My kids bought me a DB tent years ago and I never used it. Actually, I dragged the damn thing in a sled 2 miles up a logging road, set it up and left it overnight. We had about 6 inches of snow that night and broke every rod in it. I went beserk getting it out of there. I set it up this morning so my wife and granddaughter could use it for youth weekend. I went after work with my longbow and found out when a coyote came in that it is impossible to shoot a longbow in it. Thankfully, it wasn't the nice buck I walked in on last evening. Back to the brush blind tomorrow evening if I get done coaching in time. Never again.

DB tent? Do you mean a Double Bull hunting blind?

Yeah you have to practice out of it first.Ive heard of guys using golf bag carts(the 2 wheeled ones you pull) to take them a long ways.

And a short recurve helps.

;) but I guess a cart is worthless in 6" of snow it would have made you even more beserk! :)

Check out a big Mike blind by Barronett. You can shoot anything in there and even stand up. You cannot stand and shoot, it's only like 6' tall.

No reason to set it up on the ground if you brush it in. Raise it up to a comfortable level, the brush will cover the gap

I can shoot a 66" longbow out of my 6'3" Hidden Hunter blind

http://hiddenhunterblinds.com/

I've killed at least 5 deer from my Ameristep Brickhouse in the past 12 years (lost track) and it's sitting out in the woods set up as I type this. Bought it so my son could hunt with me when he was 8. He is now 22 and a USAF veteran. I've killed deer from it with a short recurve and my 64" Adcock longbow.

If you can't figure out how to make a pop-up blind work, it's a wonder you are killing anything really.

I love ground blinds.. So I try to always shoot bows under 60" just for good measure.

I've got the old Double Bull recuve blind. Kilt lots of critters from it with a 64" recurve and have room to spare. I took the time to shoot from it from different angles for weeks before the season opened; kneeling, sitting and learning how all the windows worked, etc. You simply have to be familiar with your equipment before that first shot opportunity comes along.

If you don't do that, you might just... well... post a thread like this on the LeatherWall.

:^)

My wife got me one 2 years ago and is upset with me because I have never taken it out of the box for that reason.

"Yeah you have to practice out of it first.Ive heard of guys using golf bag carts(the 2 wheeled ones you pull) to take them a long ways."

Wow, what a great idea. Thanks Nolz!

Not very effective in 6" of snow! :)

Limbwalker, I sit very little, just after work. When snow hits, I track and take a stand just before dark. I usually get back to my truck about an hour or two after dark. Google the Benoits of Vermont and one of their videos will show you how we hunt up here. Out of all the bucks I have taken with a bow only 3 were taken by standing. I wait for a snow storm and walk a twitch road until I cut a big track. I have shot only two does in my life because I mainly bowhunt during rifle season as that is when we have snow and I like trying to chase and cut big deer. Much easier than lugging a tent or stand into the thick woods up here with a deer density of one per square mile, plus it is a rush to bail a 200 pound buck out of his bed 30 feet away. By the end of deer season, at 71, I can walk the legs off of most twenty year old guys. I thank you for your kind words. I need to take hunting lessons I guess.

Pop-up blinds were not designed to shoot real bows out of, just compounds.

In 6" of snow I'll be napping on the couch anyway...

Seriously though, I wish I would of thought of the golf cart years ago. Would work great on antelope and turkey hunts...even a few whitetail hunts I've been on.

" Pop-up blinds were not designed to shoot real bows out of, just compounds "

It helps to know how !

They are great for both type of bows

It's not what type of equipment you have, it's knowing how to use it effectively with what you have or have to use.

I have used both

DS

Lawdy don't get easily offended.

Just because you haven't tried all the options to make it work doesn't mean they don't work. One of your comments about being "impossible" to shoot a longbow out of it is nonsense as myself, Ron and many others have done just that, many times.

Basically, you started this thread to say that pop-up blinds aren't for you. That's great. For some of us they work just fine and I'm glad to have the tool in my toolbox.

And in case you're wondering, TX isn't the only place I've ever hunted whitetails. I spent years chasing them in Illinois, New Hampshire and Mass and I am familiar with the low deer density in Northern New England.

There are situations where a pop-up blind just isn't the highest percentage play. But it's not because it's impossible to shoot a longbow from them or because all the poles break in a snow.

All ya have to do is raise up the bottom, brush it up and hunt. 66 inch bows are easy once you do that. My blind is easy to raise up just the front several inches with just some 12-14 inch pegs.

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