Pop Up Blind Question

[Bayouboy]

This is my pop up blind I used at Choke Canyon North Shore a couple years ago. I had both deer and hogs within 30 yards of the blind one hour after parking the truck and returning to the blind!!!

First camo condom blind I have seen.

[tx_basser]

Have had them walk within 20 yards of a 2 man i set up that morning on public land.

[SJP51]

Set mine up about 7-yards from a feeder. That's close, but the shots to far side are 15 to 20 yards, spot that's were it goes.

Not brushed in real well and they did'nt like it. Had 1 doe stop about 20 yards out and go the other way after spotting it.

Added a few braches and cedars cuts to break up the shape. Either that worked or they just got used to it. Now after 2-months they just ignore it.

[marshman]

Well I can say now it didn’t bother them. Set one up
about 1:30 in the afternoon, didn’t brush it in very well, went back to camp and returned to it about 3:15. Had a group of 5 does enter the food plot at 4:10 about 60 yards away directly in front of me. They looked in my direction for a while but then went about their business. I dropped the biggest one about 10 minutes later.

[Gerald G]

Congrats Marshman

[marshman]

Congrats Marshman

Thanks!

[SJP51]

Well I can say now it didn’t bother them. Set one up
about 1:30 in the afternoon, didn’t brush it in very well, went back to camp and returned to it about 3:15. Had a group of 5 does enter the food plot at 4:10 about 60 yards away directly in front of me. They looked in my direction for a while but then went about their business. I dropped the biggest one about 10 minutes later.

Well, there is that. I once put up a pop-up in the middle of a dirt "road" on the lease. No brushing in. Nothng. Corned a trail right up to within 10-yards and then made the corn take a hard turn. It wasn't 45 min and this doe comes along eating along the corn trail. Walked up to the corn turn, and she got shot at 10-yards!

[Texas Grown]

Congrats Marshman!

[BarBBar]

If it rains, a tripod will be no fun. A pop-up will always be more comfortable, easier to carry and has no slip and fall risk. Rather than brush them in, I cut holes in the brush with loppers to insert the pop-up in, on a higher shaded spot, and use the mesh pieces to hide me. I set them out a month before the season. You must clear your shooting lanes though, so that requires more work than a tripod. Given the short time frame you describe, I would go with a tripod or burlap, but that is a whole different discussion. I don't want to disturb my hunt area so soon before the hunt. Why not use both, with multiple setups for different winds?