Thoughts on Ground Blinds

Long_Rod_Silvers

Long_Rod_Silvers

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A few of the GMUs i like to hunt have quite a few ground blinds setup already.
I only keep track of a few of them (because they're good), but that means I'm never sure if I setup in one if I'm setting up "in someone's" spot.
I know a few of them that friends have built, and I always feel a little dirty building them, so I rarely build one. Feels like I should take them apart at the end of the trip.

Questions are:
Do you build ground blinds?
Do you tear down your ground blind at the end of the trip?
And if you build one, do you feel like it's "yours". Meaning if you built one the day before opening weekend, and showed up on the opener at 4AM and there's another person setup in the blind you built, would you just move on, or have a discussion w/ the person?
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If I built one with sticks and such, it’s not mine. If I bought one, I feel differently, but I know some disagree. Spots are never mine, but my stuff is.
 
Long_Rod_Silvers said:
A few of the GMUs i like to hunt have quite a few ground blinds setup already.
I only keep track of a few of them (because they're good), but that means I'm never sure if I setup in one if I'm setting up "in someone's" spot.
I know a few of them that friends have built, and I always feel a little dirty building them, so I rarely build one. Feels like I should take them apart at the end of the trip.

Questions are:
Do you build ground blinds?
Do you tear down your ground blind at the end of the trip?
And if you build one, do you feel like it's "yours". Meaning if you built one the day before opening weekend, and showed up on the opener at 4AM and there's another person setup in the blind you built, would you just move on, or have a discussion w/ the person?
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That explains the Bigfoot "nesting areas".
 
Long_Rod_Silvers said:
But would you use one that someone else built out of sticks?
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I would try to determine if someone was actively hunting the area, and potentially using the blind. If so, wouldn’t use. If I was unsure, prob wouldn’t use until confirmed not being used….if not actively being used I say use away
 
Pigs said:
I would try to determine if someone was actively hunting the area, and potentially using the blind. If so, wouldn’t use. If I was unsure, prob wouldn’t use until confirmed not being used….if not actively being used I say use away
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That's where I'm at. I'd feel like shit having someone show up in the dark and I'm sitting in the blind they spent all that time and energy creating....Some of them are works of art though!
 
Long_Rod_Silvers said:
That's where I'm at. I'd feel like shit having someone show up in the dark and I'm sitting in the blind they spent all that time and energy creating....Some of them are works of art though!
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The one you showed was cool looking. My experience with natural built ground blinds for bowhunting is that they aren't all that useful and can actually be a detriment.

If you build it high enough to conceal your draw you can't shoot. If you can shoot, then it's not tall enough to truly conceal you and you'll have to wait for the animal to be looking away. In that case the blind didn't really help. Unless you are a perpetual fidgeter :ROFLMAO:. The tent style is awesome because you have the window to shoot through and you're hiding in a black hole.

For a gun setup it would be nice!
 
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