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Match Your SurroundingsUse the following guidelines to help you effectively match your surroundings. Ducks and geese can easily detect profiles that are out of place in a natural environment, especially as the season progresses. Although you may get by with a high profile blind early in the season, this will not be the case later in the season as the birds "wise-up". Waterfowl are masters at learning, adapting and avoiding potential danger. These sure sounds simple and it certainly is, but it never ceases to amaze us how often this guideline is not followed. Whether it is the camo that you are wearing, the material that your blind may be constructed of or the vegetation you choose to brush up your blind with, try to match your surrounding as closely as possible. Regardless of the camo pattern you wear or the material that you use to construct or brush up your blind with, it is vitally important that you closely match the surrounding colors. Ducks and geese can easily distinguish changes in color. So if you or your blind is either much darker or much lighter than the surrounding vegetation, it only gives the ducks and geese another reason to be wary when they choose to work your spread. A neutral color is just that, neutral. It can be used in many different surroundings and although it may not match perfectly your surroundings, it does not stick out rather, it subtly blends in. Evaluate the different areas you'll hunt in any given year and try and choose a pattern that will blend in best in all of these locations. Email this page to a friend. To Become A Member1 Year Subscription To TakeEm........ $24.95 Click here to join now. |
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