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theshark

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Martinsburg, WV
This will be my first season hunting from a ground blind. I know how to tie down with steaks I was wondering about the roof. How do you keep the roof from collapsing? Do you tie the roof to a over head branch?

Thanks in advance.
 
theshark said:
This will be my first season hunting from a ground blind. I know how to tie down with steaks I was wondering about the roof. How do you keep the roof from collapsing? Do you tie the roof to a over head branch?

Thanks in advance.
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Bought a ground blind last year and had the same issue. Any amount of snow would collapse in the roof which acted as a bowl for more snow. Lol. After the big snow around muzzy I went to the blind and the roof hub was literally touching the ground inside. I'm thinking next year I'll takie a length of PVC pipe and prop up the center hub on the inside.
 
I've ran into this same thing. Thiis year, I was planning on using a 2 x 2 in the center when I am not there. Sucks showing up and the roof is concave'd in from the snow or a fallen branch.

I like Joe's idea better. The PVC is light and will not rot.
 
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Tying it off to a branch would work if you have a long enough cord to loop over one and tie it off to something else. I really like the idea of using a pvc pipe to do it for blinds that are out for a long time.
 
Not sure if it is Coleman that makes it or not, but Walmart carries an adjustable tent pole, that adjusts heights and locks in place. I would use that in the center, when not in use, then put it back up before I left.
 
epe said:
Not sure if it is Coleman that makes it or not, but Walmart carries an adjustable tent pole, that adjusts heights and locks in place. I would use that in the center, when not in use, then put it back up before I left.
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I've seen those before. Might be a god idea. If you get to it before the snow melts it's not hard to pop back up. But if it melts it pools since the roof is waterproof then freezes to ice. And it's loud as shit popping it back up.
 
I had a spot where the ice was too thick to even get it to pop back up and off. I hunted squatted down a bit that day.
 
theshark said:
When not hunting do you guys leave your windows open or closed? A friend of mine told me to leave them open to keep the blind from being blowen away.
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I close mine. I was under the assumption that if the wind got in it could lift it up or blow it over easier.
 
Jackalope said:
I've seen those before. Might be a god idea. If you get to it before the snow melts it's not hard to pop back up. But if it melts it pools since the roof is waterproof then freezes to ice. And it's loud as shit popping it back up.
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Yeah, we had two blinds ruined from the snow snapping the rods. Last blind I kept out someone stole, along with my tent pole. They must have liked it too...:mad:
 
Winds and snow have ruined two Baronette blinds for me. I tied the tops up and used heavy duty tent stakes to give me leverage for tying off the sides. It didn't work. I see more wind than most where I'm at though.

If you used PVC for a support, I would just be sure and use 1" or larger. You could even get two different diameters and recess one in the other, then drill holes through both at increments which would allow you to adjust the height, as well as break it down when using the blind.
 
I've had 2 blinds blown away and they only stopped when they ran into a fence and cedar tree.
Snow broke my fiberglass rods on one. So I made new roof rods out of high tension fence wire 4X thick and used tape to hold them together. They aren't breaking.
 
Fluteman said:
Winds and snow have ruined two Baronette blinds for me. I tied the tops up and used heavy duty tent stakes to give me leverage for tying off the sides. It didn't work. I see more wind than most where I'm at though.

If you used PVC for a support, I would just be sure and use 1" or larger. You could even get two different diameters and recess one in the other, then drill holes through both at increments which would allow you to adjust the height, as well as break it down when using the blind.
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Dude is a fart smeller. I mean smart feller! lmao

I've lost 3 blinds now to snow/wind/ice. I just see it as the risk you run leaving them out there. Greg's idea will be in use this year though!
 
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