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So you want to take a mate shooting, the answer is to shoot from
a hide, it can be quite a social thing. another big bonus that I find is your
shoot is only small suddenly it will increases to an enormity. This isn't
an invitation to go poaching, what I mean is your eyes will be following the
movement of birds well beyond your shoot boundaries adding interest and anticipation
to the day.
Of coarse there is a lot of considerations to take before success
can be yours. its no good chucking up a hide in the wrong place, is it? so this
is where you can get the wife and kids evolved, take them for regular walks to
the area you shoot but keep your eyes pealed, for the more you can observe the
birds natural habitats the more productive your shoot will be in given weather
conditions.
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nice
little spot set under the shadow of an oak tree, an active corner with 'sighty'
trees within easy range.
its
a shame the flash makes this hide look more obvious than it was. |
Consideration has to be
given to your hid , this can be quite simple to very elaborate but most of
all it should look natural. A good starting point would be a length or old
scrim net, together with a bit of string. Walk along the hedgerow in the
active area when you find a bit of a depression in amongst the base of it
a couple of bits of string suspending your scrim with a handful of
vegetation in front and away you go. Of coarse as age sets in more deeply
things like shelter from the elements come in to it, I use an ex army
poncho, a German one I think, they seemed nice and quiet to touch and are
100% waterproof, well they would be if you don't puncture them!
sometimes it used for just a roof , sometimes for a backdrop, and if the
weather is relay against you, both. One thing, always cover it with camo
or vegetation because the uniform colour and smooth texture will stick out like a poncho in
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| A word on that camo net, be careful when you bye it they sell
some real rubbish the shops, I think the quietness of the material is more
important than the looks. chose the sort sold in ex army shops for tank
coverings, there made of a rot proof netting with lightweight leafy material
tide on sparsely, a reduction in size and a moving of the leafy bits can have
this thickened up in no time and leave a bit of colour matching string to. |
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