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Does it need to be easily portable?

If not then something like this can be pulled around with an atv and will hold up to wind much better than the pop up tents.

I have and use pop ups also, Ameristeps and the Primos brand, but have come back to some that were a couple hundred yards away from where I left them when they weren't tied down. Now I try to set up next to a tree and at least tie off one rope to the tree so that I know it will stay put.

The hay bale blind in the thread below can be built for about what some of the pop up blinds cost, but have more room and are sturdier.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/7072143/1


Bob.

I had an Ameristep blind that was sort of entry level. Due to constant rains I couldn't get back to it for a couple of months. A ranch hand found it in a Mesquite tree about fifty yards from where it was setup. The stakes held but the loops didn't. I went back with leather patches and double eylets all the way around. This should hold up to a pretty good wind.

Check the fabric rating they go from 150 to 600 denier. I would look for a minimum of 300 denier or better. Mine at 300 got punctured by the limbs I cut off near by.

Whitetails must really like ground blinds. I've heard way more whistle while in a ground blind than up off of the ground.

For a quick, improvised blind to use on the move, consider one of these. Be advised that you might look like an idiot with it sticking out of your pack, though.

I got rid of my double bull 360 years ago and got 2 each pannel blinds from Tanglefree that I can use for both Ducks and Deer.

What’s nice about that

1) they are aluminum frames but fold flat (they don’t collapse)

2) If I’m alone I can use 1 blind just for myself, or take 2 and put them together for 3 guys

3) You can put whatever material on them you want like and they still fold up (unlike a pop up.. you can’t take blind weedy material with you)

4) You can put them up to a tree (use the tree as part of the blind)...



https://tanglefree.com/products/panel-blind-max-5

I use double blinds for deer hunting and spring gobbler. I turkey hunt at the edge of fields, and I love having turkeys come in checking out my decoys. Inside the blinds camo clothing is not needed and being perfectly still is not a issue which I can’t do.