Camo umbrella - dumb idea?

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dave3006

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Has anyone ever experimented with a camo umbrella to break up your outline day calling?

In the desert, I usually try to sit Indian style by a bush. But, it really doesn’t hide me that well.

I’m thinking two very portable camo umbrellas would be an easy make shift blind. They would take seconds to put in place.

What do you think?
 
I think it would just be one more thing to carry and one more thing to get in the way, but give it a try and see what happens.
The only reason I ever get busted by a coyote is for moving to much, so I'm learning to sit still. If I'd only listened to me dearly departed mother when I was a kid :ROFLMAO:
 
Agree with Sprinkman… pick your spots and sit still. You don’t need the accessories (gadgets) if you have the skills. Learn the skills!
 
I think you mean to put between you and anything coming to the call so, maybe so. If I had a camo umbrella I would have to try just for funsies!
 
A friend came out from Virginia to hunt many years ago. He brought one. I don't think it helped any. It did come in useful though. We were walking in to a stand and came across a large rattlesnake. He wanted the skin. We didn't want to make noise. He pinned it's head against the ground with the tip of that umbrella and I cut it's head off with a piece of sharp shale rock.

- DAA
 
Widow maker 223 said:
Try a gillie top.
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I suspect the umbrella would be hard to keep from moving around in a breeze and always in the way, but that's just me.
Gillie tops work well, but not in S. Tx brush county where everything has thorns or bites. The gillie jacket hangs up on every bush you pass.
I like to use hand calls along w/the Foxpro which requires more movement than I would like and I always carry my shooting sticks anyway, so why not add a bit of gillie netting to the sticks to cover any necessary movements.
Always carried a 6", very powerful, pair of limb clippers which came in extremely handy in pruning a few small branches as necessary to prepare a hasty, impromptu "blind" in the thornbush. Then back into the hide and set up the shooting sticks in front. This helps mask any small movements one might make.
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I have use a "tree umbrella" (about a 60%) camo umbrella that collapses to about 15" and spreads to about 30" high and 5' wide at night on full moon nights in sets where I can't get into shadows. I sit on a swivel seat and about 1/2 of me is covered. I have killed some this way. Would I w/o it? Maybe/maybe not.
 
When I hunt in the daytime, I usually use this blind when doing recon and a doghouse pop up blind for extended hunts.
The camo pattern is great for north east foliage and it isn't that hard to customize it to the foliage in your area.
SJC
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I had a tan canvas material one, gave it a little rattle can, it was awesome for hunting ducks in the rain! I bet you could use it for all kind of temporary blind stuff
 
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