new stand

[iowachip]

I am thinking about building a new stand in my CRP, What better, a blind, or a tree stand, the CRP is Mostly grass, but dose have a few big tree, and I don’t want to buy, would like to build, what materials have people found that works well

 

[muddy]

bow or gun hunting would be my first question. if you're planning on bowhunting the CRP any i'd go with a ground blind.

 

[avidhunter]

You could always build a ground blind using logs, tree limbs, brush etc... whatever is available at the location you hunt. Some of the best blinds are built using only your surroundings and a good pruning saw

 

[Liv4Rut]

I would say a stand, if its tall crp grass, i couldnt picture a guy shooting out of a blind. I've tried to sit in crp fields coyote hunting and i couldnt shoot more than 10 feet. course i guess it also depends what kind of grass? the 6 feet tall stuff of the 2 feet tall stuff ?

 

[wanab.c.]

ground blinds have a lot going for them but I move around too much and I like to see whats walking around out of range also,If you can us both.

 

[Bingo529]

Definitely depends on how tall the grass is.If it has any real hight to it at all I would NOT use a ground blind because I would rather be able to see out across it and see better if you hit a deer as to where it is going.Blood trails are not easy to find in CRP so to get a visual would really help hence being in a stand........

 

[Scott]

Id go with whats the best option for killing the deer. If the trees are in the right postion then go with a stand in them first. However, if u think there is a better postion to set up in the grass than I would go with that. Make it about your best odds to kill a deer, not so much about convience to build a blind. If the grass isnt that tall, dig a hole down a couple of feet.

 

[iowachip]

it's for bow hunting most of the time, may sit in it for a push shotgun, grass is tall, I am leaning for a blind, the property is a mile long, and only about 1/2 mile wide, and it runs along a hwy, last year I used a friends stand and every one drove by honked, and waved
has anyone ever found a animal in there blind?

 

[EIGHTPOINT]

Deer movement is key to the type of set up you use. If you pattern deer moving past a tree that you can get a hanger in then you hang a stand. If you have deer moving out in the crp with no trees in range then you need to fashion a ground blind. So the decision is based on the deer.

 

[moosehunter]

i had a similar situation last year. i am gonna use some plywood and build a blind big enough for me to sit and move around in right out in the field. deer are less bothered by a building they see all the time. i'll let ya know how it works.