I use burlap over the top of my blind. It cuts down on the black hole effect that a boat blind gives, allows visibility out, and restricts visibility in allowing for a little more movement in the blind. Mine is just ziptied to dowels, so when I keep it all rolled up until I get to my spot, put the blind up, and put the burlap sections up. They can be easily moved out of the way for shooting.

 

I used the Cordura 1000d and have been warm with a heater in temps below 10. It is currently in it's second season and is holdong up very well. On top of the cordura I have 3-d military style camo with grass attached. Seems to work well for the material part of your question. On the tops, good luck, I've tried 3 different ways to have a top on a blind and they looked better in the driveway than they ended up being as functional as I thought in hunting situations.

 

Very good idea T-Man, Thanks. I never thought of the dowel idea....
Do you just drape 1 big piece lengthwise across your blind when it is just you hunting? Or do you have it set up in sections, so as to allow for multiple hunters?

This may have just given me an idea.... :yes:

 

I used the Cordura 1000d and have been warm with a heater in temps below 10. It is currently in it's second season and is holdong up very well. On top of the cordura I have 3-d military style camo with grass attached. Seems to work well for the material part of your question. On the tops, good luck, I've tried 3 different ways to have a top on a blind and they looked better in the driveway than they ended up being functional in hunting situations.

Gear you may be exactly right dude. I actually have a big arse roll of camouflage cordura in my garage that I completely forgot about until you said that. :thumbsup:

I'm thinking about draping one long piece of the camo cordura along the top of the blind/opening/black hole lengthwise, then getting 2 -16ft pieces of 1" or greater dowel ( kinda like a broom stick ). Next, staple the cordura to the dowels on each side ( port and starboard ) then cut both the cordura and the dowel into 4 equal sized sections so as to allow for up to 4 people in the boat at a time. Last, I could add a couple of the aluminum broomstick holders to the top rails of the blind where the dowels can snap in and keep the camo secure and/or the weather and black hole out..... let me know if that sounds feasible. I'm open to the feedback either way.

 

Should work if you can make it durable enough.

 

870, this is what I use on my hardside blind, similar to T-mans method I think. I just staple waterproofed tarp onto 2x2's and add some camo material. I have enough to put over the whole length of the blind. You can close them easily so nothing can see in and you can look out through a crack. Keeps us warm, dry, and concealed. You might be able to use something like this. Just make sure you don't flip them off in the water with your blind. They can't go anywhere on my blind.

 

870, this is what I use on my hardside blind, similar to T-mans method I think. I just staple waterproofed tarp onto 2x2's and add some camo material. I have enough to put over the whole length of the blind. You can close them easily so nothing can see in and you can look out through a crack. Keeps us warm, dry, and concealed. You might be able to use something like this. Just make sure you don't flip them off in the water with your blind. They can't go anywhere on my blind.

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Thats exactly it.

 

Awesome stuff Cujo! :clapping:
Good ideas there. It reminded me that attaching the dowels perpendicularly to the beams would allow for more flexibility in the size of the openings, while keeping the covers strong enough to support the weight of some natural camo on top.
I will knock this out before I roll out at noon on Friday.