Ground Blind Users-I have??
09-11-2007, 09:18 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 4,487
RE: Ground Blind Users-I have??
ORIGINAL: bassman417
I dont know about everyone elses experience with the mesh, but I threw it away as soon as I opened the box. Just because it says "shoot thru" doesnt mean you should. Ask youself this, If a buck was standing in grass up to his shoulders and you were hunting on the ground, would you take the shot? I think the grass would have less resistance than the mesh, but still, any contact with an arrow in flight may and most likely WILL cause deflection. Im not bashing anyone by any means, this is just my opinion. I personally have never had any deer spook due to the "black hole affect" caused by no mesh. Just remember that if you decide to shoot with no mesh, wear black. Camo will look pert-near white on a solid black background and then the deer may spook. Hope this helps and good luck with your descision.
I dont know about everyone elses experience with the mesh, but I threw it away as soon as I opened the box. Just because it says "shoot thru" doesnt mean you should. Ask youself this, If a buck was standing in grass up to his shoulders and you were hunting on the ground, would you take the shot? I think the grass would have less resistance than the mesh, but still, any contact with an arrow in flight may and most likely WILL cause deflection. Im not bashing anyone by any means, this is just my opinion. I personally have never had any deer spook due to the "black hole affect" caused by no mesh. Just remember that if you decide to shoot with no mesh, wear black. Camo will look pert-near white on a solid black background and then the deer may spook. Hope this helps and good luck with your descision.
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09-12-2007, 05:31 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 4,679
RE: Ground Blind Users-I have??
I hope you aren't shooting your Rage heads through that mesh. If so, they are probably opening when hitting the mesh. I have tuned my bow to get slick tricks and Rages hitting the same spot specifically so I have a fixed blade head for blind mesh. I hunted out of the blind a LOT last year and the deer are definitely skittish with the mesh down. I brushed the blind in, was wearing all black, spraying down every hour with scent killer, and definitely downwind of the deer and they were still very cautious around the blind. Turkeys are a different story, they didn't seem to care at all about the blind........but the deer didn't seem to like it. I will be hunting from a ground blind again this year, with mesh in the windows for the whitetails.
09-12-2007, 06:08 AM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: omaha NE
Posts: 287
RE: Ground Blind Users-I have??
I have hunted out of a ground blind a few times and never have had a problem with deer spooking due to the black hole effect either. one thing to do is make sure that when you brush it in you leave a little over hang of the brush into the window so it offsets the gap so to say
