One Of My Blind Setups

[freedomrules3]

I'll try and explain this setup i had in Ohio with pictures as best that I can. I had walked the parimeter and saw a decent 8 pointer very borderline shooter but it was in "the area" of the big boy . I setup in a saddle between two big hollows;

[freedomrules3]

this was a shot to the right from the knoll I took the pics from :

[freedomrules3]

this was to the left of the knoll and saddle : you can see the blind in the pic

[freedomrules3]

the lay of the land sort of forced the deer up one hollow or the other, most traveled right up over the saddle or skirted the perimeter of the hollows through the thick stuff and went around the edge. either way I was in good position to get a shot. I basically hunted the bowl and draw of the hollow that i was located in looking down but anything from nearly any direction should have passed by close enough to see if nothing else.

[freedomrules3]

I hunted this spot 1 afternoon , the following day and then a morning following that. I saw 3 different bucks from this spot , the biggest being a 18 inch wide 8 pointer that I passed up. I also saw a fairly wide 6 pointer and a 4 pointer there as well as 5 different does . You can get an idea of the largeness of the country we are hunting . You seem very small with a bow and arrow in this country . I later on the last day hit this spot in hopes of gettting a shot at the 8 pointer with no luck, had a shift in the wind at 1 point and got snorted at. he was just letting me know "not this year bud " . I did see a gigantic deer 3 different times but could not make out what it had , it never did come close enough.

the blind was very effective as the deer had obviously never seen one before. I had maybe 4 or 5 walk right by within feet of the blind and never even notice it . the blind was lots easier to carry a mile or 2 for this "not so young" fella

see the hill behind the garage that was where I was going to
zoomed in shot;



the real distance that morning and no it wasn't flat between the 2 spots either lol

[Buckfever]

That's some beautiful terrain over there.

[BillCartwright]

I have to ask. Since you were bowhunting why did you not try setting up on the saddle itself vs. the hillside/valley where the blind is setting?

[freedomrules3]

I felt that I would be too out in the open, even in a blind. the wind was coming from where the blind was located. the deer that did come across the saddle which was long, scurried across the open area. once they hit the edge they would settle down and walk the top of the hollows. I felt that I had a lot closer shot setting up where I did. The side that I sat on was also farther from the road, this was where they would head to in the morning and start coming back out from in the evening. There was an equal amount of sign on either side so it was a tossup. I got good action where I was though so it was easy to keep it where it was , unfortunately I just didn't see anything I was after there.