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April 21st, 2015, 08:11 PM
#11
Lots of good info. I was thinking of actually sleeping right in it with my military sleeping bag.
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April 21st, 2015 08:11 PM
# ADS
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April 22nd, 2015, 03:49 AM
#12

Originally Posted by
greatwhite
Lots of good info. I was thinking of actually sleeping right in it with my military sleeping bag.
That is the whole reason the 'lay down' thing won't work for me GW.....anytime I go horizontal I'm asleep in minutes. It would be nice to nap in, but there would be little hunting going on
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April 22nd, 2015, 07:46 AM
#13

Originally Posted by
MikePal
That is the whole reason the 'lay down' thing won't work for me GW.....anytime I go horizontal I'm asleep in minutes. It would be nice to nap in, but there would be little hunting going on

Someone will wake you up when they start shooting.
My friends wife hunts with us and is always asleep in the warm middle of the day sun just before the afternoon geese start to come in, always wakes up with a gasp as the 12ga shotguns roar.
GW, the tent style is what my dad uses for turkey, he actually sleeps in the tent so that he does not kick the birds out of the roost on the way in.
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April 24th, 2015, 08:57 PM
#14
I have woken up more than once last fall, with Geese walking around everywhere. I don't know who was startled more, the Geese or myself
Woody
Nothing is more certain than an extremist's hatred of compromise
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April 24th, 2015, 09:13 PM
#15
Well I was thinking of just actually camping out in it for something to do, I did buy one of those military sleeping bags last year.

Originally Posted by
woody1948
I have woken up more than once last fall, with Geese walking around everywhere. I don't know who was startled more, the Geese or myself
"This is about unenforceable registration of weapons that violates the rights of people to own firearms."—Premier Ralph Klein (Alberta)Calgary Herald, 1998 October 9 (November 1, 1942 – March 29, 2013) OFAH Member
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April 24th, 2015, 11:14 PM
#16
Has too much time on their hands
They're not really something you'd camp out in. A tent blind's relatively useless for goose hunting. Buy yourself a layout!
-Nick
Last edited by Sprite; April 25th, 2015 at 08:22 AM.
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April 25th, 2015, 04:15 AM
#17
I put in another vote for the layout. Can be used anywhere for a lot of uses. I have used mine in the middle of fields, on the shore of an island on the river, on shore of Lake Erie etc. it really is a good all around place to hide. Just make sure you stubble it up with local natural cover before you hunt!
good luck!!
My name is BOWJ..... and I am a waterfowl addict!
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April 27th, 2015, 11:59 AM
#18
Has too much time on their hands
I agree with a layout as the best bet. I was talking to my uncle who was doing some work for a landowner (digging out a pond) and he told me a story where the group of guys went in and put up a bale blind (no hay in the fields and this thing stuck out like a sore thumb) and the birds kept flaring when they started to approach. Get low and get covered as best you can.
Dyth
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April 27th, 2015, 01:22 PM
#19

Originally Posted by
woody1948
I have woken up more than once last fall, with Geese walking around everywhere. I don't know who was startled more, the Geese or myself
Last year on opening day for early goose I was paddling the kayak along and saw two very nice geese standing on the bank....Drifted by them at ten feet sitting very still just to watch and try not to upset them..
Then all parties remembered it was goose season and there was a lot of excitment. This was also the day I broke my Finger for the first time. I rebroke it less then two weeks later hunting with topher.
Adjustments to my shotgun have since been made. I am hoping to do the naval assualt for opener again this year.
Take the warning labels off. Darwin will solve the problem.
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April 27th, 2015, 09:56 PM
#20
Does anyone have any pictures of how you have concealed your layout blind in corn fields or hay fields etc?
"This is about unenforceable registration of weapons that violates the rights of people to own firearms."—Premier Ralph Klein (Alberta)Calgary Herald, 1998 October 9 (November 1, 1942 – March 29, 2013) OFAH Member