Ground Blinds

Yellowlab823 · Post by **Yellowlab823** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:59 pm

Thanks for all the responses. Went with the Ameristep Doghouse. Easy to setup a little tricky to fold. Has anyone shot through the shoot through mesh? Just curious if it negatively affects the arrow in anyway.

hikerman · Post by **hikerman** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:58 am

I have a Easton carbon lined They go on sale for around $100.00

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:16 am

Yellowlab823 wrote:Thanks for all the responses. Went with the Ameristep Doghouse. Easy to setup a little tricky to fold. Has anyone shot through the shoot through mesh? Just curious if it negatively affects the arrow in anyway.

I have shot through the same window 4 times with three kills
My daughter missed one
My last shot was bad but I think that was me

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:37 pm

Yellowlab823 wrote:Thanks for all the responses. Went with the Ameristep Doghouse. Easy to setup a little tricky to fold. Has anyone shot through the shoot through mesh? Just curious if it negatively affects the arrow in anyway.

There used to be a thread here showing one method of folding them that really works. Hard to describe without pics, but basically you lay it flat on the groung with all four sides of the blind (loops) stacked on top of each other forming one big circle (loop). Grab the top (furthest away from you) and pull it over to touch the bottom. Then grab the apex of the right hand bend with your right hand, and the left with your left hand, and fold/twist them both to the middle while overlapping them. Like magic - it's folded!
(I'd take & post pics, but both my blinds are in the field right now)

dick195252 · Post by **dick195252** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:46 am

I do not use ground blinds, Had to Compliment you on the picture you have of your Lab

What a Great looking Dog

I bet he is a BIG Baby at heart

flbuckmaster · Post by **flbuckmaster** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:27 am

Yellowlab823 wrote:
PS. Looking for ideas on make arrows easier to find at night. Tried luminocks with so so results. Wondering if anyone has has success with reflective tape something similar, or will it cause problems with arrow balance / flight.

I wrap the ends between the nock and vanes with reflective tape. arrows are easy to find as long as the nock isnt buried and it doesnt change poi.
jay

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:46 am

wabi wrote:
Yellowlab823 wrote: Went with the Ameristep Doghouse. Easy to setup a little tricky to fold.
There used to be a thread here showing one method of folding them that really works.

I once had a bear hunter leave one with me ... said I could use it all I wanted to.

I thought that was a nice gesture ... until I tried to fold the @*^$#%# thing.

Turned out that he'd bent one of the hoops ... what an unworkable mess. I ended up throwing it away to get it out of my shed!

I would have just set it up somewhere, but the bears tear anything like that up.

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:56 am

bstout wrote: Let the blind sort of float in your hands ... It is a mind over matter task.

I dunno, Bob. Sounds kinda zen to me!

I'm pretty sure the problem with that one I had was that it's former owner had badly kinked one of the hoops.

Believe me, I tried not to be a brute.

Yellowlab823 · Post by **Yellowlab823** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:46 pm

dick195252 wrote:I do not use ground blinds, Had to Compliment you on the picture you have of your Lab What a Great looking Dog I bet he is a BIG Baby at heart

I really appreciate the compliment on Drake, he is a three year old and definately a family member, who is equally at home in the duck pond or couch.

Also wanted to thank everyone in the forum for the replies and pictures. I have learned so much from reading the various threads.

fogducker · Post by **fogducker** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:57 pm

well after reading this thread

i decided that i need one of these blinds

i went out to brass pro and bought one,brought it home,then decided i had to open it up to see how it looked set up..
the wifey was curios as i was to see it set up

well i,ll be dammed if ,as soon as ipulled it out of the bag,the sucker sprung open and caught the wifey in the chops..
i think if im real nice to her in the next few days,she will forgive me for rotflmao at her

jay73 · Post by **jay73** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:44 pm

fogducker wrote:,as soon as ipulled it out of the bag,the sucker sprung open and caught the wifey in the chops..
i think if im real nice to her in the next few days,she will forgive me for rotflmao at her

Dude I think you're really gonna be in the "doghouse" so to speak.

Jay

fletch · Post by **fletch** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:58 pm

Don't tell her but I just laughed out loud picturing that thing flipping open and surprising the crap out of her. Sorry.

Brampton Mike · Post by **Brampton Mike** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:14 am