? for ground hunters

[Covey]

This season I will be hunting with my 10 year old son, I thought about buying a blind but I think it would be cheaper and more fun to build brush blinds! I would like to hear some experianced opinions on this! my main objective is for him to see deer! a buddy stand is an option but he dont like the idea of hunting from a stand! where is the best place to set up, intersection, funnels,etc... Thanks in advance, Jason

[frank bullitt]

Jason, I like to set-up near creek crossing, transiton areas, fence row crossing, and such. One area that has worked for me and my boys, is a drainage ditch, between to fields. And the edges of a corn field, in pocket areas.

 All these have good cover especially early in the season, so I don't normally use any blind. Just good camo patterns to match the cover. And early season is the best for the kids, weather is still mild, and you don't have to be out for long sits. and another thing, along the creeks, there's alot of activity to keep the young, and old entertained! Good shootin, Steve

[buckeye_hunter]

I like to set up on the back corners of fields that cut into timber. I usually see lots of deer skirting the back edge to stay out of the open field.

Or, if you can find a ditch with lots of brush/thin section of timber running from one set of woods to another. The deer will use it like a highway.

If you hunt early season get a thermacell with a holster. They work and you don't need the smelly bug spray.

-Charlie

[Deadbolt]

Field fingers work well...setup in the woods.

I like any funnel...fence holes, river bottoms, gullys, ledges etc.

It would be easier to set observatory blinds up then killing blinds if you just want him to see em and not really care about shooting an animal.

[Covey]

Thanks for the help guy's I'm looking forward to getting him in the woods with his new to him, old bear recurve! he's purdy excited himself! I plan on getting in there to build blinds in the next couple of weeks so the deer can get use to the new clups of brush before October    Thanks again, Jason

[fireball31]

 plan on getting in there to build blinds in the next couple of weeks so the deer can get use to the new clups of brush before October  

That seems to be the key I think as far as creating blinds.  If I don't have something set up early before the season I just use whatever I can find for cover.

[Three Arrows]

I have had success building blinds around clusters of trees.  Build blinds waist high when you are standing up and it will cover you and your hands when you are seated.  It is very important to make your background a top priority though.  Tree stand umbrellas used with brush makes a decent stand.  Secure the umbrella about 5 to 6 feet in front of you on a sapling or tree and lay some brush around.  I have had does come up and bed against my blinds.

[Recurve50 LBS]

Natural funnels are great to set up in. The last several seasons I had my son who was only 11 last season sit in a blow down. He had a buck and doe 5 yards away from him one evening while I was sitting another blowdown close by but I had no clear shooting lane to shot at them.

[ron w]

What all have said above, just keep your options open reguarding the wind. Make alterate blinds if the wind changes. Keep the wind your face and you'll do fine.

[sweet old bill]

Play the wind and aim small miss small has always been the key. I have made several natural blinds that I use natural materials as well as a 1/8 inch poly rope, camo material, clothpins. to hold the camo material to the rope. I also have in the 6 blinds that I use a full green plastic chair that I use to sit on in the blinds. I have in some cases two chairs so my grandson can sit with me as I scout or hunt.

It takes me a hour to make up a blind, I take the rope and put it around 3 trees and then hang the mater camo  with the clothpins onto the rope. I then use natural materials such as pine or other brush material to break up the camo material.  I also put in a bow hanger for the bow, a 1/2 gal pee can. By having the chair it sure makes sitting a lot easy for these old legs / buns. I also like not having that close feeling you get with a popup blind. Last year I made up and brushed in one blind in the corner of the a corn field with corn stalks. I also have on the chair my name, phone number and asking anyone else that may find the blind to not move the chair as I am a physically challenged hunter ( bad leg) so far over a period of 20 years I have had only two chairs taken. If makeing a blind on non public hunting area I also go to the land owner and ask if I can hunt and make a blind. I show them in the car what the blind would be made of..so far only 2 have said no.

Bill

Bill