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Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 04:34 PM
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 04:45 PM
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Always ready 2 hunt
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I've got 4 places I'd like that type set up built in. Nothing like waiting until 100 temp days for bowseason prep which I'll be headed to do next week too.
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 04:46 PM
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That's a darn good idea.
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 04:47 PM
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I've got 4 places I'd like that type set up built in. Nothing like waiting until 100 temp days for bowseason prep which I'll be headed to do next week too. It really wasn't too bad. We did most of the work early morning late evening and its really not that hard to do with two guys.
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 05:15 PM
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Thanks for all your help Scott! A few more details... I wired 2 hog panels together in a circle and then drove the posts. Used two panels for the roof. Cut down some of the section in the back where the door is and in front where my shooting windows are. I used the Cabelas XL ground blinds (179.99 each). I had about $250.00 total cost in each one. Also recommend you use dead cedar trees if possible to brush it in so the color stays the same and the amount of cover as well. Cut the branches off as long and whole as possible and stand them up like trees wired or zip tied to the hog panels.
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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#6822644
07/14/17 06:01 PM
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ThreePeppers
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Might have to give that a try this year.
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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#6822669
07/14/17 06:26 PM
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Good idea I might steal from. Have lost more than one pop-up ground blind to cows in years past. How are you getting into it? Climbing over the hog panel? Or cut some sort of door?
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 06:55 PM
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I did basically the same thing 15-20 years ago. I used regular 40 gage rolled wire. Made it big enough to hold two people. Surrounded the wire with camo tarps and brush as you did. But I did put blue tarp on the ground, you'll still get critters in there. These were excellent blinds and they'll last you far longer than you believe. This is in east Texas with a lot of shade, but they held up extremly well, and killed a lot of deer from them. I think you'll love it!! Good luck. One more thing-mine were cool in the heat during Oct-Nov, but they are miserable in the cold!!
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 07:23 PM
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Good idea I might steal from. Have lost more than one pop-up ground blind to cows in years past. How are you getting into it? Climbing over the hog panel? Or cut some sort of door? I cut down a few rows on the section of the panel in the back where the door is.
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 09:47 PM
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 09:59 PM
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Got a couple similar to that. I put a pop up inside one and first hunt I had a black widow and a brown recluse in it. Needless to say I never hunted that pop up again
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 10:01 PM
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Got a couple similar to that. I put a pop up inside one and first hunt I had a black widow and a brown recluse in it. Needless to say I never hunted that pop up again always a good idea to big bomb them before season starts
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 11:41 PM
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Got a couple similar to that. I put a pop up inside one and first hunt I had a black widow and a brown recluse in it. Needless to say I never hunted that pop up again always a good idea to big bomb them before season starts I wrestle mountain lion on my way to the blind I don't worry about itsy bitsy spiders
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/14/17 11:51 PM
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/15/17 12:15 AM
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/15/17 02:04 AM
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Thanks for all your help Scott! A few more details... I wired 2 hog panels together in a circle and then drove the posts. Used two panels for the roof. Cut down some of the section in the back where the door is and in front where my shooting windows are. I used the Cabelas XL ground blinds (179.99 each). I had about $250.00 total cost in each one. Also recommend you use dead cedar trees if possible to brush it in so the color stays the same and the amount of cover as well. Cut the branches off as long and whole as possible and stand them up like trees wired or zip tied to the hog panels. ceder dies and turns brown
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/15/17 02:05 AM
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Thanks for all your help Scott! A few more details... I wired 2 hog panels together in a circle and then drove the posts. Used two panels for the roof. Cut down some of the section in the back where the door is and in front where my shooting windows are. I used the Cabelas XL ground blinds (179.99 each). I had about $250.00 total cost in each one. Also recommend you use dead cedar trees if possible to brush it in so the color stays the same and the amount of cover as well. Cut the branches off as long and whole as possible and stand them up like trees wired or zip tied to the hog panels. ceder dies and turns brown yep but if you use already dead cedar it stays that way yr round. It doesn't start off green and then die and turn brown a month later, which is why we used already dead cedar.
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/15/17 02:27 AM
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Thanks for all your help Scott! A few more details... I wired 2 hog panels together in a circle and then drove the posts. Used two panels for the roof. Cut down some of the section in the back where the door is and in front where my shooting windows are. I used the Cabelas XL ground blinds (179.99 each). I had about $250.00 total cost in each one. Also recommend you use dead cedar trees if possible to brush it in so the color stays the same and the amount of cover as well. Cut the branches off as long and whole as possible and stand them up like trees wired or zip tied to the hog panels. ceder dies and turns brown yep but if you use already dead cedar it stays that way yr round. It doesn't start off green and then die and turn brown a month later, which is why we used already dead cedar. That and you did it early enough where it won't matter come hunting season.
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/15/17 02:27 AM
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Got a couple similar to that. I put a pop up inside one and first hunt I had a black widow and a brown recluse in it. Needless to say I never hunted that pop up again always a good idea to big bomb them before season starts I wrestle mountain lion on my way to the blind I don't worry about itsy bitsy spiders We have had those on camera as well but I don't play with those itsy spiders
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/15/17 05:59 AM
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That looks too much like a snakes den. Closed up like that mice will use it as a home, and snakes will being looking for a meal.
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/15/17 11:19 AM
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Nice looking set up, looks like it will last a while.
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/15/17 12:38 PM
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That looks too much like a snakes den. Closed up like that mice will use it as a home, and snakes will being looking for a meal. Been hunting out here ten years, haven't had a snake in my pop up ever. But I'm not stupid enough to not check for them before entering. Snakes have better places to den up in our terrain. Mice have a bait station inside the wire panels that I'm happy to feed them if their hungry, lol.
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/15/17 12:52 PM
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Thanks for all your help Scott! A few more details... I wired 2 hog panels together in a circle and then drove the posts. Used two panels for the roof. Cut down some of the section in the back where the door is and in front where my shooting windows are. I used the Cabelas XL ground blinds (179.99 each). I had about $250.00 total cost in each one. Also recommend you use dead cedar trees if possible to brush it in so the color stays the same and the amount of cover as well. Cut the branches off as long and whole as possible and stand them up like trees wired or zip tied to the hog panels. ceder dies and turns brown Thanks for the info, I never would of guessed!
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Re: Not your average ground blinds
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07/15/17 01:16 PM
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