Field waterfowl hunters,hows this sound?

[rubberdown]

I'm really new to hunting waterfowl, and like everything, I'm going balls deep into it as best I can.

I learned a NEW layout blind needs to be "mudded" or it stands out like a sore thumb, so check, got that done.

I learned that if geese were hitting a yellow/muddy looking field one day but dont plan to hit that field again, theres NO changing their minds LOL.

I found (with the above observation) that they may prefer the GREEN winter wheat fields down the road instead, and land their by the dozens avoiding a decent decoy spread in a field they are finished using.

Soooo, heres my plan, I ordered some of the Avery winter wheat fake green grass stuff to do up my layout blind and was planning to do a full cover job on my new mudded layout blind. Then I started thinking, what happens if they keep mixing it up and hit a fresh cut corn field for a few days, then hit another green field for a few days, talk about a pain in the a55 messing with my blind. So I'm thinking about getting the camo burlap material from Canadian Tire and turning that into a winter wheal blanket with my new winter wheat material. This way I keep it in the truck, if I need green, I toss the green wheat blanket over the bind, if I need a muddy blind, I keep the blanket in the truck.

Sound good or what? It's probably going to take me hours to make the "blanket" but then its good forever, spread it out and kill em all on green fields.

 

[swinginberrys]

Spend the extra time when you go hunting to stubble your blind with vegitation specific to the location your hunting. This way you'll always blend in (remember, blend don't blind) mudding is to ensure there is no shine and to help provide a realistic base for the stubble. Can't afford to be lazy chasing geese. As is with all hunting you get out what you put in. Good luck and have fun.

 

[2233]

We have used Gjillie blankets for years over blinds. With that being said natural vegetation is second to none. Hunted natural cover hard this year with great success.

 

[fingers284]

Two reasons the geese land in the green stuff, first and most obvious is they like to eat it, they spend 1/2 the year in the north eating "green" tundra. The second reason is that if given a choice, they don't like to land in the sharp stubble, it perforates there feet. Before no-till farming became the norm in our area, year after year I watched hundreds of geese land on cultivated fields and then walk into the grain stubble.

We used to dig pits in the grain stubble because of better cover material and set the decoys on the adjoining cultivated field.

 

[the spank]

Use the vegetation that you're hunting in for cover! Stubble up with whats in the field, now that being said I am sure the farmer doesn't want you pulling his winter wheat out for stubble! I used to buy raffia grass and dye it green. Then I bundled it in small bundles with a zip tie attached to plastic clips off the ends of those dollar store bungee cords. Each cord had two of those ends for $1. I would keep a bag of them under the seat in my blind. When I needed green to blend in in mixed colour fields or a winter wheat field I simply clipped the bundles to my stubble straps.

 

[stubblejumper]

An outfitter friend that I hunted with a week ago does not even use regular layout blinds anymore. He uses a ground pad with an elevated portion to rest your head on, and uses gillie blankets as covers. He doesn't use the cover that it comes with at all, just the gillie blanket. I believe that his are the Hardcore run-n-gunner model. You can change the blanket to match the terrain, including one with white, to use in snow. After using this setup, I would never bother with a conventional layout blind.

 

[Mds694]

An outfitter friend that I hunted with a week ago does not even use regular layout blinds anymore. He uses a ground pad with an elevated portion to rest your head on, and uses gillie blankets as covers. He doesn't use the cover that it comes with at all, just the gillie blanket. I believe that his are the Hardcore run-n-gunner model. You can change the blanket to match the terrain, including one with white, to use in snow. After using this setup, I would never bother with a conventional layout blind.

Do you think this would still be effective with small spreads that most average goose hunters have? Those outfitters don't mess around when it comes to decoys and I feel like that's more effective in getting the birds attention away from the shooters than the cover itself.