Building ground blinds on public land

[Rackseeker]

I was wondering if anyone builds ground blinds on public land. When I say ground blinds I mean out of old dead limbs and what ever I can find in the woods. I have a place on public land that I usually take my daughter to hunt on the youth hunt. The last two years someone has torn down the ground blind. Its a pretty good walk back in there to a natural funnel/ saddle. I just can't figure why someone feels the need to destroy a ground blind built out of old limbs and logs. I've never seen anyone else back in there but we usually only hunt in there during the youth hunt.

 

[stik]

i don't think it's legal on WMA's.

 

[catman529]

if you aren't killing plants to use for the bilnd then it's not against the rules. I have wanted to but haven't done it yet. Partly because I only drive an hour there to hunt or scout, not build blinds, and partly because I am usually too much on the move for a blind. Although it wouldn't hurt to have one for deer season, if I can take a day away from fishing to build a blind in a natural funnel area I know of.

 

[Bottom Hunter]

I normally make a ground blind out of camo burlap and limbs, and if possible, put it inside a blowdown. Once the hunt ends, I simply bring the burlap out and leave the rest where it is....

never seen a problem with it or had anyone mess with it....

of course, I put it up a couple of days before the hunt and bring it out the last day...

 

[bowriter]

i don't think it's legal on WMA's.

Of course it is. Why would it not be legal to arrange some natural materials. He isn't leaving a commercial blind.

 

[stik]

i don't think it's legal on WMA's.

Of course it is. Why would it not be legal to arrange some natural materials. He isn't leaving a commercial blind.

"No person shall damage or remove any trees or other plants,dirt,gravel or sod from any wildlife management area or other Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency-controlled lands without specific authorization."

it's all in the interpretation. i was told it is illegal.

 

[Bottom Hunter]

i don't think it's legal on WMA's.

Of course it is. Why would it not be legal to arrange some natural materials. He isn't leaving a commercial blind.

"No person shall damage or remove any trees or other plants,dirt,gravel or sod from any wildlife management area or other Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency-controlled lands without specific authorization."

it's all in the interpretation. i was told it is illegal.

what does picking up sticks and fallen limbs and tying them to something or leaning them up against another fallen tree to hide behind have to do with REMOVING anything?

would sitting in a fallen treetop or behind a blowdown be illegal as well..?

 

[stik]

i don't think it's legal on WMA's.

Of course it is. Why would it not be legal to arrange some natural materials. He isn't leaving a commercial blind.

"No person shall damage or remove any trees or other plants,dirt,gravel or sod from any wildlife management area or other Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency-controlled lands without specific authorization."

it's all in the interpretation. i was told it is illegal.

what does picking up sticks and fallen limbs and tying them to something or leaning them up against another fallen tree to hide behind have to do with REMOVING anything?

would sitting in a fallen treetop or behind a blowdown be illegal as well..?

you REMOVED it from where it was.

as long as you didn't move the tree top.

i'm just saying what i was told several years ago. may be true, may not. depends on the interpretation and the area i guess.

 

[arctic_cat]

i don't think it's legal on WMA's.

Of course it is. Why would it not be legal to arrange some natural materials. He isn't leaving a commercial blind.

"No person shall damage or remove any trees or other plants,dirt,gravel or sod from any wildlife management area or other Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency-controlled lands without specific authorization."

it's all in the interpretation. i was told it is illegal.

The rule above says DAMAGE or REMOVE. I dont think moving dead tree limbs and sticks and stacking them has anything to do with removing. And if he is not cutting down live plant/trees he is not damaging anything.If you read and take that rule as it sounds like you take it you could not even walk in the woods because you are moving leaves and dirt with every step. Bottom line someone has found your hunting spot and dont want you to hunt it, thats why your blind keeps getting taken apart. I say built it back and not worry about it/them

 

[Snake]

If I'm hunting on the ground or plan to I always use dead limbs and brush to break up my image . I just feel at a disadvantage out in the open .

 

[catman529]

If they tore your blind down I bet they don't want you hunting "their" spot...just trying to discourage you from coming back, is my guess.

 

[timberjack86]

I useally just bring a seat cushion and set against a tree.Sometimes I will bring a comfy camp chair and set up in a blowdown.

 

[Rackseeker]

What I'm doing isn't illegal, I just like this spot for the youth hunt. And with a youth you need something to hide the movement. A pop-up blind sticks out, and the deer seem to pick it out even if you brush it in.

 

[archer19]

Removing and rearranging are two very different terms.
Guess nobody ever has trimmed off a limb for a climber on a wma.

 

[Bottom Hunter]

Removing and rearranging are two very different terms.
Guess nobody ever has trimmed off a limb for a climber on a wma.

if so, they wouldn't admit it here...lol.

one reason i don't use climbers....