I had a spooky experience while using one of the new pop-up camo hunting blinds. It seems that when the light was right, my face was kind of bright looking thru the window opening and a hunter across the valley saw it and looked my way thru his scope.

It spooked him almost as much as me when he realized he was looking at a person thru his scope.

After that I started putting my vest on top of the blind, so the blaze orange was visible from all directions.

Just thought I would give a heads-up in case anyone else was using these blinds.

[ 11-23-2002, 02:59: Message edited by: TERRY8mm ]

I v'e been shot at before Terry. Just bought one of these blinds a couple of weeks ago, AND THOUGHT TO DO,AND WILL DO THE VERY SAME THING. I just hope it works........

I bought one of the Penthouse pop-ups and I knew, then, that I'd get one of the blaze-orange "caps" that go on top of it. They just didn't have any on hand, that I saw, at the time.

Thanks for sharing the story. Good advice, too.

Russ

I started using an Outhouse pop-up blind just this year. I had total knee replacemtnt surgery on BOTH knees, one last March, and the other the Feb. before that... so I wanted to stay away from my tree stand at least for this year... Thanks a bunch... great suggestion! Dave

You know, this post brings up another good point... That being, use binoculars and NOT your scope for "glassing". I admit, I've done it, and probably most everyone has, but a trip back to the basics of hunting saftey is always good for all of us... and humbling too... Dave