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newb to field ducks, i have premition to huint some hay fields with some water in them now.
problem is there is no cover close to the water spots where the ducks are active.
i would love some ideas for cover.
ducks and geese are in the area.
thanks
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Can buy a layout blind or get a blanket/sheet similar to the color of the ground, throw any loose depris(hay) on top of the sheet. Lay on the gound and pull the sheet over you. You could build a pit blind but its alot of work and you'd wanna ask permission from the owner first
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Buy a layout, they are money. Or better yet hunt with someone that has 3
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Originally Posted by Crazy_Farmer
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I am in a similar situation. found a nice place to hunt with lots of ducks but no cover. can't build a permanent blind, so I need to figure out something that is portable and concealed. Last weekend I took four 2/4's, some camo burlap and mesh and made a 2 person box shaped blind, it worked for the singles but for some reason the big flocks were flaring just before they could come in to the shooting range. I am working on a new low profile/portable blind. I will post pics and details if it works.Originally Posted by Dutch Ppoacher
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We use rebar about 6' long pushed into the ground in a rough circle, then some burlap and field grass around it. Trick is to build it a week or so before you hunt so the ducks get used to it. Takes about a week and it becomes part of the landscape to them. We built one on a bare assed point in the marsh, at first they wouldnt fly anywhere near it about 10 days latter we went to pull it up after 2 weekends of non productive "shooting" from it and when we approached we jumped about 50 Mallards from the water right in front of it. been using it ever since.
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Get a sheet of 6" concrete mesh and cut 2 pieces 4' x 3' and one piece 4' x 4'. Attach the 3' pieces to each end of the 4' piece with some kind of cheap carabiner thingy, one top and one bottom. Viola , a self supporting blind you can weave the local vegetation into easily and quickly. Rig a tump line or 2 backpack straps, fold it closed, and it's easy to carry. A big spike on a 5 ft. line tied to the top end of each wing and you're stable against the wind.
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what we used when we hunted geese in alberta was chicken wire fencing 5ft high by about 12ft long .cut a bunch of willows 5 to 6ft tall and push them through. pack it out with you and set it up in a circle, and you have a blind for three people and looks like a stand of willow.
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dutch you the great guy's shooting the geese by the golf course?
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no, not yet!!! heard the winery is having a problem. time to talk to mister chase.
i am setting up out beaver cr.
thanks for the wire idea, i have some kicking around here, a trip to the river and load up the back ot the truck with willows and i am set
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