Minnesota Waterfowl Hunting

Just curious if anyone has had them shy away from blinds before. I never used one til 2 years ago in Wisconsin, put it in an open alfalfa field and a tom ran right up to it. Usually I just sit against a tree.

So I bought one Thursday for me and the gf. This morning I had 3 toms and a hen appear 80 yards away and they walked off right away. Then had a 45 min calling marathon with another one got him to appear at 60 yards and he walked off right away. What gives?

Had a bearded hen come right in, then just had another tom do the same exact thing...sees the blind walks away. Guess I'm going back to the ground

Turkeys are smarter in MN.

The one thing I really watch for is my silhouette, shutting windows behind me where the birds are, wearing only black is a little overkill IMO mostly cause I like to run and gun on birds that piss me off so I'm dressed in full camo. Those bastards can pick out a lot of abnormalities in the field too, like being too close to a window. I also believe location has a lot to do with it, birds where I hunt see anything different in the field and they are cautious and in other locations it seems they could care less what is there

Was really frustrating. I put it further into the trees and think I will leave the mesh up and just shoot through it if I get a chance. Or if its nice I will just ground it but tomorrow don't sound nice

Not a fan of blinds. If you use one make sure you brush it in real good.

Team Power Dump

Ya maybe I just had false impressions. Like I said when I hunted in Wisconsin we literally had blinds in the middle of alfalfa fields and birds came right up to them. I prefer ground hunting only reason I got a blind was to sit next to the gf to help her get a bird

Yeah, a buddy of mine does that and seems to get a bird every year, I'll put one by some strutting grounds and sit in there for a mid-day spot, other than that in the mornings I'm generally trying to get close to a roosted bird.

What do you need a blind for?

Still like that pic!

I grounded it this morning but they either aren't roosting in the same woods daily or the weather is screwing with them. Heard none saw none. It was cold