Deer Season with ground blind

**RKillcrazy** · October 15th, 2013, 08:29 AM

Looking around here, I've found a few threads on the use of ground blinds but they're old and I didn't want to resurrect a dead thread. Moreover, they didn't quite fit my query.

So, my brother and I hunt private property with a ground blind and a few hang-on tree stands. I usually tend to use the blind and he tends to favor the trees. In some cases, I'd like to be up high too but my back and ass bother me, when I'm sitting still for too long, so I begin to fidget and I know I'm seen from time to time. The ground blind hides my movements and I can pretty much move as I see fit. My only issues are the weather and critters. The weather and critters are taking their toll on my blind. It's not the most expensive one ever made; I paid less than $100 for it. However, I'm leery about spending much more on something I wish to leave out in the weather for months. With my WMU being 5C, I see a lot of deer season and I wish to leave my blind set up as long as I can. So, does anyone else, using a blind, leave theirs set up all season long? How do you keep the weather from shredding it? How do you keep out the wolf spiders that are as large as half dollars?

**LawDawg** · October 15th, 2013, 08:58 AM

I hunt from both stands and blinds in 5C. I leave my blind out all season for odor control. I spray it down and rub Ever Calm on it every time I enter and exit. I have not had problems with weathering. This is the third season using the same blind. As for the spiders, they don't bother me near as much as the damn gnats and mosquitos. Good luck this season!

**RKillcrazy** · October 15th, 2013, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by LawDawg

I hunt from both stands and blinds in 5C. I leave my blind out all season for odor control. I spray it down and rub Ever Calm on it every time I enter and exit. I have not had problems with weathering. This is the third season using the same blind. As for the spiders, they don't bother me near as much as the damn gnats and mosquitos. Good luck this season!

If you don't mind me asking, who makes your blind?