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General Discussion => Turkey Hunting Tips ,Strategies & Methods => Topic started by: RiverRoost on March 17, 2015, 03:48:38 PM

Title: Groundblind help
Post by: RiverRoost on March 17, 2015, 03:48:38 PM
Never turkey hunted out of a ground blind and They are calling for rain here sometime Saturday and light rain Sunday. I'm going to be hunting both mornings as long as not raining hard. I found a bunch of tracks and scat up and down a section of logging road in the woods yesterday. My question is can I hunt the woods Saturday morning until it starts raining then just pop up the blind in a curve in the road just on the edge of wood line and see what comes down the road and not spook the birds?
Title: Re: Groundblind help
Post by: dirt road ninja on March 17, 2015, 04:37:56 PM
I've done that same thing before with no trouble. Sometimes I will brush the blind in, makes me feel better, but I doubt it makes a difference.
Title: Re: Groundblind help
Post by: shaman on March 17, 2015, 04:58:53 PM
Go for it. 
I don't know if your blind is waterproof.  Mine wasn't, and it started to leak right away. My fix was to use a camo tarp  to catch the water and shuttle it down the back of the blind on the inside. That makeshift fix has worked for over a dozen years.
Title: Re: Groundblind help
Post by: 10gaugemag on March 17, 2015, 05:08:17 PM
Wont bother them a bit. I have actually killed gobblers within 5 minutes of popping a blind up. They never notice a thing, deer on the other hand are a different story.
Title: Re: Groundblind help
Post by: RiverRoost on March 17, 2015, 05:16:42 PM
 Awesome. I think this is going to be a pretty decent spot and figure more time in there the better
Title: Re: Groundblind help
Post by: Dtrkyman on March 17, 2015, 08:46:38 PM
No worries, I have popped a blind right in front of 50 plus roosted birds in Nebraska on many occasions, even had them sail into my decoys like ducks!
Title: Re: Groundblind help
Post by: dejake on March 18, 2015, 02:52:22 PM
hard rain = hunt the fields