Pop up question

[Lynda]

Following... is there a pop up that has a built in ground sheet? The ones I have looked at do not, and I don't want any unexpected guests...!

Sorry to sabotage your thread, Sambo!

[a4308]

i only open two but just enough for me to shoot out of it and sit in the corner.....

[Slick8]

Almost always have just one oval window open with the option to peek through and open other sometimes.

I place my blind with facing the feeder or shooting lane at a 45 deg angle so that I can move around in the blind giving me about 120 deg of shooting. If I'm on a day hunt where over brushing is required then it's one small window with one shooting lane around 75 deg.

I've done most of my hunting from a ground blind and agree with above that a tree does give you more vis.

I'm planning to hunt a travel route to my feeder which is an old chicken coupe at an abandoned farm house.

[cowboytex]

Also thought about takin some loppers and makin a natural ground blind.

This^^^ I've always had better luck making a brush blind especially on a day lease. Just take the time to make it "right"

[sambo73]

This^^^ I've always had better luck making a brush blind especially on a day lease. Just take the time to make it "right"

pm sent

[Shane]

Following... is there a pop up that has a built in ground sheet? The ones I have looked at do not, and I don't want any unexpected guests...!

Sorry to sabotage your thread, Sambo!

A floor in a pop-up would be super noisy. Better to be bare. I always kick the ground as bare as possible before I set up my pop-up. Get rid of all the grass and sticks, and just leave it dirt only. Quiet that way.

This^^^ I've always had better luck making a brush blind especially on a day lease. Just take the time to make it "right"

I make ground blinds fairly often. Easy to do. Stack up some limbs and then brush it in like you would a pop-up. It's not as dark as a pop-up, but if you really pile a lot of brush on it you'll be covered pretty well.




On your original question on pop-up windows, I usually open up half the windows so I can see 180 degrees. Maybe one less window than half, just to make sure a deer can't see through one window all the way through the blind and out another window. I usually don't open the windows all the way down. I just pull them far enough to shoot through the opening without any worries. Every little bit of extra cover below that helps hide movement. If you keep the mesh up, it's not that big of a deal. But if you drop the mesh (to shoot a Rage or whatever), then it is probably a good idea to keep a little extra cover at the bottom of the windows. Just make sure that your arrow clears it easily - not just your peep sight and pins.

Try to position your blind where the sun won't shine in the open windows, if possible. Wear black or just camo that doesn't have lots of white or light tan in it, and you'll be fine. Wear a face mask or paint your face enough to keep it from shining too much. Faces and hands are the brightest things in the blind (if you're a cracka).

[Lynda]

A floor in a pop-up would be super noisy. Better to be bare. I always kick the ground as bare as possible before I set up my pop-up. Get rid of all the grass and sticks, and just leave it dirt only. Quiet that way.

Great points. Thank you.

Back to topic for OP.

[sambo73]

Thanks guys

[Pig Slayer]

i only open the one shooting window, but i will open just a tiny corner of windows to the sides. That way, if i hear movement to the side, i can very quietly lean over and peak out the side windows.

this

[sambo73]

Anymore thoughts? Thanks

[cowboytex]

Here are some pics of the blind I was telling u about through pm. Hope this helps

[sambo73]

Sweet

[Acts 10:13]

As dark as you can make it. Sit in the back. Brush it in.