natural ground blinds

[Ian johnson]

so whos gonna be huntin from natural ground blinds this year?

[ron w]

I plan to 60% from some sort of natural blind, maybe more if I'm seeing game on regular basis. I like to scout and take time to make some hides, sometimes I do it when I stump shoot!

[Kenneth]

I'll be hanging one stand this year but the rest of my hotspots I'll be building natural ground blinds.  I prefer to hunt on the ground and now that I'll be hunting my old stomping grounds in WV again I plan to spend 90 percent of my time in a natural ground blind.

I have several different ones:
- a few are in old fence rows
- one is an old junkyard with a few cars and old farm trucks
- one is in an overgrown orchard
- I have a handfull made from blowdowns

Of course I haven't hunted them for a long time so I'll probably have to completely rebuild them.

[koger]

I have 4 ready to go, deer in front of them every day. I have been watching mine from 150-200 yards, had 4  bucks in front of one at 15 yards last week!

[Pointer]

I almost always always do, Ian....I know I won't be as successful as a treestand hunter but there's nothing quite like being at eye level with a deer at 12 yards.  If after I've scouted an area and I like a spot that's a little sparse in terms of nautal blinds, I will carry a piece of leafy camo netting in my pack.

I find it really effective when I can stick some branches down through the leafy holes and into the ground in fron of me. Especially wha I have a nice wide tree to lean against. Of course, the real key is being able to sit still. I've taken deer on the ground while I had no blind but was sitting rock solid still with a wide tree to my back.

[Jason Hansen]

I gave up treestand hunting.  I strictly hunt from the ground now in a Lucky's Blind, or just concealed good with my Rancho Safari Shaggie suit.

[Ron+dog]

gilley suit and ground blind for me !

[Mike Vines]

Originally posted by Ron+dog:
gilley suit and ground blind for me !

X2

[DV of WI]

I will often, I carry my haul twin and when on the ground tie it and hang/place branches on it or use zip ties to hold them in place and have a large tree behind me for additional break up.

[twitchstick]

I have a couple build so far.

[levibear]

I have several ready one is 20+ years old.

[Zradix]

I will be.
I might...maybe.. use a pop up in really wet weather.

[Ragnarok Forge]

Thick brush in my area.  The whole forest is a ground blind around here.

[Hot Hap]

I'm in. Hap

[JamesV]

This will be the first year for my wife and myself to hunt from a ground blind. Using a Gilley suit and looking forward to an exciting season..............James

[mgompf]

Since I'll be hunting mainly on public land I am going to forego the treestands this year and stick to hunting from the ground.

[huntin_sparty]

Im going to try to give up the trees this year and do it with a recurve from the ground.

[reddogge]

One of my spots is a blind built out of pine boughs I have to rebrush every year.

[Irish]

I have a couple ladder stand locations ready, but plan on spending most of the time in a gilly and some natural ground stands back in the cedars.

[KentuckyTJ]

Like Irish, Love those cedars. When the conditions are right its a great way to hunt. I plan on doing it more this season.