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Looks like a nice, what 60 yard shot there Hobbles? :grin:
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Afternoon Swamp Rat
From where I was at takin that pic it was bout 60 yds, I was usin the zoom,, Good call on your part,
From the blind it's bout a 10 yd shot,
Last one I got from that blind was a GOOD 5 yd shot,
I was on my atv and had to stop, get the camera outta the bag on the back and turn it on, It just wanted it's picture takin I guess, It never moved till I was done,
From where I was at takin that pic it was bout 60 yds, I was usin the zoom,, Good call on your part,
From the blind it's bout a 10 yd shot,
Last one I got from that blind was a GOOD 5 yd shot,
I was on my atv and had to stop, get the camera outta the bag on the back and turn it on, It just wanted it's picture takin I guess, It never moved till I was done,
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That your ground blind just past the woodline to the left of the rear of that deer?
Blizzard of '93
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Well I will tell you something the members here will not believe and I don't blame them - I have had deer run over me out in the woods. I don't know how many I have eaten much less how many I have 'harvested'.
hobbles said:
Great blind...I've really come to like natural blinds these past several years as I've hunted from the ground more and more...don't have to be 100% hidden, just some jumbled up stuff like you got there
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Afternoon
Swamp Rat
Yep, I got orange ribbon an 3 sides, You can just sea the one, that blind is a lil right of the ribbon showing, No one elce is huntin on this 60 acers, but the ribbon can't hurt,,,
Kirrmeister
The deer here are use to being close to people, When we bush hog the fields we some times chop up a fawn, I think I could rope one some times, I did rope one once, but it was in the creek and was drownding, But I can say I roped one,,,,,
Blizzard of '93
Iffin the deer are anything like they are in Kentucky,, I believe ya,,
Roy
:rotf: I think you are right, I have 2 together one time and shot one, then reloaded and took aim at the other, (it ran bout 10 yards) and stopped and called my huntin budy over to take the shot instead, He was 200 yards away, but the deer seen him runnin over and left ,
roundball
Thank you, I got 6 blinds here like that one, I always liked the natural blinds myself,
Kirrmeister
When they sea me, they stop and try and figure out what I am doin, if I can't get the shot I want, I just let em walk, other times I will wait till they get in the angel I want for the shot then set the set trigger, The click always (so far) makes em stop and look, The deer here are very curious, They are nothing like they are out west, I tell friends out west I shot a deer at 50 yards and they laugh at me,,
Swamp Rat
Yep, I got orange ribbon an 3 sides, You can just sea the one, that blind is a lil right of the ribbon showing, No one elce is huntin on this 60 acers, but the ribbon can't hurt,,,
Kirrmeister
The deer here are use to being close to people, When we bush hog the fields we some times chop up a fawn, I think I could rope one some times, I did rope one once, but it was in the creek and was drownding, But I can say I roped one,,,,,
Blizzard of '93
Iffin the deer are anything like they are in Kentucky,, I believe ya,,
Roy
:rotf: I think you are right, I have 2 together one time and shot one, then reloaded and took aim at the other, (it ran bout 10 yards) and stopped and called my huntin budy over to take the shot instead, He was 200 yards away, but the deer seen him runnin over and left ,
roundball
Thank you, I got 6 blinds here like that one, I always liked the natural blinds myself,
Kirrmeister
When they sea me, they stop and try and figure out what I am doin, if I can't get the shot I want, I just let em walk, other times I will wait till they get in the angel I want for the shot then set the set trigger, The click always (so far) makes em stop and look, The deer here are very curious, They are nothing like they are out west, I tell friends out west I shot a deer at 50 yards and they laugh at me,,
My blinds are not nearly as robust as yours Hobbles...photo at the bottom is typical of my natural blinds...brush instead of big tree limbs.
Comes up chest high with me sitting on the ground against a tree as wide as I am...covers all movement except from my shoulders up...and I can just shoot over the brush while still sitting.
Note the sky comes right down to the ground out in front where the tree line ends...the ground pitches downslope there and you can't see it but past that tree line is the edge of a 100 acres that was clear cut about 4 years ago.
I found that a main exit trail from that thick regrowth comes uphill and into the Oak flat where my blind is...they just appear as silouettes against that sky and step right into the woods 75 yds in front of me.
By the time they get into the woods and start looking for acorns or scent checking for does, they get within 50/40/30yds of me...killed some awfully nice bucks in that same spot for the past 4 years since they did the clear cutting.
Comes up chest high with me sitting on the ground against a tree as wide as I am...covers all movement except from my shoulders up...and I can just shoot over the brush while still sitting.
Note the sky comes right down to the ground out in front where the tree line ends...the ground pitches downslope there and you can't see it but past that tree line is the edge of a 100 acres that was clear cut about 4 years ago.
I found that a main exit trail from that thick regrowth comes uphill and into the Oak flat where my blind is...they just appear as silouettes against that sky and step right into the woods 75 yds in front of me.
By the time they get into the woods and start looking for acorns or scent checking for does, they get within 50/40/30yds of me...killed some awfully nice bucks in that same spot for the past 4 years since they did the clear cutting.
hobbles said:
Thanks for the pic.
These blinds are really hides. Here in Germany I use sometimes also groundblindes, but in most cases tree seats, which are about 3-4meters(9-12 feet) high.It is because of the very thick soil vegetation in the german forests and because of the smallness of our roes. From ground to the shoulder they measure only about 50 cm (20''). so sometimes you only see head, neck and a bit of the back.
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Kirrmeister
In the areas that I hunt, there are usually hemlocks around. I ll build a few blinds and a few weeks ahead of season, I'll lop off hemlock limbs and place them all around my blind, filling in most of the holes. Hemlock is also a great cover scent. I've had deer standing within 10 feet of me this way. Last year in Pa., I even had 2 non-legal bucks bed down about 100ft in front of me. One being a small 6 ptr.
As hard as I looked, I couldn't grow his brow tine from 1/2 in to the legal 1 in. :nono:
As hard as I looked, I couldn't grow his brow tine from 1/2 in to the legal 1 in. :nono:
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roundball said:
Roundball - are you hunting in fairly thick woods where you use a ground blind?
Been thinking about trying a ground blind this fall in the hardwoods. It doesn't "feel" right sitting in a tree stand with the 42" barrelled flintlock...nothing wrong with it, but any movement seems exaggerated with that long of a barrel.
Yes, pretty thick hardwoods...see one of my blind photos up above in a 10-15 acre Oak & Pine flat.
I gradually got away from sitting in those little treestands I used to use for bowhunting 15 years ago...the ground is just as good with rifles and far more comfortable, safer, etc....just have to really make wind direction your primary concern when deciding which stand to hunt on any given day.
I gradually got away from sitting in those little treestands I used to use for bowhunting 15 years ago...the ground is just as good with rifles and far more comfortable, safer, etc....just have to really make wind direction your primary concern when deciding which stand to hunt on any given day.
