Painted blinds- need pics

[Brian Hall]

Could someone who has custome painted some Khaki power hunters or finishers please post up some pics.

I am trying to get some ideas for next year.

Thanks

[Rhett Riddle]

Does killer weed not work better than painting them in your area?

[Brian Hall]

Sometimes (especially with the drought) we hunt mud flats and other areas that are very sparse with vegitation.

I was thinking about adding a Nat gear type pattern to my Khaki blinds.

[Brett Beinke]

Brian that is exactly what I did. I know have some khaki Power Hunters and a Natural Gear one as well. I have not painted up the Natural Gear one. I have painted up my Khakis. I just painted to match dirt. The nice thing about painting them is the areas that you paint really hold mud a lot better then the areas without it. It has really helped in blending in in areas with little or no vegetation.

[chprblst]

What kind of paint do you use and how do you apply it? Some pics would be great.

[RyanBarthel]

If my trailer wasn't buried in 3 feet of snow I would get you some pics. I just found some cheap brown spray paint to use. Makes a big difference on the newer khaki blinds.

[Ryan Kleinschmidt]

If my trailer wasn't buried in 3 feet of snow I would get you some pics. I just found some cheap brown spray paint to use. Makes a big difference on the newer khaki blinds.


Get out the shovel!!:D

[Walt McCord]

Does killer weed not work better than painting them in your area?

I would rather use weed killer!!

[chprblst]

I finaly dug mine out a week ago. I just couldnt take it anymore.


Did you paint the entire blind a flat brown?

[BoonMan]

Here are a few links that should get your started on ideas
http://forum.averyoutdoors.com/showthread.php?t=19966&highlight=doug+spray
http://forum.averyoutdoors.com/showthread.php?t=20336&highlight=sand+paint


Good luck with it, I spray painted my finisher two years ago with kahki Krylon camo and also the brown camo lightly in places.. Sorry I don't have any pictures of it unstubbled
I can show you this picture of it stubbled up mine is the one in the middle

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d49/brobones/DSC_0864.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d49/brobones/DSC_0859-1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d49/brobones/Sept260063Sept263manlimit.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d49/brobones/Sept260060Sept263manlimit.jpg

And of course when you have things work out in your favour and your blinds are hidden very well

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d49/brobones/Sept260073Sept263manlimit-1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d49/brobones/Sharar20bluelimitheaddown.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d49/brobones/GREENWHITE033.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d49/brobones/Picture049.jpg

[quackaddict]

Thats a a sweet snow spread you have BoonMan, are those pictures current as in this spring season?

[Joe Fladeland]

Great shots BoonMan. That blind looks great.

[Black River]

what are those black birds in one of your pics?

[Barleysoda]

Good luck with it, I spray painted my finisher two years ago with kahki Krylon camo and also the brown camo lightly in places.. Sorry I don't have any pictures of it unstubbled
I can show you this picture of it stubbled up mine is the one in the middle

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d49/brobones/DSC_0864.jpg




Am I missing something? I mean it sures is a pretty field and I am sure it will grow you lots of cabbage or whatever but why post pictures of boring empty fields?:D

JK...I cant believe how hidden those blinds are!!! That is sweet.

[Doug Steinke]

Along the lines of what Brett was saying, I used to paint all of my khaki blinds sandbar color but, since I started using NatGear I haven't done much. I still lightly spray them with flat tan just to take off the shine. I hate mudding blinds, so much so I paid a youth field staffer to do one for me.

Non painted straight out of the box NatGear.
http://forum.averyoutdoors.com/showthread.php?t=23258&highlight=doug+steinke+natgear


Painted
http://webpages.charter.net/silverbellies/sandb.jpg

[BoonMan]

what are those black birds in one of your pics?
Black River are you referring to the picture with the green heads and one drake pintail on the blind with my golden to the left???
If that is the picture those are all juvie snows or blues in that picture. That morning I shot all juvie birds. The very dark ones with lighter backs near their tail feathers are juvie blues...


That snow spread is from last fall, I will have another one almost like that for the spring but add about another 150 blues to it.

[Rob Jepson]

Great photo references guys...those visuals really, really help!

[Patrice Picard]

BoonMan, your a lucky guy to hunt with such great partner:D

Claude and his wife are really great people.

[BoonMan]

Pat your right great friends are had to come by but great hunting partners are even tougher to find. Claude and Francoise are fantastic people one will only met people like them a few times in a life time... I am very lucky to have met them...

[Black River]

Yep, that is the pic I was referring to. Never seen juvie blues colored up quite like that or that dark. Maybe it's just the lighting though.

[BoonMan]

By the time they get down that far south to your neck of the woods AR, they might be a bit differnet in color.

Here check out this picture of a juvenile blue
http://content.ornith.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/JOS_120502_00058Z_S.jpg

[CurrituckBoy]

Very cool guys,

I have never needed to repaint the blinds but that is because of the fields we hunt

Michael

[Black River]

Yeah, they are a bit lighter in color than that one in the picture. At least the ones I have taken were.