Hiding a sneakbox in a cypress swamp

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Tom Hickman

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Guys I need help. Hunting out of my sneakbox in Virginia with fast grass. Although I am concealed the fast grass sticks out like a sore thumb!!! It is not a natural look, other than camo netting, I am lost as to what to use for total concealment. I hunt public land so total concealment is necessary to be able to have any chance. Any idea will be appreciated.
 
What are you hiding in? There's no better match than the real thing.

I've got a sheet of fast grass on the bow of my boat. It doesn't look quite right in the rice flats, but if I cut some rice stalks and weave them into the fast grass it looks a whole lot better. When I hunt the shoreline I'll find a couple of down branches and lay them over the top.
 
Most of the area is a backwater sloughs off a lake, oak, cedar, cypress trees . Some native grasses but not much other than that. I could paint the fast grass dark brown withe some lighter highlights in it and weave some branches into it
 
Tom,

Fellow Virginian here. If you decide to purchase raffia grass, I recommend jstern.com. I purchased raffia grass from them earlier this year and was pleased with the quality and the price. I purchased the raffia "natural" and dyed it with Rit dye to get the desired color. The dying process was not as bad as I had thought it would be. And, because I dyed it in bundles, the dye did not penetrate parts of the bundles and the grass did not come out uniform, which I think helps by adding contrasts. In the alternative, JStern offers the grass in several colors.

JStern does require a minimum purchase of 25 lbs, which was more than enough to cover my 17' skiff.
 
Tom. I heard this morning that central VA got a good frost. Its a good time to cut some cedar and it will last a god while. Most of the guys I hunt with up that way use the camo netting and add natural vegetation. Fast grass is the last thing you want to use if you're not in a marsh. It will stand out like a light. Set it up and walk away 100yds. You'll see what I mean. Even in our salt marshes here we have to mist it with spray paint to knock down the light color. Its just too bright.
 
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