Tree stand vs ground stand

[ysyg]

I just bought my first ground blind. CT on sale $89. It can be put up in less than 5 min and looks good. I plan to use it where a fence line meets a small bush that deer pass through often. Looks like a decent tent for $89

[js4fn]

I just bought my first ground blind. CT on sale $89. It can be put up in less than 5 min and looks good. I plan to use it where a fence line meets a small bush that deer pass through often. Looks like a decent tent for $89

Get it out of the box and set it up outside if possible they have that new material smell

[ysyg]

Get it out of the box and set it up outside if possible they have that new material smell

Good advice, thanks and I’m on it. Will set up outside for a week before it goes in the field. I plan to cut some spruce and cedar to lay against the sides too

[icefisherman]

May buy one of those blinds myself for this season.

[smitty55]

A word of caution with ground blinds, As good as they can be comfort and movement wise they are still no substitute for hunting the wind, even those carbon impregnated material ones. I've been busted on a cold December late afternoon when it seemed like there wasn't a breeze. Like three times in the next forty minutes I heard snorting. I don't smoke, I'm always finicky about scent control including fresh shower with no scent soaps and all the spray precautions before I leave the vehicle. I don't use heaters, there is always an odor from combustion. I have a extra large set of mitts with 6hr hand warmers in my coat pockets and good thinsulate shooting gloves on for when it comes time for action. Along with with good boots and foot warmers over the toes between a pair of wool socks and you can last a long time, in a blind or not. Depending on the property it makes you much more mobile to hunt elsewhere as conditions change too. I've parked my butt on or with a small folding camping seat and the ground in a little hollow on a hump or up beside a tree or boulder countless times exploring new expanding territory on crown land over the many years we hunted there. I always carry a small camping folding seat and arse heater bag in a haversack. You remember those ones with the chains? You can still get them in the US, come with a carry bag too. I guess what I'm also saying is don't get locked in on a spot just because you have a ground blind or tree stand there. You can have a stand in the hardwoods that might only be good when acorns are falling for a week. It really pays to be versatile.

Cheers

[MikePal]

A word of caution with ground blinds, As good as they can be comfort and movement wise they are still no substitute for hunting the wind, even those carbon impregnated material ones. I've been busted on a cold December late afternoon when it seemed like there wasn't a breeze.

I agree with you Smittty...been using pop-ups for yrs and got busted more than once for no apparent reason other than he picked up my scent while was sitting in the blind. I hunt in a pine forest so I picked up some oil based pine cover scent and I spray all the screen windows with it as soon as I sit. The oil sticks to the screen and any breeze coming in or out will travel across the oil and mask it. It works, rarely have I been snorted at once I'm inside the pop-up.

[chomper]

I made my own ground blind with three round bales and two pallets... left there all year long..deer walk by it all year long...third year now..and its now my favorite spot to sit..

[LowbanksArcher]

I have kinda gone in reverse. Used to hunt almost exclusively from the ground. Hit my mid 50s and discovered the Summit climbers and they are now my goto. Super portable and comfortable but they do require some effort to get up the tree with your firearm and pack hanging off your harness.

Hanging off your harness? Don't tell me you climb while having your firearm and pack on you? 30ft bow rope man! Hoist everything up only once you're safely and securely locked in. My bow hoist rope stays on my treestand. I'll use those rubberized gear ties to hold components(in my case, 3 climbing sticks) to the stand, and then wrap the bow rope with the excess.
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[Species8472]

Hanging off your harness? Don't tell me you climb while having your firearm and pack on you? 30ft bow rope man! Hoist everything up only once you're safely and securely locked in. My bow hoist rope stays on my treestand. I'll use those rubberized gear ties to hold components(in my case, 3 climbing sticks) to the stand, and then wrap the bow rope with the excess.
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I am an old newbie to this climber thing. Rookie mistake - my hoist rope was too short for the height i was going. So for the last 12 feet i was pulling my rifle, my pack and the climber. Corrected this on my hunt on Sunday and now have 2x 30 foot hoist ropes.

[js4fn]

I made my own ground blind with three round bales and two pallets... left there all year long..deer walk by it all year long...third year now..and its now my favorite spot to sit..

Hay bales work great have that sweet smell too