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Shooting Sports => Archery => Topic started by: Rancid Crabtree on October 24, 2007, 05:43:34 AM
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I hunt with bot Traditional archery gear and modern equipment. My longbow is too big for the pop up but my BowTech fits nicely. I was concerned about shooting through the mesh windows so I gave it a try in the back yard. I bought a Hunter's View(tm) pop up blind. The model I bought is called the Hunters Den http://www.huntersview.com/hb060.asp I paid $60. I also bought a "All Terrain Seat. for it at the Deer and Turkey Expo in Madison. http://www.all-terrainseat.com/ to use in the blind. I bought the "Bull" model because I am a big guy. I set it up in the back yard, 30 yards from my target.
The seat in the carry position. (6 pounds)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c239/212007154/popup3.jpg)
The seat in the lowest position.
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c239/212007154/popup4.jpg)
The seat in the tallest position (8 inches taller)
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The seat has a very soft pad and an extreamly quiet swivel.
The Hunters Den blind weighs 15 pounds and comes in a carry bag with back pack straps. (I look like a Ninja Turtle)
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It is very comfortable to wear and keeps your hands free.
(here I am sucking in my gut)
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It took me 3 1/2 minutes to set up the blind (including staking it down)
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It comes with four blaze orange squares that are covered when you don't want them seen.
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It has a very large door.
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c239/212007154/popup7.jpg)
Each of the four walls has two zippered windows. there is a small window that can be covered with shoot thru mesh and a large window without mesh.
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THe blind is 5 feet 7 inches tall and has a foot print of 5 feet by 5 feet.
The view of the target from 30 yards. (this pic does not do the screen justice. It is much more clear than it looks in the pic.)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c239/212007154/popup8.jpg)
Here is the hole my 4 blade Muzzy Phantom made in the screen. It made no noise when I shot through it and it didn't effect the shot at all
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The hole from the outside.
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The shot
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I shot 6 shots through the mesh and it had no effect on any of them.
Because the inside of the blind is flat black, it is very dark inside. I don't think the mesh would even be nessesary if you only had one window open. The window is positioned so that only your head would be visible any way.