Ground Blinds

[LeverActionman]

Could some of you post pics of natural groundblinds you have made and hunted from. I am wanting to hunt more from the ground and would like to see what you use.

[5deer]

i have no pics because there natural.  between fallin trees,holes in logs,thick patch of brush. some place you can move slowly draw and not get seen.        5

[Jerry Jeffer]

Hunting the ground doesn't require a fancy blind. It is just how you sit and stay still. This spot served me well one the most exciting day of the year for me this season.
 

Just have to plop yourself down in a productive spot.

 

Blow downs, bushes, up against a tree......

 

[Sirius Black]

Jerry is right, just check out your surroundings and be creative. I built a blind of pine sapplings and sat on a 5 gallon bucket just off a deer trail, and shot a buck at 10 yards. I'm a new fan of hunting from the ground.

[lpcjon2]

Try this link there are a few  in it.
 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=110127#000000

[Green]

Military camo netting works pretty good, is inexpensive, and no roof to hit your bow limb on.  Cut holes where ya need 'em.

 

 

[Eric Sprick]

Not a great pic but I try to find a blowdown and gather up various branches etc. and fill it in.  Ground blinds can be very effective, I like them

Eric
 

[DeCurry]

+1 on the military camo netting.  I've been using some this season with great results.

I'd get some good pruning shears so you can quickly trim branches to create a ground blind if you decide to roam around.

Back cover is very important; make sure whatever you're wearing blends in with whatever backcover you intend to use.  As already mentioned, falldowns and such make excellent cover.

Lately, I've been using an area on my lease where the rancher keeps castoff equipment (piles of old fence wire, some farming equipment, etc) and the deer are used to seeing these items, so I just re-arrange stuff slightly to give me better concealment and sit down with a tree to my back; I just look like another piece of castoff equipment.  It's no different than when you were a kid and building forts, heh.

You'll most likely get busted when drawing your bow.  If possible, create 'shooting lanes' in your front cover and draw from concealment then shoot through a lane.  Alternatively -- and especially if you have no way of drawing from concealment (limited or no front cover) -- let them walk past you then draw and shoot, taking a quartering away shot.

I usually create ground blinds on the fly as I roam around, but here is a more permanent blind I created at the start of the season using some cast off cattle panel with limbs weaving through the panelling, maybe it can help give you some ideas:

 

[wooddamon1]

Sometimes I just kick the leaves away near a blow-down...

 

 

 

[centaur]

My favorite this year was some real thick brush that I found a big enough hole to sit in and draw the bow; cut a couple of shooting lanes, and wait for the deer to show up. I killed a totally unsuspecting doe from that position from 15 yards. Here is a view from my seat; it looks like there aren't any shooting lanes, but there are.
The buck in the picture is one I killed later in the season, but I cheated; I killed him from a ladder stand.
 

[Rob W.]

 

[waiting4fall]

I just have a video, but it give a fair idea of what it looks like.

 

[Fletcher]

I've tagged a couple from this blind.  The dark spot in the middle is my bag setting on the seat.  This is late season, there is much more green earlier in the fall.

Here's a view from inside:

 

[Jerry Jeffer]

Rob W, nice set up. I like to keep it simple too.

[rolltidehunter]

i have posted these  pictures several time. i found the perfect set up.

here is my ambush spot and all my angles. i shot a nice doe that morning

 

Front View

 

View to left

 

View to right and you can see whats left of the tree trunk

 

The end result