Friday, November 16, 2018

Cleaning up a Ground Stand for the Hunt

On Thursday Nov. 15th I was free to go to my woodlot and clean my ground stand. I began by removing all the dead leaves that had accumulated on the ground from the previous year. I used my boots to kick them into a pile, then physically removing them with my hands, Next, I roamed close by the stand locating hemlock boughs that ranged from 2 feet to 4 feet in length. Each branch should still have it's needles attached. I continued to do this until I had 15 or 20 boughs collected. Taking this bundle back to my cleaned ground stand I stuck the severed ends into the ground around a large tree, which over looks my shooting alleys. The arrangement of boughs should be a semi-circle starting at the left side of the large tree arcing around giving plenty of room for the occupant and ending on the right side of the tree. This allows the hunter to sit down and be hidden from the sight of the deer, I also add a small dug out pit in the front end of the blind for my bathroom, so I can remain within the confines of the blind, which keeps me hidden and out of sight from my quarry. Please view my video that I have attached for a more visual example of the type of ground stand, which can be used as cover giving the hunter an advantage for a closer up shot on a whitetail deer.
Thank you for watching and reading.
Shoot straight,
Suburbanstickbow Hunter   

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