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Concealment

Postby sagebel » Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:17 am

What is best? In the last few weeks I have seen everything from guy standing out in the open to blinds that would hide a pink Cadillac. Full face paint to no face paint. I was always told to break up you silhouette with something behind you.
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Re: Concealment

Postby Olly » Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:21 am

Being still is more important than camo. When ducks are coming in they are focused on the spread but if you move it's like a flash of light to them then it takes their focus and will flare them.
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Re: Concealment

Postby Tomkat » Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:27 am

Olly wrote:Being still is more important than camo. When ducks are coming in they are focused on the spread but if you move it's like a flash of light to them then it takes their focus and will flare them.


This

Also important to cover face and hands
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Re: Concealment

Postby Flightstopper » Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:35 am

Using natural cover to blend in with your surroundings will take you much further than any camo pattern.
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Re: Concealment

Postby Bootlipkiller » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:21 pm

Flightstopper wrote:Using natural cover to blend in with your surroundings will take you much further than any camo pattern.

This is great advise
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Re: Concealment

Postby Olly » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:25 pm

Bootlipkiller wrote:
Flightstopper wrote:Using natural cover to blend in with your surroundings will take you much further than any camo pattern.

This is great advise


:lol:
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Re: Concealment

Postby Bootlipkiller » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:27 pm

Olly wrote:
Bootlipkiller wrote:
Flightstopper wrote:Using natural cover to blend in with your surroundings will take you much further than any camo pattern.

This is great advise


:lol:

What did I do now?
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Re: Concealment

Postby NuffDaddy » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:40 pm

You can't be hidden too well.
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Re: Concealment

Postby sagebel » Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:07 pm

Thanks guys. Everything that has been said checks with what I've always been told.
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Re: Concealment

Postby Rick » Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:32 pm

A good blind doesn't just hide its hunters, it hides itself by not looking like the last however many places that erupted in gunfire.

And the most common criticism I could offer about the folks who've shared my commercial blinds is that they seem to think that either being in a blind makes them invisible or the birds are blind.
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Re: Concealment

Postby Flightstopper » Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:43 pm

Bootlipkiller wrote:
Olly wrote:
Bootlipkiller wrote:
Flightstopper wrote:Using natural cover to blend in with your surroundings will take you much further than any camo pattern.

This is great advise


:lol:

What did I do now?


Bahaha even better. You're killing me boot!
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Re: Concealment

Postby 3geese4me » Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:22 pm

I love good advice.......
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Re: Concealment

Postby Bootlipkiller » Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:24 pm

You were advising him of you're advice.:D
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Postby 3geese4me » Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:54 pm

Bootlipkiller wrote:You were advising him of you're advice.:D

Precisely lol
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Re: Concealment

Postby RonE » Fri Dec 06, 2013 4:07 pm

Actually, you need to grow a beard and paint your face if you ever expect to shoot any ducks. Another thing, a good duck call will offset any mistakes in camouflage. If you don't have a good call and haven't grown a beard or painted your face, a barrel sticker will cover up a multitude of other mistakes.

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Re: Concealment

Postby sagebel » Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:15 pm

Hahaha. I don't think the Navy will be big on the beard. Halloween happened months ago so you won't find me wearing face paint.
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Re: Concealment

Postby NuffDaddy » Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:26 pm

Face paint or a mask is a must IMO. No joke. I put face paint on my entire face any time I'm hunting puddle ducks.
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Re: Concealment

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:57 pm

NuffDaddy wrote:Face paint or a mask is a must IMO. No joke. I put face paint on my entire face any time I'm hunting puddle ducks.


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Re: Concealment

Postby Rick » Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:21 am

Gol, dog. That boat's twice as long as the buss divers ride in on.
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Re: Concealment

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:07 am

Ha ha.
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Re: Concealment

Postby Tomkat » Sat Dec 07, 2013 10:42 am

U know them Dan? Thats a shit pot full of ducks
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Re: Concealment

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Sat Dec 07, 2013 1:54 pm

Cover your ears, Darlin'
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Re: Concealment

Postby aunt betty » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:11 pm

Be still like ollys said and you can kill ducks wearing brown cotton duck (carharts).
I've heard that it's incredibly stupid to fuck around with a crazy man's head.
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Re: Concealment

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Wed Feb 05, 2014 2:30 pm

aunt betty wrote:Be still like ollys said and you can kill ducks wearing brown cotton duck (carharts).

King of digging up old threads and posting like the question was asked 2 mins ago. :lol:
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Re: Concealment

Postby aunt betty » Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:59 am

FlintRiverFowler wrote:
aunt betty wrote:Be still like ollys said and you can kill ducks wearing brown cotton duck (carharts).

King of digging up old threads and posting like the question was asked 2 mins ago. :lol:
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Re: Concealment

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:00 pm

aunt betty wrote:
FlintRiverFowler wrote:
aunt betty wrote:Be still like ollys said and you can kill ducks wearing brown cotton duck (carharts).

King of digging up old threads and posting like the question was asked 2 mins ago. :lol:
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You should've waited longer to reply
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Re: Concealment

Postby Deltaman » Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:29 pm

Tomkat wrote:
Olly wrote:Being still is more important than camo. When ducks are coming in they are focused on the spread but if you move it's like a flash of light to them then it takes their focus and will flare them.


This

Also important to cover face and hands


This, and.......
And when possible, set up with the sun (and preferably the wind) at your back. Being in the shadow of your blind keeps your face and hands from shining like a light bulb, and you shouldn't have to worry about getting blinded by the sun when shooting.
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Re: Concealment

Postby R. Chapman » Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:42 am

Cover up anything shiny.be still. Don't even think about blinking!
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Re: Concealment

Postby rebelp74 » Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:29 am

R. Chapman wrote:Cover up anything shiny.be still. Don't even think about blinking!

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Re: Concealment

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Thu Mar 27, 2014 6:56 am

Anybody catch the DD season finale last night? That pink shirt on their uncle was visible from a mile away.
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