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$%&* New blind down!
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12/30/15 06:09 PM
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toolman
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BIL called yesterday and told me that my new packing crate blind blew over in the recent storm. This blind is/was 7'x7'6"x3'6" sitting on a 6x6x6 stand so I'm sure it's not in good shape. The stand had angled legs and was guy-wired down, but it sounds like the wind was so strong that it snapped the 1/8"cable guy wires. The feeders and my BIL's blind which is 10' in the air and on a much smaller footprint survived just fine so I'm not sure exactly what happened, I guess I'll find out tomorrow when I get out there. At least I got to shoot one deer out of it...
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Re: $%&* New blind down!
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12/30/15 06:22 PM
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HuntnFly67
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Yowch. Good luck; hope its recoverable.
That wind out west had to be whipping something fierce with the storms last week.
We had a feeder that had a secured 3'x3' lid blown off; my 14' tower broke guy wires and was blown over into a tree. I hunted another spot on our place and the 10' tower and blind had shifted off its footings by the wind and probably some settling with the rain/snow. I didn't notice until I started climbing up it. The ladder side legs sunk in the mud deeper and threw me off the ladder when I was half way up. If the guy wires hadn't caught, the tower and blind was coming down on me.
I never had paid attention or readjusted a blind after they were setup and secured each August, but I will now. Please be sure to check footings and guy wires for y'all's setups before you hunt.
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Re: $%&* New blind down!
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12/30/15 07:04 PM
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Deerhunter61
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Re: $%&* New blind down!
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12/30/15 07:21 PM
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stxranchman
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A blind that size is more like a sail in the wind. It would take really good anchors that are deep in the ground to hold that size blind down. I think you were a bit undersized on your cable size also. Were you on higher ground or in a saddle? The few blinds I have had turn over were in those areas and guyed down well..or I thought well. Hope it is repairable.
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Re: $%&* New blind down!
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12/31/15 04:18 PM
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SniperRAB
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Man that wind last Saturday was Brutal, I was 20' up and it got Scketchy a couple of Bursts ... Hope it's a easy fix
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Re: $%&* New blind down!
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01/01/16 08:36 PM
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toolman
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Well, I went out there but couldn't get closer than about a 1/2 mile to it because of the mud and I couldn't tell anything about it. May be able to get to it next week if it doesn't rain and the wind blows for a few days.
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Re: $%&* New blind down!
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01/05/16 03:15 AM
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Franklin517
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We had 2 big blinds blow over Christmas weekend. Winds were terrible
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Re: $%&* New blind down!
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01/05/16 03:38 PM
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redchevy
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Sorry to hear that. Had a wood blind on 10' stand blow over a few years ago when one of the hurricanes came through, it was before we had it anchored well. We stood it back up and with a little work had it back together. I bet that shipping container is a little stouter than what ours was and less fall I bet you will be able to salvage it.
Good luck.
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Re: $%&* New blind down!
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01/05/16 07:13 PM
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tlk
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we had about 8 pop up blinds out that were all tied down - we now have about zero pop up blinds - wind took them away that weekend - was rocking my trailer
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Re: $%&* New blind down!
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01/12/16 12:47 AM
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Buzzsaw
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pics when you get there, good luck with it
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