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advice brushing pit blinds
Posted on 12/11/19 at 12:20 am
Posted on 12/11/19 at 12:20 am
new to rice field hunting and looking for some opinions on how to brush pit blinds. There is not a ton of brush along the levees that the blinds are located on and right now we have the blinds brushed with hay around the general area but wax myrtles dressed all around the blind. It seems to me as though they stand out a little bit, but what do I know. The teal don't seem to have a problem coming, but big ducks sure don't seem to give us much of a look
Do ya'll recommend just using hay to brush all around the blind instead of using all the bushes? Also, the blinds have flaps, but haven't completely gotten around to getting them set up properly. Have been using wax myrtles to zip tie to the flaps, but once again, no wax myrtles naturally on the levee. I'm used to brushing blinds in the marsh, so I'm sure my traditional ways aren't very effective in the fields
Do ya'll recommend just using hay to brush all around the blind instead of using all the bushes? Also, the blinds have flaps, but haven't completely gotten around to getting them set up properly. Have been using wax myrtles to zip tie to the flaps, but once again, no wax myrtles naturally on the levee. I'm used to brushing blinds in the marsh, so I'm sure my traditional ways aren't very effective in the fields
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Posted on 12/11/19 at 5:04 am to lodgedup
Look around the area and see what is growing. You want whatever is growing in the area. Using anything that doesn't grow around will stick out big time. Ducks have been shot at the last couple months and wise up fast. 
Posted on 12/11/19 at 7:58 am to fishfighter
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Look around the area and see what is growing.
Yeah, bring a shovel and a 5 gallon bucket. Go to the nearest clumps of grass and dig them up. Transplant around the blind and then water them. Next year it will be even better.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:27 am to lodgedup
We use pine and have for years . Ducks don't flare off of it . Easy to brush and add when it thins . They will flare off of movement , so cover up and shoot away .
This post was edited on 12/11/19 at 9:38 am
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:43 am to lodgedup
Always stick to the "match the hatch" concept. Dont do anything crazy and dont make things stand out. If its layed down johnson grass all around the blind already, then go to a nearby ditch and cut the hell out of the same looking stuff and either plant it like the other guy said or ive seen people take 2x8 boards and fill in all the gaps in the blind ald put the grass on top of those and cover the holes the best you can. I personally hate the grass bundles people do because thy end up looking like yellow logs and stand out imo
Posted on 12/11/19 at 9:55 am to lodgedup
Make sure to go in and out of your blind in one way. Don’t tramp around outside the blind. shite drives me insane.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 10:03 am to jimbeam
+1 for that
Also helps to have extra grass to cover up the worn trail late in the season
Also helps to have extra grass to cover up the worn trail late in the season
Posted on 12/11/19 at 6:00 pm to lodgedup
We use Johnson grass to brush our rice blinds. Just get ClassicGold to help you brush. He is a rice field expert.
Posted on 12/11/19 at 6:14 pm to lodgedup
Good advice here.
Don’t put green shite on a rice filed pit (pine limbs or myrtles)
Keep couple of square bales of hay nearby Pull some from it often to spread down your levee out past your blinds to make it really blend
A.B.B.
Always be brushing
Don’t put green shite on a rice filed pit (pine limbs or myrtles)
Keep couple of square bales of hay nearby Pull some from it often to spread down your levee out past your blinds to make it really blend
A.B.B.
Always be brushing
Posted on 12/11/19 at 10:03 pm to lodgedup
I like to use misc grasses from around our fields even if there isn’t a ton immediately around the pit. Lot of times people us material that isn’t near dark enough. Lot of our grasses aren’t dark enough so I usually rattle can them with flat brown. Keep adding brush through the season and keep rattle canning along the way.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 7:13 am to lodgedup
Just listened to a TJ mallette podcast
View your blind from a drone if available to see if it blends
Don’t do all standing cover in a square around your box or it will look like a box. Laid down grass looks better from above
... what everyone else says
View your blind from a drone if available to see if it blends
Don’t do all standing cover in a square around your box or it will look like a box. Laid down grass looks better from above
... what everyone else says
Posted on 12/12/19 at 7:48 am to Tigre85
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We use pine and have for years .
Posted on 12/12/19 at 8:01 am to jimbeam
You and I would get along well in the blind. Nothing worse than people stepping all over the cover and people not calling always trying to look at the ducks.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 8:58 am to GREENHEAD22
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Nothing worse than people stepping all over the cover and people not calling always trying to look at the ducks
You are way too serious. But it may explain why I never kill the ducks I call as I stick my head up through the opening and turn my head back and forth to see where they are flying.
Posted on 12/12/19 at 3:33 pm to lodgedup
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the blinds have flaps, but haven't completely gotten around to getting them set up properly.
Get around to doing it. Someone mentioned using a drone to see what your blind looks like from above. I can tell you what it looks like. A big rectangle black hole.
Someone else mentioned people wanting to look around a see the ducks while their trying to work them in. The phrase "don't look up" has been stated billions of times in duck/goose blinds for years and years yet people still think they are the exception. Even if your blind is very well camo'd and you're wearing good face make-up or a mask, you still must be careful looking up. If you can't seem to make your brain force you to keep you head down, AT LEAST keep it still. Move your eyes only. Those birds aren't circling around for 10 minutes just so they can get some exercise. They are scared and checking out everything.
Keep your head down!
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