How many of you have to put locks on your enclosed blinds to keep out unwanted guests? I lock all my blinds year round. Early in my land ownership I had an out of state neighbor comment to me how nice my 25 foot tall 4'x8' enclosed blind was for bird watching. From his comments, I knew he could only know certain facts if he had been INSIDE the blind. After that incident, I put hasps and locks on all of my blinds. I try to keep the lock situation simple, buying locks that are all keyed the same. A few that have separate keys are specially coded and colored to prevent mix ups. If a hunter is going to choose between two blinds to sit in, I make sure he has the proper keys to get into each blind. It is a real hassle and opening locks while on a ladder is something I wish I did not have to do. I should add that I have 18 stands on my land and three of them are ground blinds. As my knees have gotten worse every year, I have taken to building steps with a hand rail to access elevated blinds. I only have 6 stands left that need steps.
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