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what windows to use bowhunting- Help!


CourtlandKid

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I have an Ameristep blind. dome like not sure of the model. but i start in the morning bow hunting and have my blind all set up and brushed in but im not sure if i should use the small windows or open the big ones. any suggestions would be awesome! thanks

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What I do for blinds is use as many windows as possible out front where you expect you're game to be comming from, but try to leave the windows to my back closed and keep the blind dark inside that will help you mask movement and not silhouette yourself in the blind. So in short I guess what I do if its a blind with windows on all 4 sides only open 2 all the way and prefferably have the window across from it closed so you have a black back drop behind you. Good luck out there bag a big one!!

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What I do for blinds is use as many windows as possible out front where you expect you're game to be comming from, but try to leave the windows to my back closed and keep the blind dark inside that will help you mask movement and not silhouette yourself in the blind. So in short I guess what I do if its a blind with windows on all 4 sides only open 2 all the way and prefferably have the window across from it closed so you have a black back drop behind you. Good luck out there bag a big one!!

+1 on this always make sure the windows behind you are closed and they will not see you. Also a glove on your hand that holds the bow that will be the closest thing to the window and they will see it.

You can have half the windows in the blind open as long as their closed behind you and they will not see you.

Good luck and stick one in the am.

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Ditto on the two open, two closed. I failed to connect during my MN 5 days so all I can do is go camera hunting if I can't wake a kid up to go. With a camera I always use a blind. Last Saturday, I was literally surrounded by strutting toms. I had the top third of all windows unzipped, but there was a light wind so I could silently flip them slowly open and closed...the zipper teeth held the shut in the light wind. As long as the bird couldn't "see thru" the blind, they never saw me. Face mask and gloves always! Got some awesome pics! A morning like that makes me wonder why I don't ALWAYS use a blind when hunting.

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