Can anyone recommend a blind from which one could shoot a 68" longbow. I would like to keep it under $200 but give me all suggestions. If I must I will shoot my K-Mag or Grizzly but have kind of made a personal commitment to the longbow this year and would like to keep it.
Thanks,
Brian
Its more than $200 but double bull makes an extended version of the matrix blind that is meant for trad bows. Not sure it can handle a 68 inch bow but its pretty big.
don
I bought a carbon venture at Sams Wholesale whick is like 7' tall..no problem for the longbow but takes a while to brush it in for concealment. I havent seen it on their website or any other for that matter
Build one! Seriously, if you know someone who sews, and you can find the materials that you would like it made out of it is easy to design your own frame out of 1" plastic pipe, and beside you will have one that fits your needs!
Any cedars where ya hunt? If ya gotta brush it anyway,how bout this? A few cedar or pinoak limbs and a handful of ziptys go a long ways.... Just try to make sure you're shaded. :) :wavey:
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A ghillie suit
Kennym, that snow looks beautiful!
like Dave said, get yourself a ghillie suit. or build a brush blind: 4-5ft high behind you, 1-2 feet high in front, and practice shooting while canting bow almost horizontal, that's the ticket! forget about the industrial popups
I like to use a good sized tree to stand behind.
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the matrix by db is 67" center height.
check out the eastman outfitters undercover LX5, it is 72" high and you could probably buy 2 for the price of a db
I have the LX-5. It would probably work but expect to limit the shooting port choices, You would need to set up for one shot only would be my guess. With my 60" Zipper recurve I can move around a bit.
Ameristep Penthouse,nice blind for the money. Leland
I have an ameristep penthouse that i have shot 66" and 64" Hill long bows out of and see no reason why a 68" would be any different. That blind is under $200 I also have a DB matrix 360 that i shoot the same bows out of and that is a way better blind. There more money but worth it in the long run.
I bought an Escape Deluxe by Big Game Stands that's 75" high. This is about as tall a blind as is available. I don't shoot longbows, but I have plenty of room for my recurves up to 60". I would say that a 68" longbow would be no problem...
The Penthouse is plenty big. I'm still wishy washy on pop up blinds for deer, but I plan to take muy daughter on her first turkey hunt in my Ameristep Penthouse blind.
For about $20 you can get a small blind like the kind turkey shotgunners use. Packs up small and light. Height can be up to 40" or so and 11 to 12 feet long. You can kneel or sit on a low stool behind it. Perfect height for getting an arrow over the blind without standing. This one is from Eastman Outfitters:
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Thank you very much for all the suggestions guys.
Thanks,
Brian
Ameristep model 801 or Cabela's umbrella blind
They don't have a website and I don't remember the guys name that makes them but Apache Blinds are a simple solution to the problem.
Lodestar here in NJ , Bought the ameristep big house last year $189 at Gander Mountain its huge 6'x 6'x 72" tall. I was looking for the same accomodations in a ground blind and this one fits the bill perfectly, even with my 68" longbow... Jason
Ameristep Penthouse for me. Shoot through netting, room for me (and I'm a pretty big guy) and a 66" longbow. I have shot from it with my son inside with me, but it's a tad crowded with two people, two bows, two stools, two quivers on the ground, etc. I've had one out for 3 or 4 years, and other than the window that was attacked by a racoon it's still in good shape--hunted in the rain from it yesterday, and stayed bone dry.
Chad
Check out the Apache pyramid blind. Light, sets up quick and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
I use an cammo umbrella blind. Light weight, fits in my day pack and sets up quick. If it rains i can screw it in a tree and set under it.
the problem you will have this time of year is finding the material to build a cheap one ...for 289.00 bucks you can get T 5 double bull...its maybe the best, just my 2cents...some of the cheaper ones just dont hold up in wind conditions all that well... :)
I have the Ameristep big house, It's a hub style, so no problem setting up, or taking down, and It is Big. It's the only one That I can shoot my 68" Howard Hill longbow out of with no problem. I paid 149.95 for mine. Mine is 7' tall.
Maybe 18 mos. ago or so Bowhunter Magazine had a piece in there about a guy who used simple woven wire covered with camo cloth/burlap and then used it to make a circular blind. It probably goes up 30-36" or so but then you need to park it under a cedar or Russian olive or something with overhanging limbs. You could also cut shooting holes through it. I built one (used plastic ties to attach the camo to the wire; works much easier and better than wire clips) and it works very well and you won't have the limb clearance issues you may in a standard ground blind. You can also make it fairly large; I've taken my then-3 year old daughter in it and we had antlerless deer at 8-10 yards from us. Very cool. And without much money invested in it, theft is less a worry and you can leave it out, brush it in, and forget it.
Can any of you suggest a blind that will not fade? Below is a picture of my blind after two months in the sun. Can you see it?
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