Ground Blind recommendations?

[Jesse]

I'm thinking about buying a ground blind for turkeys and possibly deer.  I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with certain models that they can recommend.  One of my brothers has a Double Bull blind, but I just can't see spending that kind of money ($350 plus) on one of these things.  He claims that the cheaper blinds are too shiny/reflective and that they don't work as well.

Any suggestions? 

[JohnWester]

actualy, good question.  I am thinking about ground blinds for deer hunting.  i'll be interested in hearing peoples comments too.

[ChrisWallace]

I'm thinking about buying a ground blind for turkeys and possibly deer.  I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with certain models that they can recommend.  One of my brothers has a Double Bull blind, but I just can't see spending that kind of money ($350 plus) on one of these things.  He claims that the cheaper blinds are too shiny/reflective and that they don't work as well.

Any suggestions? 

And hes right about being too shiny. They pick them out like no other!

I love ground blind hunting, picked off a couple deer and obviously turkeys and I would not get anything less than a Double Bull.  Their T2 and T5 blinds are very affordable if you do not want to go to the Matrix way.

I love calling turkeys and sticking them with a broadhead instead of some little balls, if you want you an borrow my blind and see if you like it. Its kinda like Porshe's slogan, accept no imitations and thats the honest truth. DBA has the quickest set up and very minimal brushing in is needed for deer hunting.

Plus they have customer service that Ameristep, Cabelas, Escape does not even come close to. Having worked at Sportsmen Warehouse and currently the Archery Department at Gander, I have never heard a bad word about DBA in my five years of work. Plus Boomer, Brooks, Austin are some of the funniest and nicest guys to ever meet.

[walleyechasers3]

It is like buying a new ground blind for goose hunting. What is the first thing you do to a new ground blind? You mud it!!!!!!!!!!!! Get it dirty to take the shine out. Same with these other blinds. Make the camo dull looking by mudding it, let it dry and nock of the mud off;D

[Dr.Bob]

A friend of mine who used to do a lot of goose guiding once told me that the dirt out of your vacuum cleaner bag works great for mudding new blinds. 

I never tried it, and I don't remember the process, if you wet the blind first or what...but he said all the static electricity in that vacuum cleaner dirt makes it suck in to every little pore in the blind fabric and it really covers it well.  If anyone is interested in trying this I can ask him for the details.

[walleyechasers3]

A friend of mine who used to do a lot of goose guiding once told me that the dirt out of your vacuum cleaner bag works great for mudding new blinds. 

I never tried it, and I don't remember the process, if you wet the blind first or what...but he said all the static electricity in that vacuum cleaner dirt makes it suck in to every little pore in the blind fabric and it really covers it well.  If anyone is interested in trying this I can ask him for the details.

If you was deer hunting, then that would put on alot of indoor scent :o I think I would stick with the mudding 8)

[Spinach]

I've probably shot around 12 deer from my doghouse blind (Ameristep) in the last 4 years, Original price on the blind was $150ish, I got it on sale for $89. The first year I got it, I took it out of the box and set it up in the woods, never mudded it at all. I shot 3 deer out of it when it was shiny brand new.

I believe the most important thing about deer hunting in a blind is getting it set up at least a week or 2 before the season, this gets the deer used to it by the time you hunt out of it.

My next blind will be another Ameristep doghouse (because of the price) I dont see any reason to go with the Double Bull unless your willing to spend more money than a ground blind is worth. To me a blind is a blind, just pick one that is the right size for your comfort.

Dr Bob,

I don't think I'd ever use the dirt from my vacuum cleaner, too much unnatural scent from the house. maybe for goose hunting but not deer hunting.

[Dr.Bob]

Dah.......... ::)

I was only thinking about those flying feathered creatures when I wrote that and deer did not enter my mind at all.  I have never used a portable blind for deer and as a matter of fact have done next to no deer hunting at all for about 15 years. 

Of course that is all changing very rapidly now as I am getting closer to being severed from that thing (ex) that kept me out of the woods all those years!

I did manage to do my fair share of waterfowling most of that time though because she knew I would be totally useless to her if she kept me from that.