My Otter XTH Lodge Review Vid

  • Phil Bauerly
    Walker, MN - Leech Lake
    Posts: 866
    October 7, 2015 at 8:08 pm #1569498

    Thanks for taking the time to do this Doug. I’ll be running one of these this winter too when I need an extra shelter or for the evening bite etc. It’s nice to hear confirmation that it could accommodate 4 anglers.

    Doug Larsen
    Minnesohtah
    Posts: 630
    October 7, 2015 at 8:11 pm #1569501

    Glad it helped!

    My thoughts on the bag

    francisco4
    Holmen, WI
    Posts: 3607
    October 7, 2015 at 10:28 pm #1569517

    Thanks for the vids with your honest opinion.

    FDR

    schoff
    S.E., SD
    Posts: 80
    October 8, 2015 at 6:20 am #1569526

    Great review, thanks for sharing!

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3137
    October 8, 2015 at 1:25 pm #1569604

    Hi Doug – I’ve had a chance to fish out of these shacks, and even still, it’s great to see the video walk-through to remind you of features, feel, and overall styling/look.

    As for setup – the best demo I’ve ever seen has actually been from Keith Beam of Double Bull Hunting Blinds. It’s how I’ve been setting up similar blinds for turkey hunts over the past decade and it works very well. Typically, with those hub-style blinds, I can pop it up within 100 yards of roosted birds without them knowing I’m there. The Otter blinds are a different fabric, but it doesn’t seem too much different from the ones I use for hunting. Give it a try and let me know what you think!

    turkeynate
    Iowa
    Posts: 187
    October 9, 2015 at 1:07 am #1569718

    Great videos! Thanks for sharing! Tough to find good videos of the otters right now with them being new.

    Al Case
    Posts: 306
    October 9, 2015 at 5:52 pm #1569910

    That hunting blind looks pretty cool, Joel.
    I’ve been looking at the Otter Hubs, but I notice they don’t have ceiling nettings like the Clams do. I wonder why they didn’t include those, as they’re mighty handy.
    Al

    FRS
    Posts: 32
    October 9, 2015 at 7:44 pm #1569920

    I know real men don’t read instructions, but.
    The instructions say “grasp the webbing loop in the center of the roof and pull outward. Grasp the webbing loop located at the center of one of the walls and pull outward. Walk around the shelter and pop out each wall.
    If you do it from the outside it opens real easy.

    Doug Larsen
    Minnesohtah
    Posts: 630
    October 10, 2015 at 7:41 am #1569966

    Oh Francis – Don’t think I didn’t look at the instructions after I set it up and realized as usual I used brute force and ignorance instead of my head!

    tonkaiceman
    Hanover, MN
    Posts: 153
    October 10, 2015 at 11:30 am #1570007

    Thanks Doug for the reveiw! I can’t wait to get mine and get it out on the hard water! toast

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3137
    October 12, 2015 at 11:56 am #1570360
    Al Case wrote:

    That hunting blind looks pretty cool, Joel.
    I’ve been looking at the Otter Hubs, but I notice they don’t have ceiling nettings like the Clams do. I wonder why they didn’t include those, as they’re mighty handy.
    Al

    Hey Al – Otter has two cargo net options coming online in the next month or two that you can custom fit to any application or any house. Otter chose to mfr. a universal solution rather than invest in netting just for the Hub series shelters.

    Stay tuned!

    Joel

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