Camo Painting Deer Blind

The high number of rods help them see very well at night.

Camo painting deer blind.

Sand the wood lightly and then wipe it off with a damp cloth to remove all dust or debris. Allen company vanish hunting blind burlap 12 ft x 56 in 12ft x 54 in mossy oak realtree camo for hunting ground blinds and tree stands 4 6 out of 5 stars 622 14 95 14. Painting preparation before painting your blind you must prepare the exterior surfaces so that they will accept the paint. After you prime your wood that you will use in your deer stand apply green brown and black as shown in the video below.

Hold your stencil up to the item you are painting and spray lightly in spots all over the stencil using your lightest color of spray paint. Though you can build your own wooden deer blinds and camouflage it with paint homemade bow hunting blinds aren t as reliable and safe as an engineered one. Well fall is almost here and it s work day at the lower delaware club. Sintax77 and i head down to camo up two new box type blinds that where built this past.

Use the olive to blend in colors and touch up any bright spots. Then mix the 3 paints to create a dark olive color. Apply an exterior grade waterproof primer next. By using a little paint and even taking advantage of some weedy growth within the berm you can effectively keep deer from seeing your blind let alone ever knowing that they are actually being hunted.

The trade off of having more rods and less cones is that they are not able to see color as well. A black base works well for hunting in woods and is the form of camouflage painting done by most diyers however a desert khaki or snow white base are also options. Research by the university of georgia has found that deer eyes have many more rods and less cones relative to humans. Deer are not color blind but their vision is different from ours.

Make sure to get all this work done well in advance of archery season so the deer have time to get used to the new trees that mysteriously sprouted up overnight.