The Art of Concealment for the Successful Alaskan Waterfowler
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The Art of Concealment for the Successful Alaskan Waterfowler
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What You Need To Succeed
I've built many blinds over the years; some permanent and others made of woven grass in chicken wire which can be set up wherever I want. The problem has been that a permanent blind location on a hot spot today can turn cold for the rest of the season and provide little action and a lot of frustration. And setting up my "transportable" grass mats has the disadvantage of bulk and not matching the surrounding vegetation. So I began lying down in the mud to reduce my profile. A flat silhouette! With the appropriate matching camou pattern and color I could blend in and disappear from the wariest birds' scrutiny as they passed over my decoy setup. And my bird count for each season began to significantly increase. The only problem....it was pretty uncomfortable lying on the cold wet marsh for hours, and even difficult to rise and shoot once the ground conformed to your backside.
Although I use the Mummy Blind in barley fields for geese, on the tundra swamp for sandhill cranes and on the tidal flats for ducks, the problem is weight. The blind is 35 pounds of fiberglass...empty! Throw in a couple boxes of shells, 30 or 40 duck and goose decoys, your gun, thermos, camou netting and pad. Now you are up to seventy pounds easy. And dragging that "beast" across the dry marsh grass will have you sweating and soaking wet by the time you've traveled a half mile. But some days its worth it and occasionally there are enough rain puddles to follow to make the trek easier. NEXT PAGE.....Easy on the Wallet - Easy on the Bod
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Then one summer I spotted an ad for a fiberglass Mummy Blind made in Arkansas. And at that moment I knew I had discovered the solution for effective and comfortable Alaska waterfowl hunting. But with few distributors available for this product, it was an agonizing 3 weeks to get one shipped from Arkansas ....and at a total investment of $500. I'm sure most dedicated waterfowlers know this is an insignificant investment for the sport.