Ground Blinds Yes or No?

[Sungrazer]

I have hunted from them in the past. This was my first season with gun and I much prefer being out in the open and mobile if need be. It amazes me how Turkey are generally not alarmed by a blind, my experience with Whitetail has been the mature Deer jump out of their skin around here. I gained permission on private this season with a Bow only Stipulation so I'll be back in a blind for third season.

[Greg Massey]

Turkey hunter always makes plans for weather conditions. Yesterday i was using a ground blind that i had set up before the season. The weather this year has been terrible for the most part in my area... So yesterday was light rain/ windy so i used the ground blind.  Each his on.. if you don't want to use one then sit out in the rain... but at least i was pretty dry and still able to hunt...

[GobbleNut]

I have never used an artificial blind,...and don't plan on ever doing so.  Will that attitude change with advancing age and less mobility?  Not sure,...we'll see,...but I honestly can't imagine that happening.  Just not my bag, but others can have at it.  Although it is rare around these parts, I occasionally see someone using a pop-up blind to hunt.  I like that,...just means that I will not have to compete with that guy for that gobbling turkey that I am headed for.    

Having said that, I have been in conditions where the skeeters and other flying critters were so bad that I probably would have jumped into a blind in a heartbeat if one had been available.   

[trkehunr93]

They have there time and place, keep every tool in your tool kit.  Never know when it might come in handy. 


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[redleg06]

I don't like carrying them around or sit still long enough to make it worthwhile for me, personally. 

That said, I'm taking my 8 year old for his first turkey hunt this year and got a little fold-out camo covered thing where he can get away with some movement if/when they get in range.

[OJR]

They certainly have their place. I figure I've harvested around 25% of the turkeys I've taken from a blind of some sort.