Blinds & turkeys

[kickingfrog]

The blind I have has a top and bottom screen that basically lets you slip the barrel between them. No scopes on our turkey guns but my brother shot through the screen anyway.

[MarkM]

I have had a hen walk right beside my blind with its wing brushing up against it. Haven't had any bad experience while using one other than getting to my spot only to find the wind has yanked it from its pegs and cartwheeled down the field. This has happened more than once and no matter how much I stake it down the heavy gusts of wind manage to pick it up. I now try to tie one end to a bit of brush or branches if the option is there.

[GW11]

I have had a hen walk right beside my blind with its wing brushing up against it. Haven't had any bad experience while using one other than getting to my spot only to find the wind has yanked it from its pegs and cartwheeled down the field. This has happened more than once and no matter how much I stake it down the heavy gusts of wind manage to pick it up. I now try to tie one end to a bit of brush or branches if the option is there.

You have to just forget about the stakes (tent pegs) that came with it if you're going to leave it up, especially in an area exposed to wind. Take a saw and hatchet with you when you set up your blind. Cut some heavy duty stakes out of saplings (1.5" thick or so). Use the guy lines that attach to the hubs rather than the peg tabs and drive the stakes down deep with the back end of the hatchet or hammer. Your blind should stay put.

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[genec]

The anchors that come w the blinds are far too weak! I use heavy, long tent pegs, and tie
off every hub ring to surrounding brush, so no matter what the wind direction or velocity it never shifts.

[Sprite]

I've never shot a turkey from a ground blind. I know lots of guys like to use them, but it's just not my cup of tea -- it's a real event if I'm sitting in one spot for more than 30 minutes.

Because I hunt 30+ farms, I've always opted for the run and gun style of hunting. If I find a henned up longbeard that's being stubborn, I leave and go find one who's alone and willing to play.

-Nick

[toddy]

Rain=ground blind for me. Or when I have the kids with me. Any other time its me vs the wilderness.

[singlemalt]

Everyone is different and I am not being critical of those who use them but, I have one and I used it a few times and hated it. It just not feel like I was really in the woods with the birds and taking the whole experience in the way I feel with sitting with my back to a tree. To me it is not just about the easiest way to kill a bird. I enjoy all the sensory experience of being in the woods in spring which I find the blind dulls.

Now I am lucky in being retired so I only hunt on nice days. If I was restricted to Saturdays only no matter the weather I would use it on rainy days and I might break it out again when my grandsons are old enough for their first hunts but for next year it is staying in the corner of the garage.

[sabmgb]

I'm with Toddy, i put one out week before season. Use it only on rain days or it back is sore and chair better. I have gotten almost half my birds in the rain, but they make for ugly photo's. here last years. I just retired so I can be picky now, but that might cost me birds and i like DR jigging so might only hunt turkeys in the rain. For blinds I have a chair blind so it all attached to the chair, no a lot of room but keeps me dry and I also use tent pegs long ones.

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[terrierman41]

For the past few years I put my blind up in the field an hour before legal light and never have a problem filling my tag at 3 -10 yds in front of my blind.

[trky chsr]

I've never used a ground blind because (i) I hunt crown/public land and (ii) they're a PITA to set up and take down. I like sitting in the shadows and getting comfortable using 3-D loose leaf camo. I found that I could hear and see better hunting from concealment.

I also only hunt public land but I use a blind most of the time. My favorite is a chair blind which is light weight and sets up in about 2 minutes. If it's a rainy day I may set up my hub style blind but even that one sets up in about 5 minutes. Just stake out the corners and pop out the sides and top. To run and gun I use a Primos Wingman chair. Super comfortable and you can set up anywhere, no need for a good tree. In my experience turkeys pay no attention to a blind at all. TC