Ground concealment leafy fabric

[Weldabeast]

During off season I found an old treestand and it had some of that camo fabric with the leaf shaped cut outs in it draped around it..I helped the guy out and took his tree stand down for him and the fabric came home with me....it's been sitting there in the corner and I kinda forgot about it....I seen it today and it got me thinking....I could have a length of that stuff rolled up/folded down small and packed away on my hunt vest very easily and I doesn't weight anything....I hunt from my saddle off the ground a lot and I was thinking maybe with some cordage I could probably easily make a quick makeshift blind with that stuff helping keep me hidden. Anybody else do something like that? Between using rope and sticks/branches seems real quick/easy to construct...
Then I get to thinking maybe having potentially loose fabric the wind may blow that stuff all around making unnatural movement/noise.....I obviously need to go play around with it but if u guys already tried and figured out it's a dumb idea/waste of time then I don't need to bother with it...

 

[raisins]

During off season I found an old treestand and it had some of that camo fabric with the leaf shaped cut outs in it draped around it..I helped the guy out and took his tree stand down for him and the fabric came home with me....it's been sitting there in the corner and I kinda forgot about it....I seen it today and it got me thinking....I could have a length of that stuff rolled up/folded down small and packed away on my hunt vest very easily and I doesn't weight anything....I hunt from my saddle off the ground a lot and I was thinking maybe with some cordage I could probably easily make a quick makeshift blind with that stuff helping keep me hidden. Anybody else do something like that? Between using rope and sticks/branches seems real quick/easy to construct...
Then I get to thinking maybe having potentially loose fabric the wind may blow that stuff all around making unnatural movement/noise.....I obviously need to go play around with it but if u guys already tried and figured out it's a dumb idea/waste of time then I don't need to bother with it...

it works good, i use the allen brand cloth that is at wallie world and richard's sporting goods

i sometimes bring 4 bamboo tomato stakes bungeed together as a walking stick and then use paracord to tie the cloth to them but also incorporate trees and other vegetation and sometimes leave the bamboo and just tie off of stuff i find

i then brush it in a little

i've had deer 10 yards looking right at me

you could paint your face and wear a leafy jacket also, and it could only help

i think placement is key....you don't want to be a super obvious addition to their habitat and don't want them walking too close or looking right at you

 

[Fl Canopy Stalker]

During off season I found an old treestand and it had some of that camo fabric with the leaf shaped cut outs in it draped around it..I helped the guy out and took his tree stand down for him and the fabric came home with me....it's been sitting there in the corner and I kinda forgot about it....I seen it today and it got me thinking....I could have a length of that stuff rolled up/folded down small and packed away on my hunt vest very easily and I doesn't weight anything....I hunt from my saddle off the ground a lot and I was thinking maybe with some cordage I could probably easily make a quick makeshift blind with that stuff helping keep me hidden. Anybody else do something like that? Between using rope and sticks/branches seems real quick/easy to construct...
Then I get to thinking maybe having potentially loose fabric the wind may blow that stuff all around making unnatural movement/noise.....I obviously need to go play around with it but if u guys already tried and figured out it's a dumb idea/waste of time then I don't need to bother with it...

If you are concerned about wind blowing it up, get you about 6 or 8 of those tent stakes. Roll them up in a pouch so they don’t make noise. Then push them down through the material at ground level similar to a tent. If it’s draped over some paracord like an a frame shelter or even tied in a loop, then staked at the bottom, any movement would mimic the rustle of smaller trees and plants in the back ground.

 

[PEEJAY]

During off season I found an old treestand and it had some of that camo fabric with the leaf shaped cut outs in it draped around it..I helped the guy out and took his tree stand down for him and the fabric came home with me....it's been sitting there in the corner and I kinda forgot about it....I seen it today and it got me thinking....I could have a length of that stuff rolled up/folded down small and packed away on my hunt vest very easily and I doesn't weight anything....I hunt from my saddle off the ground a lot and I was thinking maybe with some cordage I could probably easily make a quick makeshift blind with that stuff helping keep me hidden. Anybody else do something like that? Between using rope and sticks/branches seems real quick/easy to construct...
Then I get to thinking maybe having potentially loose fabric the wind may blow that stuff all around making unnatural movement/noise.....I obviously need to go play around with it but if u guys already tried and figured out it's a dumb idea/waste of time then I don't need to bother with it...

i have one of those quick stake $20 blinds made from the same kind of fabric (i think). I used it for turkey when i first started 8 years ago. Got busted multiple times....my 2 cents

 

[PEEJAY]

i just use natural brush now. Seems to break up my outline better than a rectangle even though they can see through the brush better. Maybe it was just me thinking nothing could see me behind it and moving too much but im not trying it again

 

[Weldabeast]

This thing is long...like 10-15 feet...I didn't measure

 

[Fl Canopy Stalker]

This thing is long...like 10-15 feet...I didn't measure

That’s what she said
Oh wait I meant wow that is plenty of material for a ground blind

 

[NMSbowhunter]

I have a ghillie suit and a ghillie screen I have used in the past but in the last couple of years I have decided that natural screening is better, and I don't have to carry anything with me. I think my background is just as important or maybe more important than what is in front of me. This picture below is an illustration of what I am talking about. This was on public land. I was sitting on a homemade wood seat (A Torges Seat) affixed to a white oak with a blown down treetop behind me. I was wearing an orange hoody and a ghillie boonie hat. I had two bucks come in and feed on white oak acorns for ten minutes at 15 and 20 yards before I managed to get off a shot on the 15 yard buck. I would have gotten him too if he had dropped like I expected him too. I aimed just under his right armpit expecting him to drop and he didn't.

I think back cover is more important than having something in front of me. I see this also turkey hunting.

 

[WISCO]

During off season I found an old treestand and it had some of that camo fabric with the leaf shaped cut outs in it draped around it..I helped the guy out and took his tree stand down for him and the fabric came home with me....it's been sitting there in the corner and I kinda forgot about it....I seen it today and it got me thinking....I could have a length of that stuff rolled up/folded down small and packed away on my hunt vest very easily and I doesn't weight anything....I hunt from my saddle off the ground a lot and I was thinking maybe with some cordage I could probably easily make a quick makeshift blind with that stuff helping keep me hidden. Anybody else do something like that? Between using rope and sticks/branches seems real quick/easy to construct...
Then I get to thinking maybe having potentially loose fabric the wind may blow that stuff all around making unnatural movement/noise.....I obviously need to go play around with it but if u guys already tried and figured out it's a dumb idea/waste of time then I don't need to bother with it...

I've used the camo burlap zip tied to rods as a makeshift blind that is portable, pretty light and had success. I have even used it as a blanket, just covering myself up against other brush and have had deer get close enough I could reach out and touch them. Hunter specialties makes a camo leaf blind similar to what you are talking about.

 

[TreeCreep]

I have a ghillie suit and a ghillie screen I have used in the past but in the last couple of years I have decided that natural screening is better, and I don't have to carry anything with me. I think my background is just as important or maybe more important than what is in front of me. This picture below is an illustration of what I am talking about. This was on public land. I was sitting on a homemade wood seat (A Torges Seat) affixed to a white oak with a blown down treetop behind me. I was wearing an orange hoody and a ghillie boonie hat. I had two bucks come in and feed on white oak acorns for ten minutes at 15 and 20 yards before I managed to get off a shot on the 15 yard buck. I would have gotten him too if he had dropped like I expected him too. I aimed just under his right armpit expecting him to drop and he didn't.

I think back cover is more important than having something in front of me. I see this also turkey hunting.

That is a great pic! I’ve been building a new diy Ghillie and I know I’d be fine with just a boonie although I’m working on a diy viper top/ out of a Realtree button up.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

That is a great pic! I’ve been building a new diy Ghillie and I know I’d be fine with just a boonie although I’m working on a diy viper top/ out of a Realtree button up.

One thing you really have to be aware of when building a ghillie is bow string clearance on your bow arm and chest. Do plenty of shooting with the ghillie on from a lot of different positions and make sure none of the material is interfering with the string or this will mess you up at the worst possible time.

I think the ghillie boonie goes a long way toward breaking up the human outline. Prey animals like deer also do not have binocular vision like predators (us). Their eyes are on either side of their head so they can't see quite the depth of view we can with our eyes forward. They see movement much better, though.

I made that boonie hat by tearing random sized strips of camo burlap and sewing them in that hat.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Here is another example of a good ground set up. This one overlooks a prominent creek crossing. Here I had my climber with me but found this spot and no great trees, so I just used the climber top for a seat. I will try to get my ghillie screen I made out in a while and post a pic.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Here is the ghillie screen I made with burlap fabric, camo netting and burlap strips. I made it to work in tandem with my Catquiver and a smaller version of the Torges seat sized to fit inside the large compartment of the Catquiver. The ghillie screen is just a bit bulky for the compartment with the seat in there. It needs to be cut down a bit so it will all fit in the big compartment. It makes a nice day bag to hunt out of. Put in a water and a sandwich and you are good to go.

 

[Weldabeast]

I hunt tethered at ground level with my saddle often with pretty good results but most places I find the freshest sign or heaviest trails that isn't an option...it's normally in kinda open areas that may have some clumps of bushes or little tiny trunk/stem trees that can't support weight to use the saddle or provide any cover if u sit on the ground....with as light weight as it is I was thinking maybe have a piece stashed away in my vest....then if I find a situation where I can grab a handful of sticks and a little cord (maybe the inside strand of Paracord?) and rig up a quick hide it probably worth taking with me. My vest has 2 big storage areas built into where it covers ur ribs...folded to a little smaller than a paper grocery bag it would fit flat to my body and I barely notice ....or roll in a tight burrito and attach to some molle somewhere...backpacks are cool but a molle vest gives u a million options to store things.

If I found a spot I would want to use I'm pretty confident I could find sticks to make uprights....maybe 4, 10-12 foot pieces of string? What else would u need?

 

[Weldabeast]

Saltwater marsh edges are specifically where I'm thinking .....the trails are out of bow range from the tree line and the needle grass hides the animals....

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Maybe get a 4x4 piece of cargo net or that black plastic mesh they sell at home improvement stores and some gutted paracord. Then just hang the net and stuff it will marsh grass on site.

 

[Red Beard]

@DaveT1963 made a video where he cut 3 or 4 pieces of PVC pipe to ~12" and cut a slant at one end. He uses them to make blinds on the spot by pushing them into the ground like fishing rod holders and then filling them with whatever surrounding vegetation or downed sticks are available. I made some and employed it once last year. It was 2 legit.