A Realistic Setup
by Bill Jordan
Everything about your hunting blind site should be as realistic as possible. Today this is much easier than ever before. Remember the hours of building and camouflaging a blind from scratch?

Today, many companies make "pre-fab" blinds out of camouflage material that are easy to transport and quick to set up. They vary in their features and degree of complexity, but all get you into a basic blind quickly and easily. These are easily spruced up by adding a bit of native vegetation to merely break up their outline. This is far easier than having to cut enough grass or brush to completely camouflage your blind site.

Another realistic touch is to periodically stir up the mud among your decoys. Feeding ducks stir up mud and this reassures incoming birds. It also helps camouflage your decoy lines.

Keeping a clean blind helps too. Every so often pick up spent shells, candy wrappers and other unnatural debris that may accumulate around your blind and warn wary birds.

Advantage Wetlands
The Official Camo Pattern of Ducks Unlimited

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