To blind or not?

[turk2di]

What is your prefered way to fall archery hunt turkeys[?]I have Always spot-n-stalk the birds and hope to get a shot. But my buddys use a blind(double bull) and have gotten more shots and closer ones too. So this season i bought the Ameristep Brickhouse blind and im goin to give it a try.Some hunters merely construct a natural blind in various area'S. What will u do[?]

what u get out, is what u put in

[Pooge]

Natural Blind supplimented with some burlap camo...

[Xi Bowhunter]

My buddy uses a pop up blind and he has pretty good luck. I am going to try the natural cover and burlap myself.

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[Hammer]

There's a lot of them out there for less than a Benjamin. Turkeys totally ignore them, and they are light and very mobile, also quick to set up.

[Ralph]

I hunt them mostly from a treestand, though I have three different portable blinds. Missed a big gobbler Saturday morning. turkey fever came on BAD!

Ralph

[tgturkeytaker]

I use an Underbrush bowhunter blind in Advantage Hardwoods- Black lined, quiet, and very portable. I can set it up in less than a minute and pack it up just as easy. I take a fold up stadium type chair, bow holder and my Mathews Legacy with me and I am there. This blind is also great for taking kids with a shotgun. My daughter took her first turkey this spring from the blind. I highly recommend it. Of course the most important fact about this or any blind is to be where the birds already want to be before they get there. Now is a good time to be near acorns falling!

Every day bowhunting is a gift from God!

[Ralph]

I also have an UnderBrush blind but have one of the larger low-profile models. Not much good for bowhunting but my favorite with a gun for ANYTHING. You can't beat them to take a kid hunting in !! I can set it up in LESS than 10 seconds & it is THE BEST!

Ralph

[schuyler olt]

Being on the small side, I generally don't have a problem finding natural cover. So I don't use a portable blind, but I do apply the principles. Blow downs and logged out tree tops work very well. One other hint--if you know the general direction the birds will likely come from, try to position yourself so that there is some natural cover blocking their view of you at the point you want to break over the bow. When they break out from it, the only motion is the release.

[Ralph]

Da**. why do I have to have someone ELSE give me these coomon-sense tips I seem to overlook!? That may be the tip that gets me a bird with the bow, Sky! Thanks! I have a whole new plan now! Can't wait til Saturday. I'll tell ya, this turkey huntin is sure cuttin into my deer pursuit:)

Ralph

[Ky Headhunter]

Seems like it's always the birds I DIDN'T see that bust me... may have to break down & get an Underbrush Bowhunter, or maybe one of those Doghouse blinds. I've got the same Underbrush as Ralph, and it is SUPER for gun hunting, but just not the right dimensions to draw a bow.

[Ky Headhunter]

This is neither here nor there, but the best thing, IMO, about a blind, is the activity it allows you to witness OTHER than the actual kill sequence. Like watching two hens fight & strut for a long while this past spring season. It's nice to listen to hens purr, cluck, etc. softly while feeding or dusting for 45 min. It's hard not to get noticed at very close range for that amount of time when you're not in some sort of blind.

[Ralph]

Boys, like is stated before, I have two blinds I hunt turkeys from. I have been using both but have only taken turkeys from the UnderBruch blind. Well, last night I may have seen why. I had my "Lucky's" brand blind set up & the turkeys stood up on the hill & just stared at it. They wouldn't come within 200 yards of it & I don't like that. It was also the first blind that the deer picked up too. So, I guess i won't be bowhunting anymore in the Lucky's blind & I can't shoot my bow in the Underbrush blind. My son-in-law has an UnderBrush Bowhunter blind. I'm going to try it next to see if it's really the "Lucky's" brand blind they don't like or the fact that a blind was there at all. When I shot my turkey last weekend, I didn't leave the blind until the turkeys were long gone. I could have shot a couple of more if I wanted to. One thing about turkeys I have seen is that they don't move much until they know where the danger is. Since I never moved or opened the blind they all just milled around & looked. Three walked over to inspect the one I had just killed. They stayed around for a good 5 minutes before sneaking off. I have friends that use the Double-Bull Blind & they don't seem to have a problem with the turkeys approaching it. It's no higher than a Double-Bull. I'm stumped right now. Back later.

Ralph

[KYhunter]

My guess is that is wasn't the blind, rather the location. 200 yards is a long ways to watch and figure out what turkeys are thinking. One of my buddys shot at 3 different turkeys last nite. (15 yards, 22 yards and 43 yards). He was either in his Doghouse or Wigwam. Both purchased from Wing's Supply. I sat the same blind out in the open(about 10 yards from where he sat up) and the birds would not come in. They just stared and walked off(50 yards or so).