A Banks STUMP hunting blind will increase your hunting options when you are limited in open terrain and need to hunt stealthy and efficiently from above or below.

Hunting Blinds in Open Terrain

Many hunters come to Banks Outdoors with a very specific need in mind. Some are disabled and need a tower blind they can easily and safely hunt from. Some are parents and worry about their kids spending long hours in a risky traditional deer stand. Most need a solution to hunt a pristine location that offers no place to hang a treestand.

Deer heaven. Deer Shangri-La. Deer paradise. That is how our customer usually describes the area. It has the utmost potential to produce deer season after season, and the customer knows this based on the amount of deer sign – tracks, scrapes and other giveaways telling them deer are using the area heavily – and scouting information from trail camera surveys. After a few failed hunts from the ground, they will come to banks, realizing that the only ways to have a chance at harvesting these deer is to go underground or above it.

Deer living in the open terrain of Midwest agricultural fields, Texas mesquite country, the vastness of the plain states and sprawling food plots are adept at spotting movement at eye level. They may not be pressured, but they know when the jig is up. Drawing a bow with no cover around is going to raise their tails and send them into retreat before you have the chance to settle a pin on their vitals.

To ease the customer’s frustration, Banks sets them up with an elevated tower blind like the STUMP or a STUMP Pit Blind. The STUMP Pit Blind offers the concealment by allowing hunters to actually place a portion of the STUMP in the ground. This reduces the profile of the ground blind even more while still allowing adequate space to be comfortable and draw back a bow or swing the muzzle of a shotgun in a different direction. It is a popular choice among deer hunters wanting to increase the excitement of the hunt by being on the same “plane” as the animal, while still being concealed in a comfortable and quiet ground hunting blind.

On the other end of the spectrum are the elevated deer blinds offered by Banks Outdoors. The STUMP family of tower blinds permits 360-degree viewing and shot angles – very important in the open country because there is often no rhyme or reason to how the animal is going to approach the blind.

Constructed with a tree bark textured Polyethylene shell, STUMP blinds provide total concealment from all the deer’s senses. The floor is dead quiet, and the vents allow your scent to dissipate away from the area. There is ample room to draw back a bow without having to disrupt the form you use at the range, making it an ideal bowhunting blind.

Nothing pleases Banks Outdoors more than solving the needs of hunters. We are not satisfied until a customer sends their success stories and photos to us. Their gratitude is seen on their smiles in the photos after a successful hunt in an area they thought was unhuntable with a trophy that exceeds their expectations.

If you are not tapping the potential of all your land has to offer because you are limited in spots you can hunt stealthy and efficiently from, take a look at the Banks Outdoors STUMP models and find out why so many hunters are saying these are the most hunter-friendly deer stand they have ever hunted from. A STUMP will increase your hunting options, the value of your property and most likely, your hunting success.

Photo Credit Doug Hay

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