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well if youve ever hunted on the ground for deer in a new spot for the first time even after you have it set up for awhile the deer seem to be nervous around the blind. well what if you took a manican dressed in camo like you wear and put it in the same spot youd be standing so the deer would be used to the shape there? or is this just a stupid idea? idk i just had the thought and wanted to share....
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I have heard of guys doing that with a treestand. The only good tree in the spot they wanted to hunt had no backround cover.
I'm sure you could make your blind better though. If the deer can see something "still" in there, what happens when you move a bit to draw?
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I have a friend that hunts out of blinds all the time.. In the off season he puts that camo netting up where he is going to put his blind, kinda the same thing. The deer are used to it all the time.. And not that much wear and tear on the blind..
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If it's a pop-up you should brush it in best you can. It's even better if it's safe to leave it set-up for some time, they'll get used to it. If it's a natural blind that you built-up, they'll get used to it also after awhile. Lots of guys build them, or set them-up, awhile before hunting them, especially if the deer are real nervous where they hunt.
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its not that there seeing me i had 1 within 5 yards of my blind but on the backside of it and it didnt give me a shot. i only had 3 bust me but its caused they walked donwwind of me. i was just curious cause ive had deer bust ee in stands before and was wonderin if it would make the deer less jumpy.....
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Couldn't hurt. Try it and see. What's there to loose? Good luck bro! I think now is the time to be experimenting without doing much damamge for next years hunts. They will probably forget any spooks from this year to next. I say go for it and tell us what you find out.
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Sounds cool and if you got a trail cam set it there and let's experiment and see what takes place when we ain't around... Posts: 3362 | From: Hurlock Maryland | Registered: Mar 2006
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Someone actually commercialized that same idea back in the I believe late 80's. Never seen or heard much about it after the first year, so don't know if it works or not.
I would try the bag/blob idea first, seems cheaper. Large leaf bag for the body and a small kitchen bag for the head.
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I am not a big fan of the Drury's Dream season series, but he did this about 4 years ago, on a segment on his own property. He had a blind made of 3 pieces of tin, in a corner of a food plot, and set a lawn chair with a manequin, camo t shirt in it all year, then swapped out. A BBiiig buck came walking right in in front of him, and this was no high fence or anything.
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When using a pop-up some guys tie a balloon to the ceiling...moves around just enough in the wind so that deer get used to some movement.
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I did that in a tree stand when I lived in coastal SC. I stuffed old army camo fatigues with newspaper and set it in the stand a week before the hunt began. Didn't see the first deer while hunting there.
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