How are you guys attaching blind grass to your boats? I’m talking about the raffia style grass not the knitted sheets. I think tanglefree calls it stealth grass. I have an Avery quickset blind on my boat and it’s got some chinsy feeling little rope squares on the outside of the camo netting. Do you take small groups of the grass and tie it to the squares? I can’t see zip tying it it would take a million zip ties. Suggestions welcome! Attached File

I don’t use zip ties, just grab a fistful of raffia and attach it to the brush loops via a cow hitch knot.

Hate to say it but 8 million zip ties for me.  This is original fast grass for the bottom layer and lots of other mixed real and fake vegetation added every year.  I have so many layers on my boat it is crazy, but adds to the camo effect.  I am lucky my boat lives in the garage so the camo does not get beat up by the weather, only driving down the road.

Early season we add cedar branches to add some green (early sept goose) they hold up great and the birds don't give them a second look.

For the picture you posted, I would ditch the boat and be on shore with a natural blind/A frame or layouts, use the shadows of the bank to your advantage, the boat sticks out way too much.

ETA  boat is a 1760 with a hard side blind

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Taken this morning diver hunting..
Johnson and pampas grass on the Chain-O-Lakes in northern Illinois blends in, along with willow branches.

I’m lucky the boat lives in the garage as well. Unfortunately this spot in the first post photo I’m allowed to hunt the water but not the shore in the area in the pic.


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Depending on length of the drive and how much damage, it might be worth tarping it before hitting the road.  Harbor Freight sells adequate canvas tarps for mostly reasonable prices.  Well strapped down, it shouldn't go anywhere.  


Came across this thread by random in active topics wondering why grass might be blind.

Only 45 min to an hour drives, the wind actually "fluffs" the grass some.  Life is to short to tarp a duck boat  

We string "shock cord" around the blind at 12" vertical increments.  Allows all sorts of brushing in to work.

NOTE: the blind I'm referring to has a rigid metal frame.  This allows the shock-cord to have tie-off points, and maintain tension.  Soft blind like yours ... zipties.  Lots and lots and lots of zipties.

It might be worth your time to build a four panel rigid frame that can lay down in the boat during transport.  PVC or metal conduit works great.

I ordered some stealth grass from tanglefree and will update with pics when I install it. Side note my middle son got his first green head this past weekend. We normally shoot piles of teal so the green head was a treat.

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Got a little bit of grass on it. Added more after our hunt. I ordered 10lbs and surprisingly have like 3-4lbs on it in the driveway photo. A little bit goes a long way which is nice. Need to find more time to add to it, it’s a lot more time consuming than I thought it would be.

Looking good,  you would definitely blend into the riverbanks where I hunt.
Just watch you overhead for dark bloobs (interior shadows), they don't show up at first light but an hour or 2 in they are more pronounced.
We make "bolling pins", basically a knotted chunk of grass woven around the top of the blind.
You can pivot different ways .

It is still killing me you cant hunt on the dry land behind you  You could hide a large army on that shore line.

One thing that has worked incredibly well for us is placing "trees" ( we use small cedar trees) in front of the boat to break up the outline when there is almost no cover.  Looks like in your location it may be palm fronds, but oak, willow or any local trees that hold their leaves work.  I have no idea why, but birds loose their wariness with the boat "blob" broken up.

Cut some leafy trees and stick them in the mud in front of the boat next hunt and I almost guarantee it will help in your situation.  Kind of a shit picture from in the boat, but you get the idea.

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