Hiding your elevated blinds and securing your entry and exits

[@TerrySprey]

It always amazes me of the negative comments guy gets when he’s trying to help people. Yes we all have had different experiences but this man has a good idea. A block head is a block head no matter who’s shoulders it’s attached to, one of my dad’s sayings

[@woodspirit98]

I've had deer walk right under my raised stand in the woods with metal frame legs exposed several times. Even sleep next to it.

[@Mudinyeri]

Same here.

[@bullgravy6906]

My buck this season walked right under my blind, sits between 2 big persimmon trees but is otherwise quite visible

[@scottmiller5975]

This is my first blind of any kind kzbin.infoUgkxLQGtOO9dXIsNktEeycGoIT6jtJJNTScA so nothing to compare it to. After I receive it, I set it up and left it outside at home for a couple of months to let it start smelling more like outside than human. So far I've been very happy with it. Very roomy - I hunt alone but could easily fit another person comfortably. Put one bolt through the shoot-through mesh, and works as advertised. I've ordered another one, so this noob is totally satisfied. One caveat - the included stakes are pretty useless; you'll want to order something more substantial. I haven't had it long enough to rate durability, but zero issues so far.

[@lonniechartrand]

At the 4:00 mark, when you were tilting that blind up, I like to run two LONG 2 x 4 "outrigger" boards, one on each side and in the direction of the pull and about two inches up from the bottom of the posts, and extending at least three feet past the post. This way, when the blind tips into the upright position, these outriggers will prevent the blind's forward momentum from tipping too far forward and over onto the puller! Thanks for a great video. I use old artificial Christmas trees to screen my blind. Speaking of......MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

[@chphotovideo]

OMG Im at 4:00 and was super uneasy myself! lol. We run a 3/8 rope to the backside and have someone tense against it to prevent it from tipping forward when it lands.

[@Mudinyeri]

Interesting. I've been hunting deer for 40+ years. Never "brushed-in" a blind. I've had deer rub up against "naked" box blinds (with me in them). Scent and sound will get you busted a LONG time before sight. Deer really don't see all that well. And, as demonstrated in the video, once deer get used to something, it doesn't really have to be camouflaged for them to ignore it.

[@LetsRoll239]

Did you actually comprehend what the video was stating? It isn't about having the deer blind out in the open. It is about being able to access the deer blind without the deer knowing you are in it. The moment deer know you are in the blind, the chances of seeing more mature deer decreases significantly.

[@Mudinyeri]

@@LetsRoll239 "Hiding your elevated blinds ...." It's in the title.

[@LetsRoll239]

@@Mudinyeri, yes hiding your blind, so you can access it without alerting deer you are accessing it. That was the whole point of the video. Hiding my blinds is one of the reasons I have been able to take my target buck almost every year for the last 30+ years. Congrats on hunting for 40+ years. I know a lot of shit hunters that have been hunting for 60+ years.

[@Mudinyeri]

@@LetsRoll239 hiding a blind isn't going to keep you from getting busted by scent or sound. In fact, it might create more sound. As for shit hunters, there definitely are a lot of them. Some of them even think that a deer seeing you will get you busted. Others of us, realize that sight will rarely get you busted. Movement? Yes. Mere sight? No. As I, and others, have mentioned deer will walk right up to a hunter if the hunter hunts the wind and doesn't make (much/the wrong) noise. Still others, like myself, will even hunt without blinds at times! (GASP!) You keep brushing in your blinds if you want to. It certainly isn't the only way to get a deer (or more than one) whenever you want to.

[@LetsRoll239]

@@Mudinyeri I never said it was the only way. There are a lot of dumb deer out there. I have had deer walk up to me when they are down wind, when they can see me, and could hear me. The one thing I have never had happen is for a mature buck, walk up to me in those circumstances. I am assuming you have a less pressured land than we do in Wisconsin, since just seeing a person is enough to get deer to run around here. Most places, you can barely even drive by deer without having them run.

[@davidcrump2348]

I would also plant some rub trees and scrape trees in food plots as well as a good mix of red oak white oak persimmon and fruit trees as well as some pine spruce and cedar mix also.

[@THESPORTINGCAMP]

Nice blinds. Very well hidden.

[@LillyLegacyWWOD]

Crape myrtle trees are really good for planting at the base of your shooting house. They grow really fast, require little to no maintenance and they aren’t food. They grow prolifically with each year and can be shaped easily.

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

Thats great Jared, here in the noth our winters kill off crape myrtle trees and our early frost knocks out most any vegitation by mid October.

[@daveb3910]

Good idea! Thank you I was looking for a good screen bush!

[@mokush4me412]

Nice..From my 32 years of hunting out of box stands in the open. I’ve learned that big bucks and does don’t care about the location of the stand if the wind is right. They still come out and walk to the feeder lol. I even drive my pickup truck to the edge of fields sometimes and hunt right from the driver seat and just shoot out the window. All while leaving my truck running for the heat.

[@whitetailevolution]

Great Video and Advice! Those deer don' t stand a chance! Sometimes after New Years you can find used artificial Christmas tree branches for sale. Those last a long time and work great for concealing blinds.

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

I've used the artificial Christmas tree limbs on my hang on & ladder stands for years, not sure I could even find a truckload of them to hide my elevated stands risers & ladder.

[@donmcconnery5080]

We have 2 elevated blinds 14-foot steel frames with 10x 10 cabins out in the open in fields which range from 200 to 600 yds. to the bush line and we have elk moose and deer walk right up to the blinds walk inside the framing and couldn't give a care about them.

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

This video was created for the small landowner (20-60 acres) who's property resides in a "high hunting pressure" county or state, many hunters that manage properties in these areas deal with extreme pressure on their local whitetail deer population. Such as 25-30 hunters per square mile for 4+ weeks of firearms season. If what you're doing works for you awesome. Good luck and thanks for your perspective.

[@whitetailhunter7202]

I hunt 35 acres in high pressure. Have had a 6x8 box blind 14' foot in the air with stairs coming down to the edge of field for 15 years now with 2, 2 acre plots, one on either side. Never had a problem what so ever. Have the big guys, big does and deer constantly walking within 10' without hesitation, they've even made a regularly uses deer path right under it. So many times, I think we overthink our hunting situations. Reduce human scent as much as possible, Play the wind and hunt.

[@Mudinyeri]

@@whitetailhunter7202 you're right. One's approach to a blind has a lot more to do with success than "brushing in." Walking in with the wind at your back or leaving scent in areas deer have to cross to get to your hunting location is a much bigger deal.

[@paulreenders8775]

You and Randy are great guys!

[@bradbrockhaus633]

excellent video and love the tractor!!! Ive now watched a few of your videos and really enjoy...keep em coming and have a blessed fall

[@jamesd9439]

Like the way you " brushed in " the bottom for entry and exit, but surprised you didn't take a little extra time to camo in the exposed dome top with some spray paint to break it up. Awesome video though! I never understood why people don't conceal their blinds like this.

[@Mudinyeri]

As he pointed out, the deer don't even notice it. Here's a little secret about deer: They actually don't see very well. Once they get used to something, it usually requires movement to get their attention, visually. I've had deer walk right up to a wood pile, that I use as a ground blind, stick their nose over the pile and move their head around to try to see me. Until I moved, they stayed right there.

[@wildforestman4163]

I like that idea too I plan to doing like that to all my deer stand this coming year.

[@robertforss8881]

Great video and advice as always. You have to love the people arguing against this. Most of them more than likely just don't want to do the work.

[@courtofficermcilvaine7928]

Great video as always and don't forget to wear your HECS suit. Thanks Cris

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

Thank you, and yes I always do.

[@deerhunter7482]

In a box or portable , you will notice from crow to squirrels won't be as alarmed . HECS !

[@richardhuebner4144]

Excellent work👍

[@mickeyberry4903]

To each their own. Deer know when anyone is coming or going to and from a blind or stand. The main key is this,,, Be Quiet when you finally get situated in your stand or blind. Hunting high enough and you have a better percentage chance of obtaining your Deer as long as you are quiet.

[@okiesailor5417]

I hunt ground blinds(5' x 5') only and I've never covered mine. Had a fawn walk 10 ft in front of my blind and recently I was bow hunting out of a different mobile ground blind that was 40 yds from feeder with no cover on it and had a yearling look straight in at me and then started shaking the blind by rubbing on it. I do set my blinds up early so they get used to them being there.

[@TheYeti308]

Good Stuff . I like those stands but a bit too much glass "shine" tho . Camo is Essential . !

[@campbellmarty36]

Mmmmmmm…. Well here where I live in Alabama….. hunting in one of the PERMANENT built box blinds whether on the ground or on legs, the deer here fu Get so accustomed to them that I literally believe you could paint them bubble gum pink with an elevator entry and the deer here would become accustomed to it in just mere days!!!!!. Just my opinion!!!. It’s worked here for me since 1984! Happy hunting!!

[@ejsocci2630]

Awesome and spot on

[@JLandfield1]

Where did you get the blind that sits on the top on the wooden legs?

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

Banks Outdoors here's their link: banksoutdoors.com/

[@juantovar4861]

Awesome video

[@evanwilliamson7367]

Great advice!

[@jonathantoles793]

Hey Jake, who makes those blinds?

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

Banks outdoors, here's a link to there site: banksoutdoors.com/

[@markb.1259]

Is the black pipe that sticks up above the blind roof, an exhaust vent for heater?

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

No, it is a human scent removal exhaust vent, the incoming & outgoing air passes through two carbon filters before, however I still play the wind, its very effective during those light & variable winds.

[@bailey4557]

What type of blind is this please!

[@robbobcat7286]

what is the pipe coming out of the blind for?

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

Its part of a scent control system Ive designed & built, I'll do a video in the future explaining how it works.

[@robbobcat7286]

@@habitatsolutions360llc3 Thanks for getting back

[@jake22-1]

Perfect

[@BigDmike24]

I get your point. 👍

[@matulala2000]

Jake, what the purpose of the snorkel on the one blind?

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

That is the exhaust port of my scent control system.

[@matulala2000]

Now you have me curious! If you can share, it would be nice to see that scent control highlighted in a future video. Thanks for your content.

[@sureshots8155]

Show us fall pictures. When you would typically hunt.

[@ihaulscrap]

where did you get your ground anchors and what length are they?

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

I'm sure I bought them at TSC Mark, their about 1-1/2-2 feet in the ground.

[@ihaulscrap]

@@habitatsolutions360llc3 Any chance of seeing a picture of one?

[@mitchvaughn5977]

Jake how would you hunt a tagelder swamp with little to no trees

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

Without seeing it firsthand; I may be inclined to brush in a ground blind with a hidden backdoor access trail, hang a couple licking vines in two areas of know deer travel & wait until the conditions are right.

[@ryanwalters694]

That’s not to say you can’t use one of the fiberglass blinds but you would need to brush it in so that it doesn’t draw the attention of a deer. If it is new and stands out, deer will avoid it

[@ryanwalters694]

That being said, it you put it out and don’t brush it, you can still hunt it but you’ll have to give the deer a season or two to get used to it being there and not seeing it as a threat before you choose to hunt it. Just makes it usable sooner if you make it disappear

[@billymitchem5256]

❤ thanks

[@timmebruer5205]

I disagree with brushing in a blind. I did it 2 years ago and still can't find that f#@ker

[@jonjohnson8289]

Where did you buy everything?

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

Lumber from my local lumber yard, the blind comes from: banksoutdoors.com/

[@davidcrump2348]

If it is a permanent stand why not plant trees around it or cut out some trees in an area that has trees already and put it behind the trees and maybe plant other trees around it also for the future.

[@greenboyatgafarms2250]

Yeah brush them in also invites timber Rattlers also. I have to strongly disagree with you sir I've had one sitting up 3 years and we still call that stand the meat patch.

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

Not every region or property is hunted the same or has the hunting pressure many here in Michigan experience, no timber rattlers here and i'd agree that would give me reason to be more careful for sure. Glad to hear your having success with your set ups, good luck & thanks for your input.

[@bighoss8793]

Sub par camouflage.

[@paintedwarrior516]

Not sure hiding the steps makes any kind of difference, from my experience it doesn't. Managing the land and the animals certainly does.

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

Often as a hunter approaches & climbs up or exits climbing down, deer in the plot or nearby cover will see them, hunting in a high pressure state like Michigan, where many hunters overhunt their blinds this can really help keep the deer from avoiding the blind area during daylight.

[@ConfucianScholar]

You MUST conceal the steps unless you want the deer to infiltrate you

[@bullgravy6906]

I’ve never got in a blind or stand when there’s light out, not the mornings at least.

[@eugenelaky1993]

I have to disagree with you.. I built a elevated blind and built stairs s week before gun season.i didn't brush it in I painted it camo and we took a buck and three does out of it..

[@RucciR432]

Love the trump hat

[@bailey4557]

Screw the hat, what type of blind are they? Hunting not hatting

[@habitatsolutions360llc3]

@@bailey4557 banksoutdoors.com/

[@RKELLEHER40]

Howdy, Brother! Love the shirt, too!!

[@curtgjerstad8821]

I hate to tell a professional this: but all those cut branches, smell, you just gave away that something is different. How about only move when the deer are inactive? there's a thought Mr. Pro hunter! I hang my hunting clothes up in an old barn, because you no what i dont smell like: a human, they smell cows all the time! word!

[@KrazyHillBilly]

What? Cut branches leave off a scent that spook deer? BS! deer love fresh logged timber and cuts. Human scent and pressure are the things one must worry about. Brush in a blind or don't, you'll be successful both ways.