested a ground blind so I'm looking for some more information and trying to see if they are safe? I was at Dicks's and they had orange patches on the blind but didn't know how well a hunter could see it walking through the woods. I will be using a shotgun deer hunting.
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 542
I assume you are worried about getting shot by other hunters? I would think a ground blind would be as safe as hunting from the ground any other time. If you a worried about being seen by people, you could hang a hunter orange vest in a nearby branch.
#5
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 51
Yes I will be hunting on gamelands. I've always used a ladder treestand on the land that we leased, but this year is different since we don' t have the land anymore.
#6
How safe are the pop up type ground blinds? Someone suggested a ground blind so I'm looking for some more information and trying to see if they are safe? I was at Dicks's and they had orange patches on the blind but didn't know how well a hunter could see it walking through the woods. I will be using a shotgun deer hunting.
Live it up! Doug
#7
I wouldn't hesitate to slap a orange vest on the roof of the blind if I were hunting public land,I have never hunted with a gun on public land but herd it can get pretty wild,one guy I know quit hunting all together after he had slugs buzzing his head.
#9
DAMN!!!! lol... i have my own land..but i do hunt archery only public land sometimes... public land that allows rifles,guns...are not safe period...ground blind..tree stand...anything...Ive seen and heard in the news about people getting shot or killed on public lands
#10
As safe as the guy behind the trigger...That's why I switched to bow hunting. If you do your homework, your season is over before the lead starts flying. I would not be in a ground blind (or ground for that matter) if the area allows rifles, shotgun, maybe, rifle, no way.