![]() ![]() Raffia grass is cheap enough to purchase and doesn’t cost a lot to die. If you can’t use natural grass then you can always use the popular method of dying some raffia grass to use. Remember to make sure you have permission from the farmer or landowner before you start digging up a field for cover. ![]() It might not just be grass that you can work into the blind, there may be other natural resources that can be collected and use for concealment such as hay, weeds, vegetation and dirt. There may be other stuff you can use as cover depending on the type of field you are hunting in such as a pasture, corn field, dirt field etc. The aim is to try and match your surroundings and blend in, so if we’re talking about hiding in short grass, then you’ll need to collect some matching grass and cover up as much of the outer blind as possible with it. You won’t know exactly how your blind will blend in with surrundoing grass before your hunt, this is why it’s important to try and get ahead of things the night before, and find natural grass that you can collect and use on your blind. Once you have the spot sorted and have the blind as low as you can get it without digging a massive trench, brush the layout blind to match your surroundings. A simple pack or bag can be used to support your head. This will reduce the overall height of your blind and allow you to get down even lower. Once you have your spot sorted (hopefully from the night before), you can dig your layout blind into the field providing you have permission from the farmer or landowner to do so.Īlthough you can’t exactly dig a deep pit for your blind, you should at least make a reasonable effort to get your blind dug into the field slightly, just to lower your overall profile and reduce shadow sizes.Īnother way of lowering your profile ever so slightly is to remove the metal frame from inside your layout blind. This eliminates the need to scramble around looking for a spot, trying to work out what cover you need to imitate, or casting large off-putting shadows throughout the day. If this is an option you should definitely take it as it gives you more time to get the blind looking like your surroundings, and get it concealed without drawing any attention to yourself during the waterfowl hunt. The first thing to consider is If you are able to get into the field the night before and get your layout blind set up beforehand. Here are our top tips for hiding a layout blind in short grass to avoid detection from those waterfowl. There are lots of different solutions for concealing yourself in short grass, with a lot of it coming down to understanding and copying the type of field you will be lying in. ![]() If the grass is short and you assemble your layout blind as you normally would, you’ll stick out like a sore thumb and would be as well sitting on a deck chair to shoot the waterfowl around. This makes blending in even more challenging in shorter grass. The field may also lack cover such as vegetation, grass, hay, dirt, corn, etc. Sometimes you may be limited in your options for placement and have to assemble your layout blind in a field with short to no grass at all. Layout blinds are designed to help you stay camouflaged while lying down so that you can line up that perfect shot on some geese or ducks.īlind placement is one thing and you want to blend in as best as possible.
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