Camo - a matter of perspective

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ScottCK

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this is the same boat on different days and from different levels the final photo is from my drone and was shocking.... ended up getting a bunch of dark paint and more camo the next day


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from ground level, I thought the camo was ok. but as soon as I looked at the drone photo, I knew why birds were not making it all the way in. BTW, it is also interesting to see what a robo or spasher decoy look like from a couple hundred yards up and out.
 
I always have found it informative to see faces. I flew lots of surveys and could always see big bright faces in otherwise good looking blinds. They were a dead giveaway.
 
Scott I can't see what is under the netting but it appears to be large blocks of color which is consistent with trying to hide a large object and break up the overall outline. Some of the most successful tank camouflage is nothing more that large blocks of color matching the environment they are deployed in, with of setting high highlights both dark and light. The small camo patterns do nothing but look like a large blob at a distance and do not break up the shape of the object so unless it matches the background perfectly (say in a marsh) it jumps out.

It looks like what is on the hull would blend nice, maybe add a netting of your own doing that is a larger pattern. Good luck
 
I don't think the color is the problem, especially when against the trees/stumps in the first two shots. Nor the last one, looks a lot like that tree leaning down on the right.
my 2 Cents: Walk over to the shore, cut a few branches to put in front of the hull to break up the outline & add some depth and I think you'd see a big difference.
Put a couple of geese right in front of the boat too.
 
Someone on here has a signature about building a low profile duck boat and then putting a high profile blind on it. It's hard to hide a large duck boat without spending a serious amount of time to blend in with your surrounding landscape.

We are losing so much habitat along the Gulf coast marsh that I've resigned myself to hunting only low profile marsh boats (Carsten's Pintail and Four Rivers Refuge Runner) so I can get as low a profile that I can and drag local vegetation onto the boat to blend into floating water hyacinth and duck potato.
 
If at all possible when I,m setting up my boat blinds I,ll try to do it in a shaded area or at least with sun to my back. Sometimes hard to manage according to wind direction. Helps keep your blind from being lit up like your last pic. Ever notice how first thing in a.m. before it gets bright birds roll right in but once sun washs out your blind they stop finishing? And a little natural vegetation in front of hull helps greatly.
 
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