How to grow a "living" blind

BAK · October 30, 2015, 01:26:00 PM

I've got a couple of spots that could benefit from sort of Living blind. A patch of some sort of tall grass, maybe even sorghum or some such that I could sit in with a Gillie and stay concealed.

Anyone else done this? If so what did you plant? Tried corn but it was destroyed too rapidly.

LookMomNoSights · October 30, 2015, 01:31:00 PM

There are some weeds in my back yard that seem to have no trouble growing 4 feet tall every year.....despite weed whacking them down to a stump every late summer/early fall. If I knew what they were Id tell ya

Or maybe send you some seeds!!!!

Slickhead · October 30, 2015, 01:37:00 PM

Have you ever thought of a wire frame and honeysuckle?
Or morning glories
Cucumbers?
Any vineing plant would work well

Biathlonman · October 30, 2015, 01:38:00 PM

bamboo?

Zradix · October 30, 2015, 02:15:00 PM

I planted some evergreens once for that.
Forget what they were..some kinds of thuja or something like that.

Worked pretty good.
I don't hunt there anymore, but in a few years it was a great hiding spot. I had to cut out shooting holes...lol.

Alexander Traditional · October 30, 2015, 02:36:00 PM

My dad sees how much i've gotten involved in bowhunting,and wanted me to come down to the house and try to get one where I grew up on his place.

We've got some big mesquite trees,and the cows have made like a canopy under this one tree. The limbs go all the way to the ground,but where the cows stand under it they have kept it cleared out underneath. We cut some holes in the branches and have rye grass planted out in front. It's some pretty good cover and hopefully I can get one there this year.

Here are some pictures of what I'm talking about.

Alexander Traditional · October 30, 2015, 02:38:00 PM

Alexander Traditional · October 30, 2015, 02:39:00 PM

October 30, 2015, 02:45:00 PM

We have cedar shrub sized trees here. My wife likes to nip a pocket into a grouping of them. They are considered to be an invasive species and on prairie state land, they get cut back every few years.

Longtoke · October 30, 2015, 02:47:00 PM

kosher weed will grow about anywhere and get really tall. You could also plant feed varieties of milo which also grow very tall. those work well as you can trim them the shape you like and cut your own shooting lanes. Unless you were thinking of something more permanent.

foxbo · October 30, 2015, 07:31:00 PM

If it's out in the open, plant corn.

Sam McMichael · October 30, 2015, 09:29:00 PM

I have set out some nandina (sp?) It grows fast and spreads easily. It likes shade or sun.

Stump73 · October 30, 2015, 11:00:00 PM

Get u a base started like a bunch of dead limbs piled up to make a blind then plant blackberry bushes and honey suckle around the outside. You can also plant some pine trees close together and trim some limbs to shoot through.

goobersan · October 31, 2015, 12:13:00 AM

Hop rhizomes are pretty cheap to get. A simple frame or fence would work like Slickhead suggested. Deer wont eat them and should get pretty thick by hunting season

**DONOTDELETE** · October 31, 2015, 01:08:00 AM

How bout Cannabis? Natural cover scent too.

On second thought... you better check your regulations on that type of foliage being legal. It is in Oregon now.

Elkchaser · October 31, 2015, 01:32:00 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Kirkll:
How bout Cannabis? Natural cover scent too.

October 31, 2015, 01:35:00 AM

Hey dude, if you keep at it long enough, you can smoke your way through until you can shoot out of both sides of a good patch. Just remember that the dancing clowns and pink flying fairies are evil and they will get you.

Zradix · October 31, 2015, 07:36:00 AM

LOL!

That is one thought provoking post..lol

ChuckC · October 31, 2015, 09:36:00 AM

A wire or woven stick frame placed where it will support the natural grass, honeysuckle, or similar plants ( keeps them upright and forms a wall of the hide). Throw some fertilizer around at the base of the form early in the year ( a couple small applications during the year).

I like finding down trees in the marsh for this reason, the branches support the grass enough to give you a couple feet or more of blind.

ChuckC

BAK · October 31, 2015, 11:02:00 AM

Some good ideas but a couple were a bit "out of it". LOL