taffman , I use or have used all of the above. I have a blind of old corn stalks that i use as well. I have just started to use layout blinds, we seem to have had some good luck. One of the blinds seemed a little green so I coverewd it with a pea rug, a burlap sack with pea straw gleued to it,That seemed to help.There are so many blinds so if I am going to add to what I have,its good to know what works. Thanks again AJ