Max4 Neotubs

[mwright]

We bought 6 Max 4 finishers 2 months ago. I now want Neotubs. I actually bought the last max 4 neo from Cabelas that they had in stock. I was attempting to locate 5 more when I ran across this web page and the rant from March.

The question is should I just buy shadow grass neos to go over the Max 4 finishers? After reading Toms post I wish I could exchange the Max 4 finishers, but I bought the finishers from a small store with a 30 day return policy so Im stuck with them.

Im a weekend warrior and do not get to field test as much as some guys, but the Max 4 blind bag seems to blend fine. Should I return the one neotub to Cabelas that I bought if Max 4 is really that bad & exchange for shadowgrass? I hunt rice fields in cental Ms. Any advice?

[Weatherby]

i would just keep it, mud the hell out of it like it should be and then grass it and nothing (the birds) will notice it anyway.

[Stephen Schwartz]

Just like Weatherby said.....mud it all.

Your blinds and neo tubs should be properly mudded to take off the 'new' look that all blinds have, so it wont matter if you have either camo showing.......

Now if for some reason your relying on the pattern alone, then i understand, but really and truly i dont think it will matter, just one nice coat of mud will make all blend together nice. Maybe add a little Killerweed or natural vegetation from wherever your hunting.

Good luck!

[Travis Mueller]

MUD, MUD, MUD, then MUD some more.

[mwright]

So if I understand what you are saying, I should put some mud on them.

Im fired up to hunt out of them this year in the middle of the action instead of sitting on the bank and watching them land right out of range.

[Rick Frisch]

A NeoTub will put you right in the action. When you put stubble in the CamoStraps, you won't be able to see the camo anyway.

Good Luck,

[Stephen Schwartz]

mwright

Yes put mud on them. Take you a 5 gallon bucket, get a nuetral color mud, not red clay or black swamp mud, but a nuetral color, and make a thick paste. Make it to where you can smear it on the blind easily.
Set your finisher up and start applying the mud in a nice thin layer all over the blind. THen set it out in the sun to dry. I dont know what everyone else does here, but i took a broom and knocked the bulk of the mud off, and whatever mud worked into the blind material stuck.
A second coat may be in order depending on the type of mud. But your shooting for that worn in look, make it blend in with the ground first, then add stubble for even more concealment.
But trust me with the way that material looks when its new, it almost has a shine to it. Dont get me wrong, they look great, but they stick out. New camo patterns in a stubble field is just a little too bold looking.
Let us know how it works.......