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Equipment & Gear => All Other Gear => Topic started by: tank21 on December 08, 2020, 07:27:44 PM

Title: Portable blind
Post by: tank21 on December 08, 2020, 07:27:44 PM: Hello fellow like minders. I am looking for a portable tent type blind for my 4yr old daughter and I to hunt out of....spending $500 for the double bull or whatever it is seems completely excessive and total bull. :). It’d be for Turkeys and so the movement piece is obviously a concern. Does anyone have any suggestions for this? If I were to troll craigslist do you think that’d be bad from a beat up stand point? Like, just go new and if you hammer it, it’s your fault? There are obviously exceptions.

Also, have any of you had a young’n shoot a turkey that young? I have a .410 and the TSS loads would be neat off off a tripod.

Thank you!
Title: Re: Portable blind
Post by: Stein on December 08, 2020, 07:30:59 PM: I bought the cheapest one I could find when it was on sale, I think it was Primus. I walked through them and they seemed to all be a fabric box and I couldn't see why one was double or triple the cost of the other.

I've used it for turkey and deer and it seems to work just fine.
Title: Re: Portable blind
Post by: jrebel on December 08, 2020, 07:34:54 PM: You get what you pay for.....and some cheap blinds are garbage. We use a barronett and love it. We have property so we bought the biggest one that is not moved around to much. We fit myself and both kids comfortably in blind chairs. You can get a heck of a blind for 200-300 that will last a long time.

As for age....legally they need to pass a hunters ed course to shoot turkey so I would say that is to young. Even shooting a .410 at that age, you run the potential of making your kid gun shy. I personally would take them out with you, buy them nice hearing protection, take fun things to do while you wait (attention span is short at that age) and then let them handle the dead bird after you shoot it. Those will still be memories that are concreted in their head for a lifetime. Just my two cents.
Title: Re: Portable blind
Post by: Stein on December 08, 2020, 07:38:06 PM: My daughter passed hunter's ed at 8 and I thought that was pretty young. It would be hard to pass the test much younger than that.

The good thing about a blind like that is there is plenty of room for a heater, games, snacks and whatever they like to drink and cook as well as take a snooze.
Title: Re: Portable blind
Post by: tank21 on December 08, 2020, 07:39:39 PM: Quote from: jrebel on December 08, 2020, 07:34:54 PM
You get what you pay for.....and some cheap blinds are garbage. We use a barronett and love it. We have property so we bought the biggest one that is not moved around to much. We fit myself and both kids comfortably in blind chairs. You can get a heck of a blind for 200-300 that will last a long time.

As for age....legally they need to pass a hunters ed course to shoot turkey so I would say that is to young. Even shooting a .410 at that age, you run the potential of making your kid gun shy. I personally would take them out with you, buy them nice hearing protection, take fun things to do while you wait (attention span is short at that age) and then let them handle the dead bird after you shoot it. Those will still be memories that are concreted in their head for a lifetime. Just my two cents.

Here here. Thank you for the tip! Just hang out and let them soak it all in. Thanks!
Title: Re: Portable blind
Post by: duckmen1 on December 08, 2020, 08:34:18 PM: One thing I'd like to add to your post is the TSS shot in the 410 is deadly. I ran it in improved cylinder and a modified choke on an over under 410 and 4/4 dead turkeys out to 30 yards. I was amazed on how well it worked. Good luck and feel confident in the 410 with those loads. Spendy but they are amazing.
Title: Re: Portable blind
Post by: tank21 on December 08, 2020, 08:39:54 PM: Interesting, I can’t bring my self to spend $5/shell for my 10ga but the .410 absolutely. It is an old Stevens without chokes. Wonder how’d it be. Probably better than anything else I suppose.
Title: Re: Portable blind
Post by: kselkhunter on December 08, 2020, 08:41:41 PM: I like the ground fence blinds. They go for $25-$50. Mine is adjustable height. Rolls up nicely to strap to my pack pocket.

Not the tent type you mention, as no roof. But versatile and portable. Has worked very well for me over the years.
Title: Re: Portable blind
Post by: Stein on December 08, 2020, 08:44:01 PM: $5 for a 1-2 shot season seems pretty reasonable especially given the track record of TSS. It's the duck shells that would get scary expensive quickly. They even put them in those nice little boxes for you so it's similar in price to a normal "box" of shells.
Title: Re: Portable blind
Post by: Cougartail on December 08, 2020, 09:21:47 PM: I bought the Rhino R-75 ground blind. The windows are low but was suprised how well it works. Worth the $80 bucks I spent.
Title: Re: Portable blind
Post by: Call em in on December 08, 2020, 09:24:41 PM: PM sent
Title: Re: Portable blind
Post by: Dan-o on December 08, 2020, 10:10:34 PM: You might consider something less than a full blind.

For turkeys, I use a camo net on some stakes to put up a wall. With 4 stakes I can kind of curve it around.
Mine is about 2.5 feet all and works well.

It is store bought. I don't know what they're called but it has been very effective. I've killed a bunch of turkeys behind it.

Not expensive and super light and easy to pack around.

They sell them near the turkey decoys. They do work. :tup: