Tv show "apartment blinds"

[Kowsrule30]

I guess it all depends on how you hunt and what you're able to do..... I myself have made blinds and climbed a few trees and even shot some game from them..... I've never used a stand or a mini apartment..... But I really bet my Dad would've loved to hunt that way this late season.... He is recovering from knee surgery and had complications after and had to have another surgery..... So I'm betting if he had a choice he would have hunted that way this late season..... But I know he wouldn't do it normally....   

[h20hunter]

I have ice fished on a bucket freezing cold and ice fished in a comfy shack.

Anyone have a nice comfy 300 sq ft hide over a food plot over run with bucks you just let me know....I try your style of hunting no problem.

[jnevs23]

I should have known that this would just turn into an argument, my bad.  I understand where guys are coming from using these blinds.  It just seems like it would be a boring way to hunt year after year.  I'm sure this style of hunting is great for a guide/outfitter.  Clients see deer, they are comfortable, safe and being completely inclosed allows a guy to get away with a lot of things that would bust a buck if your in a treestand.  Growing up hunting whitetails in the NE corner, hunting these set ups just isn't  generally feasible. I would be more than happy to give it a try, especially if it meant a shot at a big buck.  It does surprise me how many of the shows on tv feature hunts of this nature. Obviously there are plenty of hunters out there that use these stands or else there wouldn't be that many shows featuring this method.  Bottom line is to each their own.  I'm not saying it is not hunting, just not the type of hunting that seems like a ton of fun to me.  I was just curious how many guys have hunted out of these types of blinds/stands and if there is more to it than meets the eye.  If that makes me an elitist then I need to upgrade my gear because it is far from elite.

[bloodhound]

i was able to hunt some property this year and we used a blind for our afternoon hunt. it was poring rain and without that blind it would have been miserable! but with the blind we stayed all day dry

[vandeman17]

Not to somewhat change the topic but for me, it is not so much the stand itself but more so where the stand is located. If someone were to have this sort of "apartment blind" in an area where they had to pack the materials in over some rougher terrain and really put in the effort then I am all for it. Like with a tree stand where the guy scouts, finds some good spots and works hard to make it happen is great. It is the sitting over huge food plots that the guy drove to and walked 50 yards that gets me. He/she then says how "hard" they have hunted.  I am not saying I respect the people that do it any less, it just isn't for me. 

[Button Nubbs]

dont work harder, work smarter. or dont hunt harder, hunt smarter? you can sit alot longer if your comfortable. i see no difference in using a climber, ground blind, apartment blind, ect. if it makes you feel like more of a man to sit out in the crappy cold weather then good for you. 

[colockumelk]

I have hunted out of them back on the east coast. I got to say it was quite nice. No different than any other type of hunting other than you are dry and warm. I have had many days of tree stand hunting, many days of still hunting and many many days of just plain walking. Used rifle, shotgun, muzzle loader and bow. It is a tool to help you achieve the end result and that is harvesting a mature animal.

It cracks me up to read some of these some times. Well thats not what I call hunting, if you ever get invited to hunt the east coast that is pretty much the way you are going to hunt there is not a lot of land to stretch your legs out. My brother hunts on 51 acres of land has hunted it the last 21 years. Killed more deer than I probably ever will. Its just a tool.

Joe

[jnevs23]

I wasn't referring to any old blind or treestand.  I own a pop up blind.  I scout, find scrape lines, pinch points, heavy travel routes.  I set up, brush it in etc.  I also build ground blinds out of natural materials.  I also hunt treestands looking for the same types of sign as mentioned above. I do think this is different than using a small apartment over a food plot. But again, whatever gets the job done. 
  I think it just boils down to everyone gets something different out if hunting.  Some people shoot them out their bathroom windows while sitting on the pot and call it hunting.  Some like a treestand in the middle of nowhere, some like these blinds we had debated. Maybe I should have questioned why there are so many hunting shows featuring this style of hunting.  Then again it probably goes back to the fact that it seems to be a high percentage method of getting big bucks while getting good footage.

[seth30]

I see a lot of those in TV shows, mostly texas   A lot of them have there rig parked right under it next to the only food plot and water source in a high fence ranch.    I dont know why any of them use camo  

[hunt4]

[quote .    I dont know why any of them use camo
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They are paid to 

[hillbillyhunting]

[quote .    I dont know why any of them use camo

They are paid to 
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[ELKBURGER]

I can certainly see why Lee Lakosky would want an apartment blind! 

[kckrawler]

I can certainly see why Lee Lakosky would want an apartment blind! 

  Agreed!!! But I really have no idea how he gets any hunting done...