Has anyone used any other type of brush besides oak or willow? I have mainly used oak in the past but always wondered if other types will work. We don't have that many oaks on our land. Our blind is on the edge of buck brush. Thought about just loading it up with a ton of brush and not worry about the leaves coming off - bare sticks may blend better with the buckbrush anyway.
Types of Brush?
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You can do that but IMO nothing gives the 3D shadow effect like hardwood leaves. I have brushed my pits and blinds for years in oak. Looks crazy in rice, beans, and corn but it works. Oak is proven. Why take a chance..... Let us know if the other works out... I would say you could use camp netting and then buck brush...
TNGunsmoke
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I have seen several brushed in with cane, cypress, and corn stalks.
While I didn't brush the blind with it, I've cut sugar maple limbs that held their leaves 'til early spring sitting on the burn pile.
Willow works ok if cut before the 1st frost. Later than that and all you gonna have is bare limbs which may not be a bad thing.
Cane works but tends to turn yellow after time. You need to keep "freshening" it up during the season.
Cedar is hit or miss. I've used it and in short order turned bright orange. Other times, it has stayed dark but the dang needles dropping down the back of your neck and itching like crazy is a pain.
I don't know the proper name for it but we have used what we call stink weed. It grows around disturbed land and is quite fragrant all season long. It has a small seed that will get down the back of your neck and itch as well.
If you can find a mother lode, honeysuckle vine works pretty good but it takes a lot.
Willow works ok if cut before the 1st frost. Later than that and all you gonna have is bare limbs which may not be a bad thing.
Cane works but tends to turn yellow after time. You need to keep "freshening" it up during the season.
Cedar is hit or miss. I've used it and in short order turned bright orange. Other times, it has stayed dark but the dang needles dropping down the back of your neck and itching like crazy is a pain.
I don't know the proper name for it but we have used what we call stink weed. It grows around disturbed land and is quite fragrant all season long. It has a small seed that will get down the back of your neck and itch as well.
If you can find a mother lode, honeysuckle vine works pretty good but it takes a lot.
MickThompson
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If you want cane, dig up some roots over the winter and bury them around the blind. Don't let them dry out or they'll die. Now you'll have live, green cane to hide your blind in.
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I use whatever is natural in the area I'm hunting. My blind is in a cypress buckbrush bottom so I use buckbrush to blend it in. However, I believe brushing a blind well is important, but the MAIN thing on killing ducks is movement. Be still.
Southern Sportsman
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Once you go honeysuckle, you'll never go back. A few pieces of oak to hold everything in place and break it up a bit.
Dodge Man
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A good base of cedar that have turned brown, a good layer of oak limbs and then cover good with buck brush to help it blend in and look more natural.
Dodge Man said:
I like cedar until it finds its way down your collar.
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And it will.
