I am working on a design for a PVC-framed portable blind for which I will need some OK-to-good-quality camouflage netting. There's a lot of junk out there on Amazon and E-Bay and I am wondering if any of you have found a reliable source that you're pleased with. I am looking for the real thing: netting with metal links holding net to camouflage and like most of you out there, I can't afford the gold-plated brand new stuff. Will be needing a length of about 22' long X 7' high, give or take a bit. More than one section is OK, as it can be spliced together.
The frame idea is pretty interesting to me as I have been thinking about it quite a bit, and have not yet seen it out there in Crow Buster land. I should have it put together in the next couple of weeks. However, it will look pretty funny to the crows if I don't have some camo wrapped around it.
Thanks in advance.
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Just a suggestion, but if you have thorns or briars where you hunt I would stick to burlap. The netting is not nearly as forgiving as the burlap when you hang it up in a briar patch. I started with burlap and then switched to the Mil spec which cost about $100 if memory serves me. I then switched back to the burlap as it was a pain to deal with. It had the nylon cord cross netting as a backing with the hog rings attaching the rip stop fabric. Even with the reinforcements of the nylon, it still tore. The other thing is we could not tell the difference between the effectiveness of the two. The cost difference is significant per yard.
Good luck with your project.
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"If money can fix it, it ain't broke" The great theologian and my crow hunting partner AW.
Noted. Will consider all fabric (and other) experience from you guys out there, as I figger' this out. Thanks!
I 'm going to try to set up in more open areas and avoid tree lines as much as possible, except for hedgerows where I can fit in between a break in the hedgerow--that's this year's plan, anyway. Wood lines around here seem to have a lot of brambles with sharp pointy things attached (ever heard of "wait-a-minute vines?"), intermixed with poison ivy. This is a banner year for poison ivy in SW MI this year so far!
Hedgerows seem better during my recons so far. I've scoped out a couple of these with the necessary breaks, with one near a big manure field.
25 days to go until MI crow season.
Oh wow! Just noticed that this was my 333rd post. I was a battery commander in the 333rd Field Artillery Regiment. I guess I should announce when I get my 333rd crow also--don't hold your breath.
-- Edited by Old Artilleryman on Monday 7th of July 2014 11:06:21 AM
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You can actually get that Military grade brown and green stuff like the UK uses. it is rugged and practically dirt cheap. George digweed uses the same stuff!
You can actually get that Military grade brown and green stuff like the UK uses. it is rugged and practically dirt cheap. George digweed uses the same stuff!
OK, I'll bite...do you know a reliable source for the stuff?
I just found a piece on Craig's List that might work and I'm going to take a look tomorrow. Thanks.
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"Arms are the only true badges of liberty. The possession of arms is the distinction of a free man from a slave." -- Andrew Fletcher 1698
You are right but i think once a gun leaves the shelf it gets devalued-I don't know...around here you buy it and then try it with the option of bringing it back..
Thought hard about burlap. However, I enjoy cussing out camo nets. Did it for too many years I guess. Found my source at, Guess where?--Wal-Mart (large piece--reasonable price) and Craig's list (smaller piece, same manufacturer, dirt cheap).