I'd like to hear others experience with this blind in real hunting situations. I bought one in March, mainly to use for turkeys, but I was hoping to use it for deer some as well. I really want to be able to start taking my little boy with me.
My overall experience with this blind was a bad one. First, I had to return the original one I purchased, because the stitching that holds the netting up came lose (it was held in place by a single stitch), and the hub came lose from the fabric right from the start.
I took it to Nebraska for a week of turkey hunting a few weeks ago. It was really windy that week, and long story short, I realized that this blind in higher winds spooks animals pretty bad. Its a combination of the lose netting, the lose "blackout panels" and the noisy material. I had turkeys spooking from as far as 100yds in higher winds. On the last day, we sat my buddies DB in the same spot as the day before and had the exact same turkeys that spooked on my blind the day before come right by the DB with no issues at all (and it was even windier than the day before).
I'd like to hear others experience, especially in higher winds. Also, hows it holding up? After a week of hunting, I can see signs that mine wouldn't last very long. Stress at the seams, the fabric at the magnets is already showing signs of wearing through, and the cheap zipper has already started coming off track (if they own DB too, why didnt they use the heavy duty zipper thats on the DB??)