Does anyone shoot through, shoot through mesh in their blind?

[vcollaco]

I have reservations about shooting through the mesh on my blind because I am afraid that it will throw off the arrow.  I use the old Crimson Talon broadheads, with the curved blades, almost identical to the Toxic Cyclones.  Obviously, leaving the windows open/screens down doesn't provide as much concealment.  So my question is, has anyone shot through the mesh?  If so, did your arrows fly true?

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I've never done it. Always removed the mess because I thought like you do. Only one way to know for sure. report back. 

 

[Core]

This says don't do it: http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/whitetail-365/2011/12/you-shoot-buck-ground-blind

This says don't worry about it: http://www.bowhuntingmag.com/tactics/shoot-ground-blind-mesh/

Hope that cleared it up lol!

[growalot]

First fixed blade only, second it needs to be good and taught and yes but after 2-3 shots it should IMO be replaced

[Culvercreek hunt club]

16 minutes ago, Core said:

This says don't do it: http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/whitetail-365/2011/12/you-shoot-buck-ground-blind

This says don't worry about it: http://www.bowhuntingmag.com/tactics/shoot-ground-blind-mesh/

Hope that cleared it up lol!

lmao. I have always wanted nothing to touch my arrow from the time it lease the bow until it hits the target. I just can't wrap my head around how it would have NO effect.

[growalot]

Have you ever shot a 3D target through one? I would not hunt until I saw it for myself and set up the 3D At different angles and different distances ...with no noticeable effect...all kill zone shots on the deer target. One doe taken...

[Culvercreek hunt club]

57 minutes ago, growalot said:

Have you ever shot a 3D target through one? I would not hunt until I saw it for myself and set up the 3D At different angles and different distances ...with no noticeable effect...all kill zone shots on the deer target. One doe taken...

I am in no way saying you are wrong, Grow. I just can't get my head around it. Out of curiosity, how far out did you test it?

[NFA-ADK]

Most of the guys who do it are by accident.  I would never shoot through something that close, a slight touch of the mesh will send your arrow into right field even if it was a perfect shot!

[growalot]

Didn't think you were...I tested different angle out to 20 yrds..mesh in the darker under story of the woods isn't always easy to see through.not really difficult but eye bothersome if you know what I mean.

[growalot]

This is with the dog house blinds...now I have looked at those bigger newer blinds and that mesh just hooks up from what I have seen...I would never attempt those...but the dog house are velcro on all 4 sides and the mesh is very taught,as I mentioned in the first post,needs to be very taught

ps...I have both mine set up right now and the day I set the garden one up I had a 5pt 4 yards in front of it eating clover...It is behind this springs licking branch,and I will shoot through the mesh if given a good deer. the blind sits 2 yrds behind that cam tucked into the grape vines and covered in them.

Edited October 5, 2016 by growalot

[Culvercreek hunt club]

44 minutes ago, NFA-ADK said:

Most of the guys who do it are by accident.  I would never shoot through something that close, a slight touch of the mesh will send your arrow into right field even if it was a perfect shot!

They are talking about shooting through the "shoot through" fabric like it is advertised for. As in CUTTING the fabric as it moves out of the bow. 

[DirtTime]

First year using bop up blinds. Ordered two, should be here early next week. I will not be shooting the bow through the screen. It doesn't take much to send an arrow off it's trajectory. IMO, it's not worth the risk of a bad shot.

[dbHunterNY]

nope... I mostly shoot mechanicals is why.  I've seen it done before but it's always at close range of around 20 yards.  doesn't sit well with me.  too much can go wrong.  why add to the list.

[LJC]

4 hours ago, vcollaco said:

I have reservations about shooting through the mesh on my blind because I am afraid that it will throw off the arrow.  I use the old Crimson Talon broadheads, with the curved blades, almost identical to the Toxic Cyclones.  Obviously, leaving the windows open/screens down doesn't provide as much concealment.  So my question is, has anyone shot through the mesh?  If so, did your arrows fly true?

Well I can tell you that if you don't have it on all the way up and tight it's a problem  last year had a turkey come with in 4  yards  of my pop up blind first time i using   the thing. and had the mesh  half open  the arrow hit the mesh and changed the arrow path . Make sure you have it all the way up or down it can get in the way if you have a really close shot your sites will be above the mesh but the arrow path will not as what happened in my case lesson learned. 

[nyslowhand]

Pondered this exact same question a few weeks ago after getting a new blind. Lots of conflicting reports on the web about how the netting may or may not effect the arrow's flight. My scenario is I use mechanicals and would have no way to tell if BH deployed prematurely, whether its' trajectory was influenced by the netting or not. The determining statement that made my decision to go w/o netting was about the size of the hole put into the netting with the BH compared to the diameter of  a hole needed to allow the vanes to pass through undisturbed. Lot of this probably varies among blind mfgers and type of netting they use. Even if you tested your specific blind with your hunting arrows, so maybe you shoot 8-9X out of 10 shots into the bullseye..... Be just my luck that one flier arrow would happen at the most inopportune time, a BB. If you've done it and it works, continue doing it! If there's even the slightest question or any doubt in your mind ..........Don't! Wouldn't you rather be detected in the blind with no netting up than to have a complete miss caused by shooting thru it? Or worst yet, a bad, non-lethal shot caused by an erratic arrow's path? My 2¢ worth, take it or leave it!

[Adkhunter1590]

I've never actually tested this. But I've always been told that fixed broad heads were ok to shoot through the mesh up to 30 yards but any farther than that and it's gonna play a big effect on POI. And never shoot mechanicals through the mesh. I usually shoot rage and I could never get myself to wanna risk it by sending it through the mesh. O and the final rule of thumb was stiff fletching like blazers don't do so well going through the mesh. And that most times it's the fletching that screws your shot up because the hole caused by the BH is much smaller and blazers won't flex much thus throwing the shot off. Feathers I've heard are best for this. So I guess one would say someone shooting a fixed BH with feather fletching would be good to go


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[Buckmaster7600]

I don't spend all the hours shooting thousands of arrows all year getting myself able to hit the hair I pick to hope mesh doesn't affect my arrows flight. The juice ain't worth the squeeze on this one. Keep all in needed windows shut wear black cloths with a black mask or face paint and you will be fine.


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[stubborn1VT]

I tried this years ago.  Shot over the back of a forkhorn at 25yds.  The arrow planed upward after going through the mesh.  I won't make the same mistake.  I like the mesh for concealment, but I'm with Grow, it's tough to see through in low light conditions. Last year, I switched from pop-up blinds to brush blinds.  I've had too much trouble with smart old does that pick up the windows on my pop-ups.  I call them "black holes".  No matter how well I brushed in a blind, I always got busted.  I used brush and saplings from releasing apple trees, and wove some brush blinds instead.  Sorry about the tangent.  Point being, there's no windows to shoot through in my brush blinds.

[monahmat]

I had this same concern before the season.  I watched all the videos and read everything I could find and in the end I just tested it out.  I'm sure it will differ from person to person but this is what I found.  My blind is an Ameristep Caretaker and I'm shooting Wasp Jackhammers (mechanical 3 blade with O-ring) at ~295FPS.  I fired 30 shots between 20 and 30 yards at different angles and the biggest POI variance I saw was 4" and quite honestly that shot was probably me.  Most shots were within 2" of where I would expect which is close enough for me.  I agree with others though, while I originally started the season with the windows up I quickly changed to removing the front and corner windows because I felt the see through mesh was limiting my view too much.  Next year I'll be changing back to brush blinds for better visibility.