A pit blind...
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A pit blind...
Had a thought tonight after glassing a decent buck in an open field. Has anyone ever dug a pit blind in an open field or something similar? Just one of those spots with zero shrubs/trees/cover. Straight up alf-alfa field.
Wondering if this has been done before, seems like it anyways.
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Re: A pit blind...
I'm sure but I know those fields like that here the landowners would be upset if I did that.
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Ya, wouldnt say it would work everywhere.
This was on grandpas farm. And I wouldnt even try it there. Only on my own land if I thought it would work.
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Re: A pit blind...
You will enjoy this story Dan relates. It involves a pit blind. I'm pretty sure you could get it to work.
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Re: A pit blind...
I have done it before, but it can be hard to get off a shot in the open while they are feeding at eye level with you. Especially if there are several deer, but it does work.
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Call me crazy but I have often thought of constructing a mirror blind for such a situation. Properly angled toward the ground the mirror would reflect that surface and appear as though nothing was there
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Dabowhunter good idea call it the ghost blind get a big name hunter from Texas to endorse it. Lol. I had to I'm sorry man.
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Re: A pit blind...
Maple_Ridge wrote:Had a thought tonight after glassing a decent buck in an open field. Has anyone ever dug a pit blind in an open field or something similar? Just one of those spots with zero shrubs/trees/cover. Straight up alf-alfa field.
Wondering if this has been done before, seems like it anyways.
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Not a pit blind but I have used a low hole in a ditch once in a field to kill a buck. Worked nicely. Was only a small 6 pointer but still, it worked. Weeds along the edge made for some good cover.
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Dabowhunter wrote:Call me crazy but I have often thought of constructing a mirror blind for such a situation. Properly angled toward the ground the mirror would reflect that surface and appear as though nothing was there
They sell those ya know....
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Re: A pit blind...
I have had a some what similar situation where a buck was bedding in a tip of a waterway in the middle of a cornfield. In the evening he would just stand up and start to feed and never had to travel. I was going to use my waterfowl hunting layout blind and cover it in corn stocks. Then just see how close I could set up, but he vanished on me. Im sure if you covered one in alfalfa and use a little bit of terrain in an open field it could get interesting.
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I've done it along the edge in a drainage ditch. Never closed the deal though. Missed a doe once out of the set up when I was younger and shooting instintive. Shot over her back and sent the arrow into the next 40!
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Dabowhunter wrote:Call me crazy but I have often thought of constructing a mirror blind for such a situation. Properly angled toward the ground the mirror would reflect that surface and appear as though nothing was there
I was at a banquet last year and won a ghost blind, which is essentially what you are describing here. At first I thought it was a total gimick and was planning on selling it asap but when I set it up to check it out I was actually quite impressed. I am not sure how easy it would be to shoot from but I know there are guys on AT who have successfully executed a bow shot from it. It could be amazing for gun. I dont hunt around a lot of fields but plan on using it this year on a hunt or two just to be close and at ground level- maybe with a decoy.
I remember listening to Greg Miller talk about his son taking a bruiser buck out of a Dakota bean field by laying in an impression they dug and then using a guille suit. If I remember correctly it was a bit of a long shot since he spooked the buck but he made the shot count.
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binney59 wrote:Dabowhunter wrote:Call me crazy but I have often thought of constructing a mirror blind for such a situation. Properly angled toward the ground the mirror would reflect that surface and appear as though nothing was there
I was at a banquet last year and won a ghost blind, which is essentially what you are describing here. At first I thought it was a total gimick and was planning on selling it asap but when I set it up to check it out I was actually quite impressed. I am not sure how easy it would be to shoot from but I know there are guys on AT who have successfully executed a bow shot from it. It could be amazing for gun. I dont hunt around a lot of fields but plan on using it this year on a hunt or two just to be close and at ground level- maybe with a decoy.
I remember listening to Greg Miller talk about his son taking a bruiser buck out of a Dakota bean field by laying in an impression they dug and then using a guille suit. If I remember correctly it was a bit of a long shot since he spooked the buck but he made the shot count.
Darn, another idea that I never acted on. A friend of mine invented a device that mounted on your bow. It opened like an umbrella providing cover for stalking etc. I believe he sold it to a company right before he died.
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