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Originally Posted by kingston
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Spray foam would definitely be the ticket



Rodents love spray foam. Just FYI.



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Best figure out a way to keep the coons out of it, too. They'll use it for crapping in. Damned coons. I can remember when my brother built a treehouse-type stand (ala Treehouse Masters) and the coons crapped all over the thing. He hadn't put in real windows, though.


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Originally Posted by kingston
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Spray foam would definitely be the ticket



Rodents love spray foam. Just FYI.

They like foam, fiberglass, and just about anything else they can get into. A metal blind could be made pretty rodent proof, wood just about impossible.
The problem we have is once the little B-Tards set up shop then they are a magnet for Rattle snakes.


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He won't have a rattle snake issue. lol

Rooter, if rodents become a problem, line the bottom joint with steel wool.


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Heading up today do clear a spot to set it up and check for shooting lanes.


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Had a rhino 300 delivered Friday and went to set it up today,no instructions. Went by utube video on the 200 and first thing I did was snap a support rod,actually it shattered. I went to order a new one and they are $20 each or 4 for $50,now I'll have 3 extra for backup. No tax or shipping charge which is good. I also noticed the stitching along the top shows daylight so they aren't totally waterproof. Plenty of room and even has a skylight. Have to do something for stakes cause the ones sent with it are only about 10" long.


Glad I read that. Have been toying with the idea of buying a replacement for the old Doghouse blind that's been leaking for a couple years. I bought a Barronett Grounder 250 a couple years ago and really like the extra room. Hadn't heard of the Rhino until a week or so ago and was toying with saving a few dollars over another Barronett. Won't bother with a Rhino now.

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Well it looks like I'm on to Plan B. The trail into my hunting spot is under water to the point it's not passable. I can't get my deer car back in there, which means I've got on way to haul the blind, chair, heater, etc. back to my stand location. I can sidestep the actual trail, and not get wet, but I'd have to hack out a trail wide enough through the brush to get the cart through. I'll be sitting on a folding chair again this season. No big deal-I've done it for years, but it would have been nice to use the blind. I scouted it yesterday. Several scrapes back in my core area, so I'm optimistic for next weekend.


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I've found that just taking along a thick chair cushion in my pack is almost as good as a camp chair and a whole bunch lighter, quieter and more portable while keeping your hands free walking. Much as I like an enclosure to hunt from, they are a lot to pack in and out where I go.


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We opened Saturday morning, so spent mucho blind time.

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Does shooting through the shoot though screen on a blind effect the accuracy at all? I was sitting in mine today with the plan to do so if the time came but the longer I sat there that question kept popping up in my head. Ended up lowering a couple. Shots would be 100yds or less.

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Originally Posted by DANNYL
Does shooting through the shoot though screen on a blind effect the accuracy at all? I was sitting in mine today with the plan to do so if the time came but the longer I sat there that question kept popping up in my head. Ended up lowering a couple. Shots would be 100yds or less.


They say it doesn't but I could just never get used to the idea of shooting through something on the way to a deer. Especially with a bow.

On my pop up tent blinds, I lowered one corner a few inches of the windows that I might get a shot out of. It actually serves as a gun rest if you are standing up.


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Originally Posted by DANNYL
Does shooting through the shoot though screen on a blind effect the accuracy at all? I was sitting in mine today with the plan to do so if the time came but the longer I sat there that question kept popping up in my head. Ended up lowering a couple. Shots would be 100yds or less.


I don't know about the effect the screen would have on the bullets path but I do know the muzzle blast inside the blind would deafen you if you did not have ear protection on!


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I bought a 2 person Wildgame innovations "pop up" blind. Instructions were vague and one of the sides wold not pop out and stay that way so I tied the loop on that panel to a tree and finally got the blind set up last weekend. Hope it's still there because I am going to do some night hog hunting from it Sunday night. When the sun was out it was very warm inside but as the temps dropped I started putting sweat shirts and a coat on.


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Originally Posted by rickt300
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Does shooting through the shoot though screen on a blind effect the accuracy at all? I was sitting in mine today with the plan to do so if the time came but the longer I sat there that question kept popping up in my head. Ended up lowering a couple. Shots would be 100yds or less.


I don't know about the effect the screen would have on the bullets path but I do know the muzzle blast inside the blind would deafen you if you did not have ear protection on!



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Does shooting through the shoot though screen on a blind effect the accuracy at all? I was sitting in mine today with the plan to do so if the time came but the longer I sat there that question kept popping up in my head. Ended up lowering a couple. Shots would be 100yds or less.


I don't know about the effect the screen would have on the bullets path but I do know the muzzle blast inside the blind would deafen you if you did not have ear protection on!



THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


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We are expecting a foot of snow today and tomorrow so I cut the neck off of a plastic pepsi bottle and put it over the end of a stick I picked up in the woods to use as a support pole in the center of the blind. Should help with caving in. I used the bottle cause I figured the stick would end up going through the roof with the weight of the snow.

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