Keeping Undercover with Hunting Blinds
If you are fairly new to the hunting scene, you may not realize that you need to be under cover or camouflaged in order to be up close and personal with the very animals you are hunting for. To remedy this situation, you should look into hunting blinds to provide the cover you need to mask your presence in the company of animals during a hunt. These blinds could consist either of man-made materials that you build or buy or the manipulation of natural resources such as ditches, treetops, rocky outcroppings and more.
Au Natural
Using nature for your hunting blinds is a time-honored tradition that dates back thousands of years when there were no other resources beyond your own two hands and what nature provided. If you prefer the lay of the land rather than what humans have made, you should bring a few tools with you so that you can construct a blind that would best suit your needs.
Constructing hunting blinds in the "field" during a hunt can be a bit of a challenge unless you have a few tools of the trade such as a spade or small hand held shovel, a sharp knife or small saw and duct tape or string. The spade is a great to have if you need to dig a hole or small depression in the ground to lie in while a knife or small saw can help you with the cutting of small, leafy branches. These branches could then be tied or adhered together using the string or duct tape should you need to construct a lean-to or some other type of hunting blinds to hide under or behind.
Heading for the Store
For every animal that is hunted, there are at least that many varieties or more of hunting blinds which makes sense because each animal has its own characteristics and use of senses to detect predators (meaning you). For duck hunting, you may want to purchase some type of camouflage tarp to lie under in a boat or in a field or even a camo pop-up type of tent that would look almost natural nestled amongst the trees or bushes.
Deer hunting blinds may consist of wood, aluminum or some other type of material, typically in a camouflage pattern that may or may not be on stilts with a ladder to provide access to it. Goose hunting may require the use of a coffin-shaped apparatus, camouflaged of course that you lie in so you can easily aim your shotgun overhead at flying geese.
Turkey, wild boar, deer, dove and other types of animal hunting may all have similar hunting blinds that you could put to use. The fact is there are many different styles and models of hunting blinds in a variety of materials. So, you have to assess your own situation and hunting grounds to choose the blinds that are best for your needs.
