Hunting out of a blind.

[deerbasshunter3]

For those of you who hunt out of a blind, be it a rainy day or not, do you find that the turkey need time to get used to it like deer do, or do you just throw it up and hunt?

[porcupine]

throw it up and go...I've even set up in the middle of a field...no brushing and a bird got a ride in the back of the truck that day

[Neill_Prater]

Supposedly, turkeys don't notice blinds like deer do. I say "supposedly" because like anything else, I think there are exceptions. A few years ago while hunting in Alabama, I set up on a food plot that I knew was being frequented by a gobbler. Maybe an hour or so after getting into the blind, I saw the bird perhaps 150 yards away, coming down a logging road. I didn't call, had the mesh over the windows, just sat there and waited, because I expected him to walk right by me.

At about 75 yards, he stopped, and appeared to be eyeballing the blind. He stood there probably a full minute, turned around, and slowly walked back down the road. Now, I can't say for sure the bird spooked at the blind, but I am pretty well convinced he did. My guess is that he had been shot at from a blind in the past, and was smart enough to learn from it.

[mgm1955]

throw it up and go...I've even set up in the middle of a field...no brushing and a bird got a ride in the back of the truck that day

Never had a problem.

[tomstopper]

I usually never hunt out of a blind (and no I don't care if people do...lol) but IMO you can place them anywhere and just hunt. With turkeys, its movement that get to them the most so you should be fine.

[fallhnt]

I bowhunt public land and can tell you for a fact that turkeys will become blind shy.

[outdoors]

IT'S SO O O. THICK WHERE I HUNT I USE A NATURAL BLIND AND HAD NO PROBLEM. 

[stinkpickle]

You can plop that sucker down right in the middle of an open field, and turkeys will stroll by it like it's just an old hay bale.

[dfresh55]

never hada problem with the blind before set that joker up and wait comfy style