What a hunting tent or hide is
A hide, also called a blind, is a small camouflaged tent you sit in to watch animals without them seeing you. Bird watchers and wildlife photographers use them as much as hunters. This range holds two kinds of thing: pop-up camouflage hides you sit in for a few hours, and tents for staying out on a hunting or wildlife trip, several of them hot tents that take a stove.
Pop-up hides, 270-degree blinds or hot tents
- Pop-up hunting blinds for two or three have mesh windows on every side and pitch in about a minute.
- 270-degree blinds have one-way mesh panels: you see out, but from outside the mesh looks solid.
- Tipi hot tents take a stove for warmth on a cold trip, and are light for their size. See hot tents with a stove jack.
- A small winter shelter for one, about 2.2kg, keeps you warm while you wait. See winter and snow tents.
Seeing out without being seen
A good hide is about the windows. Look at how many there are, which way they face, and how they open: the 2–3 person pop-up blind here has a window system that opens and closes silently, because the sound of a zip carries. Check the height too. That blind is 165cm high in the middle on a base 140cm square, room to sit on a stool with a camera or binoculars, not to stand. Dark clothing inside keeps you from showing through the mesh.
Weight and getting it there
You carry a hide to your spot, often across fields. The 2–3 person pop-up blind comes in a package of about 7kg. The tipi hot tents are lighter than they look: the single-layer tipi, 270cm across and 160cm high, weighs about 1.5kg, and the Rock Fortress, 3.8m across and 2.4m high, sleeps up to six.
Questions people ask about hunting tents and hides
Can I use a hide for bird watching or photography?
Yes. Several hides here are made for bird watching and wildlife photography as much as for hunting.
Which hunting tents are for winter?
A 4-season tent: stronger poles, and a snow skirt round the bottom of the flysheet to stop wind and snow blowing underneath. See 4-season tents, and hot tents with a stove jack for tents that take a stove. Never take a barbecue or a stove without a flue into a tent: carbon monoxide kills. With a hot tent, use its own kind of stove and a carbon monoxide alarm.
How long does delivery take?
Delivery is included in every price and tracked to your door. Each product page says when that tent usually arrives, so check it before ordering for a set date.
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