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Post by bartiks on Nov 29, 2015 8:57:24 GMT -5
Hello all, I guess I am just needing some reassurance here on this one. A buddy of mine has bought a ground blind, actually his wife gave it to him. It has been outside since the opening day of gun outside my back door in my little woods. I'm thinking that the next chance I get will be to put it out where I believe will optimize our chances of getting one come antlerless.
I think I'm ok on the timing of it as well as the smell of it, however should I try to brush it in to help conceal it a little more or do you think the stingy does will get comfortable coming around it in the next month. And I call them stingy because I just saw 1 doe all of gun season and I had 10 days off to hunt them religiously. Thanks all and any other pointers would be appreciated. |
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Post by dbd870 on Nov 29, 2015 10:21:18 GMT -5
Sooner the better, they need to get used to it. Brushing in helps
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Post by kevin1 on Nov 29, 2015 10:49:53 GMT -5
They get used to new objects pretty quickly, especially when it doesn't try to eat them. Open the windows for a few days before using it or the strange new black holes might spook them.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 29, 2015 11:13:43 GMT -5
Open the windows for a few days before using it or the strange new black holes might spook them. A couple of years ago, I entered one end of a very long field while going to a stand and this black spot on the other end immediately caught my eye. It was a trespasser's pop-up blind. The windows are like a shining beacon. |
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Post by bartiks on Nov 29, 2015 13:05:28 GMT -5
Ok, so better get it out there soon with the windows open then. Thanks for the replies guys.
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Post by mission5 on Nov 29, 2015 13:58:47 GMT -5
I usually try to wait around 5 days. But if you conceal it decently it will make them get used to it a lot quicker.
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Post by BOBinIN on Nov 29, 2015 14:49:43 GMT -5
And most of all, don't forget...144 sq. inches of hunter orange exposed on all 4 sides! Stay safe there.
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Post by firstwd on Nov 29, 2015 20:29:08 GMT -5
Last Sunday right before dark I moved my blind from pond next to the bottom field, to a spot on the ridge overlooking the big valley next to the top field. At noon on Monday my brother killed his deer out of that blind.
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Post by GS1 on Nov 29, 2015 20:38:22 GMT -5
I put one up a week before firearms opened on Friday and kinda brushed it in with some Russian olive limbs that were around it. By Sunday morning we had taken a mature doe out of it, a nice buck, had a nicer buck walk by without offering a clear shot and a bobcat came by it. All within 15 yards, except for the nicer buck which was 20. Had a couple of other does and another buck pass within 50 yards.
It is a perfect spot for a ground blind though. Tucked into some Russian olives against a giant tree. From the deer view the windows are the only thing that would stick out. It blends in better than most I've seen. I haven't had much luck throwing them up and hunting out of them that soon in other situations
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Post by kevin1 on Nov 29, 2015 21:28:16 GMT -5
Open the windows for a few days before using it or the strange new black holes might spook them. A couple of years ago, I entered one end of a very long field while going to a stand and this black spot on the other end immediately caught my eye. It was a trespasser's pop-up blind. The windows are like a shining beacon. They would spot it anyway, having those black spots suddenly appear later is sure to spook them, happened to me before. Mine has camo panels to cover the windows, but they still notice the new thing quickly. I'm reminded of the story of the guy who put up a ladder stand with a dummy in it dressed in some of his old camo. He tied a white hanky to the rail to purposely draw their attention, and watched the stand from cover. The deer would instantly spot the stand on approach, stamp and blow at it for awhile, then sensing that it posed no threat they would go on about their business. On the morning of opening day he took down the dummy and sat in the stand, white hanky still attached. The deer paid him no attention right up to the moment he touched off his shot. |
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Post by bartiks on Nov 30, 2015 11:31:31 GMT -5
Interesting, I guess that does make some sense when you think of it. However I don't have a dummy laying around anywhere though. Thanks for the responses. I'm going to try to get it squared away here soon to give them amble time to get used to it. Thanks once again.
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