Anyone use a ghost blind?
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Cool, had to blow it up to see it. Should be good until the colors change. I know we’re a small market up here but sure wish there were more blinds available in snow/white camo . Once it snows the brown or greenish camo ones sure stand out.
The panels are reflectors (mirrors effectively) of whatever is on the ground.
Interesting idea.
The ghostblind is basically a giant flexible mirror. It reflects whatever is on the ground including snow.
I saw them at the outdoor show last spring. They looked cool, but I can't help but wonder if they look funny to game - their eyes aren't the same as ours, so I wonder if the reflection looks "off" to them.
I look forward to hearing your experience with it though!
I look forward to hearing your experience with it though!
Let us know how it works out if you ever do it!
It sounds stupid but I bet it'll work. I just need to find a 4' mirror cheap. Angle it towars the water and I become invisible.
Canvasbacks dont care at all about my kayak. Its brown camo thst matches the water in lake st Claire I can paddle right up them and flush them. Sometimes I have to slap the water to get them to take off
Red heads and blue bills are more leery but I can usually drift in on them if I lay down.
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I've seen them advertised before but have yet to see the actual product. How scratch resistant is the coating? do you have to worry about the sunn hitting it and reflecting?
Still a few old guys doing that in a similar way.
Referred to as "screening" or "sculling" using a scull boat. They set a decoy spread, wait up wind and when there are birds in the decoys that start down on them.
It's a plastic film mirror over coroplast (corrigated plastic, that election sign stuff for example), so it's prone to scratching. Time will tell. The instructions say not to worry about the effects of scratches.
When set up properly, the 6 panels will each lean forward, reflecting the ground. It shouldn't catch sky unless it is positioned incorrectly. It is however important to mind that if the full 35 inches of height now appears the same image as ground, what is the backdrop against which this is seen? From a slightly elevated position, it will be seen against the ground. But if your backdrop is a tree line, it might look out of place.
I ended up not using it in my bush position where I had piled up deadfall. It simply wasn't necessary. I did use it in that open field shown in my picture, and from 50 yards it was completely invisible.
Here is an example of a bad position because of the background.
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When we were sculling back in the 70’s our screen was a thin sheet of plywood with cattail reeds stapled to it. It mimicked the swamp behind us on Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Then we graduated to layout boats. I always wondered about having a mirror slanted down to reflect the shrubbery in front of me as a blind for deer and yotes. Great idea…only 40 years too late to bring it to market.
As a side note, a screen on a sculler or kayak acts as a sail and needs to be taken down quickly when you’ve shot your birds. A stiff wind at your back will pull you out into the lake pretty fast and paddling back becomes a chore.
Corplast is tough stuff, we use it on for sale signs and it holds up to weather.
Most fabric shops have several different colors of mesh available. I used to have a half dozen different patterns and colors that came very close to matching just about any surroundings I was going to set up a portable blind in.
Eventually, it dawned on me that the color wasn't as important as concealing "my" movements while trying to find a comfortable position.
One of the best fabrics looked like a pile of logs.
Still, sitting in a blind and being in a comfortable position, while still having a good view of your shooting lanes, without having to move around to avoid cramps or other pain, turned out to be the most important factor.
Wild animals are incredibly attuned to unusual structure/movement, in spots they know well. Even at longer distances, they can pick up on something unusual or unfamiliar, and will avoid it. Sometimes, after a few days they will get curious enough to check it out, and of course, there is always the odd one that just can't help making a mistake.
“Tonight, on the six’o’clock news: A mirror-toting kayaker got absolutely smoked today by a jet skier who mistook him for literally nothing at all…”.
I’ve used one for deer and bear for the past 6 years. They really work. Game ignore you and the number of close approaches within 10yards by dear has been amazing in that time. They can be finicky to set up, and they provide no overhead protection (obviously) but it is now an essential part of my hunting, from spring bear to muzzleloader deer. Pricey, but worth it.
Not many jet skiers out in end of November and December lol. They hit boats and breakwalls on sunny clear days so anything is possible.“Tonight, on the six’o’clock news: A mirror-toting kayaker got absolutely smoked today by a jet skier who mistook him for literally nothing at all…”.
