The Ultimate Guide to Bowhunting Skills, Tactics, and Techniques by Jay Cassell

Author:Jay Cassell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Trimming the lower branches and snugging a pop-up blind under limbs of evergreens is a great technique for breaking the roof outline.

Just like with tree stands, being in the shadows also helps. However, keeping the sun out of the hunter’s eyes is even more important. During both early morning and late afternoon, because of being on ground level, having the blind’s openings oriented toward the sun commonly causes the hunter to look directly into it. Obviously, that can seriously impact the ability to shoot.

A further complication is that having the sun shining directly into the blind creates other serious problems. One of the advantages of quality blinds is that their dark interior helps to hide the hunter. If sun shines directly into the blind, the hunter becomes highlighted and items such as the bow, arrows, hunting heads and other objects are likely to produce reflections.

Keeping the blind in the shadows is one solution to hiding both it and the hunter inside. At the very least, the blind must be positioned so that the sun is off its back side during the hunt.

The next great culprit when it comes to revealing blinds is not brushing them in well enough. If it’s in a relatively open location where deer can see it from a distance, doing nothing but popping it up and placing it next to any available cover will work. However, when blinds are placed in thicker cover and deer have a high probability of not seeing them until they are 50 yards or less away, they must be brushed in well to break up their outlines for best results.

Draping the top of the blind with a matt of overhanging branches goes a long way toward blurring the outline. If a suitable tree doesn’t exist, snug it into the best available cover and either cut branches for the top or use a concealment product, such as the synthetic branches made by PMI. Breaking the roofline is critical for placing blinds in cover.

Along with using cut limbs or synthetic branches, a great way to break the roof outline is to remove enough of the lower branches from an evergreen to be able to slip the blind underneath (always check to see that it’s legal to cut branches and/or get the landowner’s permission before doing so). By snugging it under a natural mat of limbs and allowing them to hang over the side, the blind blends in very well. Placing a smattering of natural or synthetic limbs around the outside, paying particular attention to the corners, further aids the blending process.

Remove all the debris from the inside of the blind’s floor and use it to seal the bottom around the outside. Doing so helps further blend it in, along with reducing airflow and allowing more silent movement inside. The combination of placing the blind out of the deer’s line of sight, breaking the roof and effectively blending its sides dramatically reduces the element of surprise and promotes relaxed shooting opportunities,

Another method of removing surprise is placing the blind in relatively open areas.

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