Ghost blind

Dang it! I had this very idea about 18 YEARS about- got some 2 x 2 foot mirrored ceiling tiles from a drop ceiling install... my dad said "this would be great for Turkey hunting." Needless to say, we didn't pull the "trigger!" Oh well...

 

Let's see what comes of it, Jim! Pics, of course.

 

Great blinds! I have one and my wife and I have killed deer hiding behind them in some crazy setups. The nice thing about these is that a deer doesnt notice them at all. A pop up blind does offer more cover but you have to set them up a few weeks before so the deer get used to them. With a ghost blind you can pop it up anywhere and hunt. I have had deer at a few steps with the wind right and they dont even notice it. Three years ago my wife and I both killed bucks within a week of each other using a ghost blind and a decoy in November. Both setups were very out of the ordinary. I had seen a buck every night walk between two cut fields looking for does. So we set up against a telephone pole in a wide open field. We had a oil pump behind us about 10 yards and the wind in our faces. I felt like I was sitting on the porch naked out there in the open. But a few hours into thte hunt we had a doe and two fawns come out followed by the buck I had seen. He ran right to us to check the decoy. He ran all the way across a hay field to 20 yds and stopped perfectly broadside. She stuck him right behind the shoulder perfect. That was her best buck at the time. And the hunt was amazing. Literally sitting in the middle of an open field and the deer had no clue. The picture below was taken the next day but is in the same spot that she shot it. We sat just to the left of where this picture was taken right on the line of the cut corn and hay fields.



Exactly a week later I hunted the same farm and sat on the other side of the farm in a weed line between two fields, cut corn and beans. Same setup and right before dark I had a buck come out and see the decoy. He ran at me and I leaned to the side and drew my bow. I was expecting him to step out at 20 yds where the decoy was. I was ready at full draw out the side of the blind, but when he stepped out I was surprised, he was only 5 steps away and focused right on the decoy. It was so close I didnt even aim, I just pointed at the deer and released. That was the best shot I ever made, cut right through his heart and he only ran about 20 yds. The only thing that didnt go right was that it wasnt the buck I thought I was shooting at, it all happened so fast. There was two similar bucks and this one was the smaller of the two, it was a deer I had passed on a few times but I was still very excited. Shooting a deer while sitting on the ground at only a few steps with a bow and it was in an open field. Crazy!

After that I was hooked and I can say I 100% love using a ghost blind.

This is a picture of my wifes buck just a few minutes before she shot it, and the field behind him is where I shot mine the next week.

 

Not having a back is the only thing I dont like, but setting up right it works perfect. The biggest advantage of this blind is mobility. You can setup anywhere anytime. I use it as a tool to move on deer. I mostly hunt from stands but if deer start moving out of range it is a great way to change my pattern and get closer.

 

Depends on how and where I hunt. I have my heart set on stalking a turkey with my bow and the strutter decoy I made. For that I will basically find a gobbler thats out strutting his stuff and go after him. I plan on hunting an open area and try it in a field.

 

We got one from ghost blind when they first came out. Worked out a deal with them at the deer and turkey show. That was probably 5 years ago, but I really didnt use it much until three years ago. One thing I did wrong to begin with is think of it like a regular blind. It's not really that at all. Now for me it's more of an ambush tool. I use it to make a move on deer mostly. Or for turkeys its a great run and gun tool.

 

I thought baiting was illegal certan states ?

 

Wind does move them, they have anchors that help a lot though.