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Post by semisneak on Oct 10, 2006 23:23:35 GMT -5
Hey all,
I was thinking about getting a blind this year but I hear they spook deer but dont bother turkeys...?? I have never hunted out of one . Nobody I know hunts out of them.
Do they spook deer ?
Do you have to leave them out for the deer to get used to?
Are the ameristep blinds any good ?
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Post by hornharvester on Oct 10, 2006 23:53:57 GMT -5
They will spook deer at times. It all depends on where you put them too. Stick them in heavy brush and brush them in and you might not get noticed but set them in the open and the local deer will know somethings up. If you can leave them up for a few days they get use to them. h.h.
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Post by dbd870 on Oct 11, 2006 4:12:06 GMT -5
I've never used one and considered one as well, I decided against it. It's not at all flat where I have been hunting and I have done OK without one so far. I have a new piece of property I'm going to try out and I think a tree stand is in order for it.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 11, 2006 5:55:00 GMT -5
I've never used one and considered one as well, I decided against it. It's not at all flat where I have been hunting and I have done OK without one so far. I have a new piece of property I'm going to try out and I think a tree stand is in order for it. Oh yeah! "Death from above".  |
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Post by kevin1 on Oct 11, 2006 7:13:28 GMT -5
They will spook deer sometimes , but not for long , once they figure out that the strange new object doesn't move they generally relax . I bought an Ameristep Outhouse several years ago for drop in gun hunting , and it's worked very well for me . They're good blinds for the money , very nice to have around you when the weather goes south . I also have a larger blind made for Sportsman's Guide's Guide Gear line of products that was made by Ameristep , it's also of good quality and very inexpensive . The reason I bought pop-ups was that prior to buying some huntable land of my own I was dependant upon public land and the kindness of others , and I didn't own a tree stand . They're an excellent way to come in with cover already provided and protection from the elements . I don't usually brush them in , I just station them inside a tree line with good jumbled background to provide break up , and so far it's worked well . The few deer that have spotted it were only briefly nervous , but then generally went back to what they were doing . I've never set them up in advance for fear of having them stolen .
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Post by ridgerunner on Oct 11, 2006 16:57:45 GMT -5
They work...I have used blinds and treestands depending on the situation. Some places where the Big Boys roam is very thick and no decent trees to hang a stand, so a blind is the only option. After a while the deer adjust to seeing it. I put blinds up a few days or weeks if possible before hunting. In reality you could park a semi-trailer in the woods and hunt from it if you leave it long enough and the deer get used to it.
Anytime you put a blind up, of course, initially the deer are gonna be leary of it, I've killed many deer from blinds and many from treestands. You have to be versatile in taking bucks/deer consistently.
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Post by Hawkeye on Oct 11, 2006 17:14:16 GMT -5
I agree Deer adjust to most anything, several years past had an old International Scout on its last legs, The motor went out while stuck in a bog hole near a cedar woods at the end of the season . The next year and 3 years after ,several of my friends used the scout as a blind. It became the most popular blind on the lease. Several nice bucks were taken thru the back window. I use both ground blinds as well as ladder stands. I think the longer they are in place the better.
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Post by semisneak on Oct 11, 2006 18:34:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the good info guys. I believe I will be picken one up. It wont hurt to have it in my arsenal.  |
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Post by danf on Oct 11, 2006 21:22:18 GMT -5
I agree Deer adjust to most anything, several years past had an old International Scout on its last legs, The motor went out while stuck in a bog hole near a cedar woods at the end of the season . I find that HARD to believe... Unless the motor fell off the mounts due to excessive rust (that, I *WOULD* believe!), those motors run durn near forever. I've got an old '66 Scout 800 that, near as I can figure, has over 265k on it. It'd run, if I ever put the time and money into it. ;D The Outhouse blinds would be fine for gun hunting, but they are not wide enough for bow usage. I wish I'd bought a Doghouse when they were on clearance at the end of last season... Would've kept me dry and in the woods longer tonight. |
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Post by bsutravis on Oct 11, 2006 21:41:25 GMT -5
I've got a Doghouse TSC that has the screened windows you can shoot an arrow through..... Never tried it though.... So far I've only used it during gobbler season when it's pouring rain and I wanna set up on a field.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 12, 2006 7:42:57 GMT -5
We've got a cuople similar to this one and like them real well. Room enough for two hunters with room to spare. Easy up and down. www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=277914I also have a doghouse and it is OK. Tight quarters for two hunters. Not as much room to draw a bow in them though. |
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Post by Old Ironsights on Oct 12, 2006 15:02:34 GMT -5
I was talking to a chap who insisted the best way to spook the deer near his beanfields was to walkup to a blind/stand.
OTOH, they are so used to tractors and trucks that if someone drove right up to the edge ofthe woodlot and dropped you off the deer wouldn't think twice.
Deer are funny critters.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 12, 2006 15:24:59 GMT -5
I was talking to a chap who insisted the best way to spook the deer near his beanfields was to walkup to a blind/stand. OTOH, they are so used to tractors and trucks that if someone drove right up to the edge ofthe woodlot and dropped you off the deer wouldn't think twice. Deer are funny critters. And they cant count... That is the way a guide did us for pronghorns in Wyoming. He would park about 50 yards from the blind. We would both walk to th blind, I would get inside and then he would walk back to the truck and drive off. All the while a herd of pronghorn watched us from about 1/4 mile away. Just like in Jeremiah Johnson - " Elk don't know how many legs a horse has got". . |
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