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Has anyone ever used a Bale blind for goose hunting. The type that the top pops open. My hunting partner is getting up there in years and too difficult to use layout blind. Thought it would be easier for him to get up from seated position/chair. Or maybe just shoot sitting from chair,if possible. I will be there one day I'm sure. I keep telling him well if I have to push you out someday in a wheelchair,we'll figure it out then.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
loogin28 said:
Has anyone ever used a Bale blind for goose hunting. The type that the top pops open. My hunting partner is getting up there in years and too difficult to use layout blind. Thought it would be easier for him to get up from seated position/chair. Or maybe just shoot sitting from chair,if possible. I will be there one day I'm sure. I keep telling him well if I have to push you out someday in a wheelchair,we'll figure it out then.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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I have and they work fine at the very beginning of the season in just about any kind of field but once the birds have been shot at a few weeks into the season unless you place it in a field with bales in it you may as well get a lighted neon sign with a flashing arrow pointing your direction.
 
Have had good success if you find the right field (kind of like every other piece of hunting advice). A bale field is obviously much preferable and even then mask it with other bales if you can - move amongst if you will. I had found issues with the external fabric being basically see through which was a problem. They do offer some much more comfortable options if mobility is an issue.
 
loogin28 said:
killswitch that looks like something I can build. Thanks for the link.
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Trust me, after nearly 40 years of avid waterfowling unless the blind can be made to blend in to the natural backgrounds and disappear there is not one that will not stand out in an open field. The birds may have a brain no larger than a pea but they can pick out backgrounds that do not blend in a hurry. So far the closest and most consistent performer to date is the layout blind when stubbled properly. Upright blinds are just that, upright and in an open field are next to impossible to hide or blend in. They are best suited to bush edges, fence rows or areas in a field that are not planted or utilized and have cover. Not that they do not work on occasion in the open, not all birds have seen the game but upright blinds are best utilized where they can be blended.
 
I have shot pronghorn and mule deer from bale blinds... and on a couple of occasions they worked in fields where birds were landing in flooded stubble that happened to be peppered with bales... but in general, the birds will work away from anything that obtrusive... you would have better luck setting your partner up in a drainage ditch on a flight path to and from a feeding field.
 
We hunt in a pasture where there is a big slough. Have been sitting in a 7ftx5ft wood frame that houses the well head or capped off well. Hard for my partner to climb in and out. At one end of the slough is tall grass and reeds. I'm thinking of making a blind frame and use natural material and camo netting. Would be a lot easier for him to just sit in chair inside blind. The birds are used to the wood frame I guess and we do ok at getting birds to come in. Sitting among the grass and reeds should be ok. The only issue with our setup is we enter pasture by quad,drop guns,decoys and gear and then park about 200yds away. Maybe some sort of cover for the quad might be in order to help with flocks flaring?
 
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