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Offline Sourdough

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Good Blind/ Good Way To Get Killed
« on: May 16, 2013, 07:36:48 AM »
My good buddy Larry runs a Plastics business, and makes custom work for his customers.  Now Larry has never hunted a day in his life, he is a city boy.  Well he thought he had a good idea for a hunting blind. 
 
A customer had him make some Mylar panels to place around her back yard to give it an appearance of being much larger.  Larry saw that it reflected the scene around it making it blend in with it's surroundings.  He sent me the idea, put these panels up and sit inside.  Animals would not be able to see you and the blind would be invisiable.  Yea right!  First Bull Moose, or Grizzly Bear that walked in front of it and saw it's own reflection would think it had a new invader in it's territory.  Good way to get killed when they charge the blind.  I learned that lesson when a friend in Eagle River tapped on his window and a Bull Moose charged his living room window when it saw it reflection.  Distroyed the living room.
 
Hated to bust Larry's bubble, but did not want him to get sued either when one of his customers got hurt or killed.
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Re: Good Blind/ Good Way To Get Killed
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2013, 08:42:53 AM »
sounds like that ghostblind thing.
sure wouldn't want one of those :(
yep. a big nice buck in rut seeing that
"other" big buck in his honeymoon area.
that's an accident waiting to happen.
like those elk and antelope hats :(
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Re: Good Blind/ Good Way To Get Killed
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2013, 08:49:53 AM »
Actually not a new concept. I recall seeing something like this advertized on the web in the last year or so. Could work quite well in areas that don't have dangerous game.....good deer/turkey blind in the midwest maybe.
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Re: Good Blind/ Good Way To Get Killed
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2013, 09:10:32 AM »
Heck, if it works that well, they ought to use it as stealth camo.
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Re: Good Blind/ Good Way To Get Killed
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2013, 01:39:48 PM »
They "kinda" work......... most I have seen still have some glare to them under the right conditions. Goose hunters in the 60s were using mirrors to crawl behind and sneak up on geese in the field.
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Re: Good Blind/ Good Way To Get Killed
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2013, 02:03:49 PM »
it would werk for turkeys but when they attacked, they would be to close to shoot.