How To Set Up A Ground Blind

Ground blinds are becoming more popular, and the technology is getting better every day. Hunters have always told themselves they must be 20 feet up in the air, hanging off a tree. For ground blind users, here are some useful tips to improve your chances of hunting with a ground blind.

Good Reasons for Ground Blinds:

• Eye-level – one real advantage is that deer can walk up close to your ground blind. Giving you eye-to-eye shots of your deer.
• Fast, easy setup. Newer ground blinds are pop-ups; no real setup is involved.
• Ground blinds also give you a chance to be mobile and protect you from windy days.
• Some people have fears of heights.
• Privacy- you can eat something, browse sports news on your phone, and not worry about being chased off your shot.
• Some hunting grounds don't have trees.
• You can bring a companion or your kids since ground blinds are a safe way to introduce hunting to children.

Choosing A Good Ground Blind:

• Size is important for you to move around comfortably. Not having enough room to stretch can lead to cramps and stiff joints.
• Water resistance is nice during rainy days, keeping you dry in your ground blind. Tree stands make hunting a real job, with it raining, or light drizzling rain, and wind.
• Windows are important, for it is your only way to know what is near or around you. And give you different angles from which to shoot. And windows can give you away if you're not careful with light shining through the back side of the blind. Keeping the back windows closed can make the blind dark. So you are totally out of sight while sitting in the middle of your blind.

Cloths:

Camo is pretty good for tree stands, but not for ground blinds; black is the best choice. Wearing all black and sitting in the back of your blind will let you disappear into the blackout ground blind. That way, you can sit in the back of your blind with your front windows open or open with the shooting mesh window closed.

Location:

Choosing a location for setting up your ground blind can be critical. Setting up one trail can lead the bucks to take another trail. Instead, setting up near a waterhole or food plot can increase your hunting chances.

Preparation:

Set your blinds up where you want to hunt early, two weeks if possible. To give your blind time to air out and give deer a chance to see and check out the blind and get used to it, with no one in it, and get used to scents. If you can't afford two weeks ahead. You can place a deer decoy near your ground blind. Decreasing the time needed for deer to get used to your blind. Deers are used to patterns and don't like changes. Giving them the false belief that it is safe to come near. Find a location that avoids the skyline, a shady area under or near a tree. If you find one that will work with your ground blind. Facing it downwind from the game trail will hide your scent. Brush the roof and sides. Securing branches in the loops of the ground blind. Using brush or shrubs grown nearby gives your blind the look of its environment. Spray the outside of your blind and nearby brush with deer scent to hide your odors.

Don't forget to prep the floor inside your blind. Using your scent control, spray the outside of your ground blind. Getting rid of your scent on the blind, branches, and shrubs. It will give the deer a chance to get used to the scent before you come hunting.