After an early start on Monday, and having experienced the usual Murphy s Law delays, we were finally in our pond-side blind by noon. The blinds are 15 yards from the water. They are steel frame base 21 feet in the air, 7x7foot concrete floor, split pole wood walls lined with green shade cloth, and a metal roof underlined with split poles. The two vertical shooting slots were on opposite sides of the blind and open from the floor to the roofline. Access to the blind is handrailled metal stairs.
Gear hooks all around the inside railings, two cushioned chairs.
We spent some time customizing the interior to our specific needs adding bow hooks, removing a small table for more floor space, and closing down the shooting slots to a workable level with shade cloth and camouflage bandannas. And of course, checking shooting distances, marking yardages with natural objects, and taking practice shots. Liberal use of Tink s Non Stink on shoes, clothes, and skin minimized the contamination of the area with human scent. One last check on the visibility of the bowhunter at the shooting slot, some last minute camouflage modifications to minimize the animals sensing movement in the blind and we were ready. I use different camouflage patterns to fit the situation and even the time of day.