Laydown blind or Tent blind

[TurkeyRookie]

Does anyone have any pictures of how you have concealed your layout blind in corn fields or hay fields etc?

Don't have pics, but the methods are pretty standard.

When you get your new blind, you'll want to "mud it" which is exactly what it sounds like. Make some mud, and smear / rub it into the blind all over. Let it bake and dry out in the sun and then brush it off. This helps get the "shine" out of the material and dull it up.

Some guys hit it with paint, but I found mud did the trick for me.

Also, "stubble straps" are pretty standard.

You select your location to drop your blind, look at the surrounding environment, and grab what you can to stuff into the stubble straps and conceal your blind.

Hunting a cut corn field, grab the left overs laying on the ground and mask up your blind, etc.

If there isn't that much to conceal with, some guys will place decoys in and around the blind to break it up.

[woody1948]

Mine has stubble straps everywhere. If you fill them all you will never see out. I never remove the stubble from Mine so it is 75% covered all the time. I just have to touch it up next time out.

[Sprite]

This photo gives you a bit of an idea how well you can hide layouts in a short wheat field:


Of course, the blinds are open. Always spend the most time on concealing your layouts.

-Nick

[greatwhite]

Thanks for posting the picture and I should put the decoys that close to.

[johny]

Greatwhite, you look young and fit in your avatar.
That is crucial for a layout blind.
As I get older and my back wears out more, my ability to sit up quickly enough for effective shooting is not what it used to be.
I can still knock down 95%+ on skeet and trap. But after lying down for hours+ my shooting is not as good after the struggle to sit upright in a coffin blind

[Sprite]

Thanks for posting the picture and I should put the decoys that close to.

Totally depends on the hunt, normally I'd have decoys right with the blinds. On this particular day, there was no wind, so the birds could approach from any direction. This helped to keep them from landing behind us.

-Nick

[TurkeyRookie]

Greatwhite, you look young and fit in your avatar.
That is crucial for a layout blind.
As I get older and my back wears out more, my ability to sit up quickly enough for effective shooting is not what it used to be.
I can still knock down 95%+ on skeet and trap. But after lying down for hours+ my shooting is not as good after the struggle to sit upright in a coffin blind

His pic is misleading. Lol. Jk.

I myself and somewhat young. And as for fit. Well rounds a shape right?

When I got my layout I was worried about being able to pop up easily. And when trying untie basement. It was less than smooth.

But as others said it would. Soon as someone called the shot in the field. I came up out of that thing like it was nothing. Amazing what the real life scenario will do versus practice.

I think of it like shooting a target verses an animal. On an animal hardly remember the shot let alone feel or hear it. It just happens. Verses the target where it hits all your senses. Layout is the same way for me.

[outback]

Mine I hit with the mud before each season begins. I hunt pretty much the same type fields so once stubble has been done I only touch them up every few times out. If I hunt different fields I may touch them up wit some of that fields plants.


As for the dekes we place some of them right in around the blinds to try and take away from the lump in the field look. Getting in and out is my physical fitness activity as well as a few sit ups every outing. Hunting waterfowl from a layout blind is very mentally healthy and a good physical/cardio workout. A few hours a few times a week is recommended.


outback

[greatwhite]

Yes I'm pretty young.

Greatwhite, you look young and fit in your avatar.
That is crucial for a layout blind.
As I get older and my back wears out more, my ability to sit up quickly enough for effective shooting is not what it used to be.
I can still knock down 95%+ on skeet and trap. But after lying down for hours+ my shooting is not as good after the struggle to sit upright in a coffin blind

Heyyyy... 46 is very young I still feel like I'm in my twenties just hurts a bit more sometimes.

His pic is misleading. Lol. Jk.

I myself and somewhat young. And as for fit. Well rounds a shape right?

When I got my layout I was worried about being able to pop up easily. And when trying untie basement. It was less than smooth.

But as others said it would. Soon as someone called the shot in the field. I came up out of that thing like it was nothing. Amazing what the real life scenario will do versus practice.

I think of it like shooting a target verses an animal. On an animal hardly remember the shot let alone feel or hear it. It just happens. Verses the target where it hits all your senses. Layout is the same way for me.

[Thymallus]

just a little addition to the "getting your blind ready" discussion. After mudding the blind, I put in a base layer of Avery real grass (there are lots of others) that I leave on all the time and then fill in with the exact stuff from the field to finish the look.