Looking to buy a few ground blinds for next year to upgrade.... more for turkey season but I figured I'd go ahead and get them before deer season too. I will eventually go find somewhere that has them on display or where I can open a box and feel the materials but I figured I'd ask to see if some TBHers had any experience with them before I can get there...... I'm intersted in what you thought of them, their materials and how they held up.
Three blinds I am interested in at this moment are......
Primos Double Bull Deluxe...
Primos Double Bull bullpen..
The new Ameristep Element...
I've read some great things about all three but my biggest concern about the double bulls is I've heard rumblings that their materials post Primos aren't what they used to be and that some of the lower end models are cheaply made (like the bullpen). I don't know personally, as I've only hunted in DBs made before Primos took over. ClayW had one of the smaller Primos blinds when he was up hunting with us, but I never hunted out of it or was able to touch it.
Can somebody confirm or deny this material rumor about Primos Double Bulls? and how well they hold up?
I have read that Ameristeps blinds are pretty light made material-wise until you step up into the $150 plus models. Sounds like the Element is a much better material and blind than the other AS's and folks seems to like it much better. Anybody have any experience with the Element in the last year or so and how are they holding up?.... comparable to the new double bull materials? Anybody with any Ameristep blind experience at all they'd like to share ?
I guess the bottom line is I don't want to spend old Double Bull money on substandard newer Double Bull materials if that's the case.....I like the Double Bull and the Element's window layouts so I'm neutral there.
Now all that said......These will not be out much. 9-15 days tops in turkey season....as we are usually done after the first two weekends and there will just be spot days/weekends after that initial 9 days. Deer season I don't plan on leaving it out that much since we have four permanent box blinds at our pens..but its possible they will see some away from the feedpen duty. I take real good care of my stuff so I'd like to buy something that will last. I have a Cabelas Predator Den GB, I bought in 2007 for $100-110 and that sucker is still going strong although it's fading a bit. Had it out for a full deer season in 2007....and then just spot deer and turkey weekend duty after that like described above. I used it the first two weekends this year with good success but the corner windows are way to low for me to see well to my sides, so I'd like to upgrade it.
If you zoom in you can see just how low the corner windows are.
Any experiences or confirmation/denial of the above would be mucho appreciated. Thanks fellas.
Three blinds I am interested in at this moment are......
Primos Double Bull Deluxe...
Primos Double Bull bullpen..
The new Ameristep Element...
I've read some great things about all three but my biggest concern about the double bulls is I've heard rumblings that their materials post Primos aren't what they used to be and that some of the lower end models are cheaply made (like the bullpen). I don't know personally, as I've only hunted in DBs made before Primos took over. ClayW had one of the smaller Primos blinds when he was up hunting with us, but I never hunted out of it or was able to touch it.
Can somebody confirm or deny this material rumor about Primos Double Bulls? and how well they hold up?
I have read that Ameristeps blinds are pretty light made material-wise until you step up into the $150 plus models. Sounds like the Element is a much better material and blind than the other AS's and folks seems to like it much better. Anybody have any experience with the Element in the last year or so and how are they holding up?.... comparable to the new double bull materials? Anybody with any Ameristep blind experience at all they'd like to share ?
I guess the bottom line is I don't want to spend old Double Bull money on substandard newer Double Bull materials if that's the case.....I like the Double Bull and the Element's window layouts so I'm neutral there.
Now all that said......These will not be out much. 9-15 days tops in turkey season....as we are usually done after the first two weekends and there will just be spot days/weekends after that initial 9 days. Deer season I don't plan on leaving it out that much since we have four permanent box blinds at our pens..but its possible they will see some away from the feedpen duty. I take real good care of my stuff so I'd like to buy something that will last. I have a Cabelas Predator Den GB, I bought in 2007 for $100-110 and that sucker is still going strong although it's fading a bit. Had it out for a full deer season in 2007....and then just spot deer and turkey weekend duty after that like described above. I used it the first two weekends this year with good success but the corner windows are way to low for me to see well to my sides, so I'd like to upgrade it.
If you zoom in you can see just how low the corner windows are.
Any experiences or confirmation/denial of the above would be mucho appreciated. Thanks fellas.
I used to buy duckshells from them all the time. I am hoping to run into something like that this offseason since I'm in no hurry to buy these.
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