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Title: hiding blinds
Post by: frydarinj on May 02, 2019, 08:05:02 AM
so i know with deer hunting you have to brush your blind in really well or it will spook them but do you do the same for turkeys? mine is sitting on a field edge and they seem reluctant to get to close to it

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Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: MK M GOBL on May 02, 2019, 08:26:06 AM
From my experience you do not need to anything with them, we have them right in the middle of a field and birds come right to the decoys. Guess biggest thing I would say is you need to have the blind completely blacked out behind you and to watch you don't cross open windows to a birds angle of view to them.


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Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Southerngobbler on May 02, 2019, 08:52:18 AM
Where I hunt on heavily pressured public lands the turkeys seam to avoid my pop up bling like the plague. I don't know if its just a coincidence or what but after 3 or 4 years of using the blind I have total given up on it, unless I have time to really brush it in good-their not coming. I have much more success calling them in w/out the blind. Sometimes I think maybe something is wrong with my blind like maybe it has UV brighteners in it or something. I know on TV they act like there invisible.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: SD_smith on May 02, 2019, 05:52:43 PM
I think pressured birds will stay away from it.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Marc on May 03, 2019, 12:19:44 PM
I think pressured birds will stay away from it.

I think that birds that have not seen a blind might just walk inside the blind with you...  Birds that have been hunted from a blind would likely be more apprehensive about a big camouflage box that is out of place.

One thing I know is that covering and hiding the blind as good as possible won't hurt anything...  In many cases it probably is not necessary, but it will not hurt...
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Sir-diealot on May 03, 2019, 04:46:04 PM
Have had them come right up to the blind. First time had 3 toms come out 2 of the 3 touched the blind and third scrapped up against the backpack I had leaning against a tree a foot or two behind me. Wednesday I have a young hen come walking right on by content as she could be. Walked by did a real quiet short purr and went to the field behind me. Oh have had another hen come within 20 yards to another one a few years ago. None have ever been brushed in.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: mmorgan9812 on May 03, 2019, 05:34:47 PM
Never brushed one in around here in Western North Carolina. You can even pop them up while hunting and 5 min later I have had turkeys walk right up next to them none the wiser. I do understand and believe that they might steer clear if they have been pressured badly but I have never seen it myself.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: fallhnt on May 05, 2019, 08:37:01 PM
I hunt public and it's a must to brush them in on all but one place in three different states.

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Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: 1iagobblergetter on May 05, 2019, 09:24:57 PM
I use them when I'm hunting with my Son and have never brushed one and also set them in the middle of fields sometimes. I usually make sure the back is pulled all the way up so it's blacked out. I also leave the sides partly up. The rest of the blind(all of the front and part of the sides )the mesh is left up.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: JoeSam1975 on May 10, 2019, 02:57:30 PM
I am in eastern NC and I have never brushed in a blind deer or turkey hunting.  The kind I use is blacked out on the back and I have had deer and turkeys walk 5 feet from the blind.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Ctrize on May 12, 2019, 11:30:32 AM
Michigan on both public and private birds have changed reacting to blinds both hens and toms skirt us. It is hard to tell whether it's the blind or lack of movement by decoys. We do not cover the blind but might start. We still get birds coming in just more that hold back.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Bowguy on May 13, 2019, 04:56:56 PM
You don’t need to brush in a blind for turkey imo. Birds on both public and private will walk right up to you. Are you sure they aren’t seeing you moving in the blind?
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Sir-diealot on May 13, 2019, 05:05:44 PM
I know it can be done in a blind wearing anything but I just don't understand people that buy a blind with a blackened interior and then wear clothes that make them more likely to be seen inside ie. camo. I would and do wear all black from my waist up.

Maybe overkill but I have walked up to people wearing camo in a blind and have seen them it them and talked them into trying all black and walked up on them and could not see them in a blind except for the Carhartt tag on the black jacket they were wearing.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Greg Massey on June 23, 2019, 04:46:46 PM
No problem with turkeys and blinds , i just try and put them were the turkeys want to be in the fields etc , always in the shade as much as possible , those blinds can heat up during the day ....battery fan comes in pretty handy on some days ....
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Twowithone on December 11, 2019, 10:08:39 AM
Dont brush my blind in and have no problems with turkeys or deer.  :firefighter:
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: tnanh on December 20, 2019, 03:39:10 PM
I am not a great turkey hunter but one thing I do know is that if you spook the deer the deer will spook the turkey.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: 3bailey3 on January 01, 2020, 08:00:01 PM
I agree with sir, wear black in the blind. funny story I only use a blind if it is going to be bad weather and I want to hunt, one night it was a big storm come though and it had quit before the morning hunt and after not hearing any off the roost I moved to where the blind was and it was in my neighbors field rolling around  after the storm had blown it away and a gobbler was strutting around it with his hens.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: bbcoach on January 02, 2020, 06:14:53 PM
It isn't necessary to brush in a blind for hunting turkeys.  Put them out and hunt them, turkeys don't care.  Several good tips is wear black to conceal yourself, don't let sunlight hi lite you in the blind,  move back in the blind, stay away from the windows, wear facepaint or a facemask and only open windows as needed.  Keep movement inside to a minimum.  Blinds help us kill birds but they aren't fool proof.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Twowithone on January 05, 2020, 12:01:26 PM
I dont brush my blind in when I use it and thats not very often.The deer are very curious sometimes they try to stick their snouts in the window.   :firefighter:
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Sir-diealot on January 05, 2020, 06:24:56 PM
By the way, blind may be higher that it appears in your scope, shot a hole in mine this spring when I took my first turkey.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Bowguy on January 06, 2020, 10:22:03 AM
By the way, blind may be higher that it appears in your scope, shot a hole in mine this spring when I took my first turkey.

There’s no “appearing” higher though you’re giving sound advice. Your scope would sit higher. Imagine if you looked through a 2” hole. Your scope would be in it but your barrel being 2” lower would be obstructed. Same for blinds, cover, horizontal logs, etc. we need to think of clearance. Good advice though
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Sir-diealot on January 06, 2020, 10:27:41 AM
By the way, blind may be higher that it appears in your scope, shot a hole in mine this spring when I took my first turkey.

There’s no “appearing” higher though you’re giving sound advice. Your scope would sit higher. Imagine if you looked through a 2” hole. Your scope would be in it but your barrel being 2” lower would be obstructed. Same for blinds, cover, horizontal logs, etc. we need to think of clearance. Good advice though
Blind appeared to be much lower so yea there is there is. I know what you are saying though. I got my first turkey though so I do not care about the small hole, shot was still pretty tight at that distance. :D
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Bowguy on January 06, 2020, 10:30:07 AM
I’m glad ya got em buddy
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Harty on January 09, 2020, 02:35:34 PM
It isn't necessary to brush in a blind for hunting turkeys.  Put them out and hunt them, turkeys don't care.  Several good tips is wear black to conceal yourself, don't let sunlight hi lite you in the blind,  move back in the blind, stay away from the windows, wear facepaint or a facemask and only open windows as needed.  Keep movement inside to a minimum.  Blinds help us kill birds but they aren't fool proof.

This. Great tips.I’m fairly new to blind hunting and can put them in the middle of a field and don’t seem to have a problem on public or private in Wisconsin. Birds hang up and get skiddish (very neurotic birds)for various reasons. It’s not necessarily the blind.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Struthunter on February 10, 2020, 03:13:50 PM
Completely Cover It Even The Top
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Marc on February 12, 2020, 01:33:06 AM
Are you sure they aren’t seeing you moving in the blind?
Or hearing you???  Hunters often seem to love talking in a blind...  "Hey!  You see that bird over there?"  (Grabbing his buddy and pointing).

Often, it seems like hunters in a blind think that they cannot be seen or heard....  While a blind can help hide you, they are not magical barriers to sight and sound.

I have no doubt that highly pressured birds that have seen "boom-sticks" go off from a blind are more wary of them though.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Sir-diealot on February 12, 2020, 01:51:10 AM
Are you sure they aren’t seeing you moving in the blind?
Or hearing you???  Hunters often seem to love talking in a blind...  "Hey!  You see that bird over there?"  (Grabbing his buddy and pointing).

Often, it seems like hunters in a blind think that they cannot be seen or heard....  While a blind can help hide you, they are not magical barriers to sight and sound.

I have no doubt that highly pressured birds that have seen "boom-sticks" go off from a blind are more wary of them though.
I do wear black in the blind when I am hunting from the waist up seeing that the blind has a blackened interior. I had a friend get in my blind once and with camo on and I walked until I was able to see him which wound up being further out than I thought. I then had him put on black and did the same thing and I had to get much closer to see them in black. Also be sure to not silhouette yourself with the windows, close those that are not in the direction you intend to shoot.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: dirt road ninja on February 12, 2020, 02:41:52 PM
I’ll throw them out and not worry about brushing them in at all.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: rifleman on February 12, 2020, 08:05:36 PM
I feel as long as they do not detect movement them will go right past the blind.  I've had them go past a deer bling close enough to touch if I was quick enough.  I know of one case when a turkey was called right up to a butterscotch Chevy pickup in VA.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: Here turkey turkey turkey on March 07, 2020, 08:27:34 PM
I personally do not have a need for a blind. I run and gun and a blind would just be in the way. But I imagine tons of people have success with them.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: huntineveryday on March 08, 2020, 10:37:15 PM
I've set up a blind in the middle of an alfalfa field and called turkeys up to it. As long as there is no movement or unnatural sounds they won't mind the blind. Having every window open, wearing clothes that stand out against the background inside the blind, wind shifting the blind, those kinds of things will bust you.

Only open the windows that need to be, and only as far as needed. Keep the windows on the backside of the blind closed. Stay seated at the back of the blind.
Title: Re: hiding blinds
Post by: rgref522 on June 08, 2020, 12:45:40 PM
i don't brush mine in but ive noticed the longer the blind is out the more the birds get used to it

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