Archerysniper Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 You guys are plain SILLY!! The day I see a guy on a ladder, bowhunting in the middle of a cornfield..... ill be stopping in the center of the road and taking pictures!!! I guess people probably do crazier things and get deer.... thats thinking OUTSIDE the box! I wanna see YOU GUYS do it and show us the video! I'm being 100% honest it work's. I have also shot them while in haylofts and silos. Heck I have dug pit blinds where I cant find the right tree and had that pay off for me. Call me silly but it works for me,of course I dont think like a sheep and follow the heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimngrizzly Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Ive done the hayloft and silo thing because you have a background to hide in. I just cant see how you could shoot from a ladder without being seen everytime? If youve done it, more power to you! I guess your adapting to a situation and its working. Thats the whole idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerminator Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Not to hijack this thread but I like the idea of a pit blind. I've been thinking about that behind our house too. Primo trail to bedding area going through the woods back there with no real good trees and cover. But I could make my own dugout into the side of the hill. I like unconventional tactics. I sat on a bucket behind our garbage bin in the woods a few times this year and had does cruise right past me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthWalleyes Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Not to hijack this thread but I like the idea of a pit blind. I've been thinking about that behind our house too. Primo trail to bedding area going through the woods back there with no real good trees and cover. But I could make my own dugout into the side of the hill. I like unconventional tactics. I sat on a bucket behind our garbage bin in the woods a few times this year and had does cruise right past me. Cost is low, Setup in 1-2 minutes...Very effective cover. Garden fencing posts with leaf cut camo zip tied to posts. Roll it up, strap it to the back pack. Weight ~1#. Been using this method for 4 years now. I usually use two of these to create a bigger blind. Toss a rotating chair in the middle - your good to go. 4' high. Toss some natural cover on it if available. Or you can dig a pit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimngrizzly Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Truth, I think thats about as good as it gets for cornfields or cattails! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthWalleyes Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I have a darker version for woods too. The cutouts blow and move in the wind, so you can pretty much set it up in a plowed field and it looks like a clump of grass flowing in the wind. Accompany that with a guille suite and an orange hat...Your good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerminator Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I like it. I wouldn't dig a pit on public land, but I do have a spot behind the house like I said that would be permanent. The deer use the trail all year, every year the 8 years we've been there, from one bedding area to another. So I was thinking more along the lines of digging just a few feet down into the side of the hill and using scrap lumber and plywood to make a make a 6x6 hut sunk slightly into the ground/side of the hill. Then I'd cover it all up with logs and branches to make it look like a deadfall. I want something fairly enclosed so I can use a heater later season. Versus wearing my goose hunting overalls and parka and nearly tearing my arm out of my socket drawing back like I did on a doe in -15 weather the season before last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticknstring Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 How about an inexpensive popup ground blind? Set it up prior to season, brush it in good, and leave it up all season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyeReD Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 How about an inexpensive popup ground blind? Set it up prior to season, brush it in good, and leave it up all season. Can this be done on a WPA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthWalleyes Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 It can be done, but it will likely be missing in less than 1 week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerminator Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 It can be done but not legally and it will indeed be gone! I have several pop-ups set up like this on private land all year long. I was just thinking a permanent blind would hold the heat better later season and be kind of a fun project. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticknstring Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 He said on private ground behind his house! Definitely don't put one up on public land! We use buddy heaters in the blinds turkey hunting in the spring - works great. Keeps the thermals rising out of deer's noses as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbucks Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Is the photographer's shadow always there when you hunt out of it? I can see that being a problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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