Natural groung blind construction Ideas thread

[Arkansas Osage]

This will be my first year turkey hunting, I hope I have more success than I did deer hunting lol, but I always enjoy being out hunting regardless of whether I see or harvest game.

My IDEAS for a blind (and I say ideas because I haven't put them into practice yet... I have some realtree camo mesh, and some Turkey Thugs camo fabric, the solid kind thats got some leafy shapes already cut into it. My plan is the find a naturally downed tree, cedar preferably, hack out a few of the larger branches of under it and place them on the back side and then clean out all the leaves so I can move soundlessly and then using the solid camo fabric with the leave shapes, paracord and branches cut into stakes make a 12-16" high blind around me and then use the camo mesh to fill in holes and use natural shooting lanes. I'm sure I'll fail alot, learn alot, and have alot of fun lol.

[calgarychef]

Withngroundblinds it's a good idea to put an old blanket on the ground, it really quiets things down.  Position the blind so that you're never in the light, keep in the shadows.  Remember the direction of the sun for the time of day you'll be hunting, you'll generally need different blinds for different times of the day.

[Birdbow]

As I scout areas, if I find a good spot for a blind, I'll build it on the spot using natural fiber twine to tie/anchor support limbs, etc. If I come back and hunt it, it just needs a little foliage added to spruce it up. If I never get back to it, the natural materials and fiber twine naturally recycle.

[Knawbone]

Were I hunt, ( all hill and hard woods with few clearings or fields } my blind building materials are limited to logs, branches, sticks, leaves, and some grasses, and thats about it. What do some of you other folks build your natural blinds from? Prairie grass?, hay bails, palms ?????  Tricks or tips????? COME ON......... CARE TO SHARE!  

[southernarcher]

For those who think turkeys are stupid, etc. Instead of dragging a truck in there drag a full body mount coyote.     trucks don't typically kill and eat turkeys.

[44charlie]

One thing I like to do after building a blind is get a stick to use as my bow and swing it around to check clearance.

[Knawbone]

Originally posted by southernarcher:
For those who think turkeys are stupid, etc. Instead of dragging a truck in there drag a full body mount coyote.      trucks don't typically kill and eat turkeys.

I think you missed the point,and yes Turkeys are dumb, weary, but dumb.

[southernarcher]

I got the point, hince the wink.

All you need to do is mask your movement.

[Knawbone]

Went out today to build another blind and to show my neighbor around my hunting land.I didn't get the blind built but we had A good time. So I shot a few pics around my little field and pond.This pic is looking over corning    and painted post from the field

[Knawbone]

   

My 1/2 acre pond still  has ice on it at a mere 1500 ft. elevation

[Knawbone]

 

Just off one side of the field is about a 2 acre chunk of White Oaks

[Knawbone]

   

Behind the field and pond is 600 acres of State land.Not such a bad thing.

[Knawbone]

 

  One last shot of the Twin Tirs

[gregg dudley]

I was in Home Depot today and I saw a product made by the seed company that they carry that is marketed as a trellis of sorts for tomatos and other plants. It is a 5' x 10' olive drab nylon net that costs $3.99.  I thought it would be the cat's meow for carrying in your pack and using as a frame for a temporary blind.  You could weave all sorts of brush into it.

I put it down and forgot to get back to it, but I plan to pick up one or two the next time that I am there.  It was thrown into a big bin with other assorted gardening gadgets and gizmos.

[Knawbone]

Thanks for the info Gregg, Is that something they carry a lot of or did it have A brand name that I could ask for. I'm looking for cheep material such as that for covering the roofs of my larger blinds. The more light rays I can block out the better.Would also be good as you suggested.I'll have to check out my local H.D.

[gregg dudley]

Ferry-Morse is the brand of seed and was the brand of the net as well.  Like I said it was in a bin by the seeds that also had soil testers, moisture readers, other ties for plants, etc.

If the dang thing was marketed for hunters it would have been at least $10 more!

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Pictures look great David.  Look out for alligators in the pond          

Turkeys are in trouble.

[Fletcher]

Lots of good blind making ideas here.  Two things I always carry, a set of ratchet pruners and a roll of cheap vinyl electrical tape.  The pruners make quick and quiet work of cutting holes and lanes and the tape can be used for securing most anything, even a bandage.  It doesn't degrade as quickly as the twine but does eventually crumble and disappear.

[Knawbone]

Went back up on my land again today to start building that ground blind I was going to start yesterday.Got started on it until it started raining.Found a little fresh Turkey sign that wasn't there the day before. That's always a good thing.

[Knawbone]

           

This area on top of my hill sees Turkey action most every year,and this blow down is just the ticket for a nice roomy bind.