Anyone used Hessian to make a hide?

[sitsinhedges]

I was thinking of how to set up a hide in a field of swathed rape without disturbing the laid crop too much.

 

The idea of buying some hessian cloth from a upholsterer came to me.

 

I would like to know if anyone else had tried it yet and did it work

[gsm1968]

I shot plenty in South Africa from a hessian hide. Where ever the frost had killed the reeds,grass or in maize fields before and after combining. Always with good effect, and some exellent results.

It was a problem sometimes to make them blend in and not appear too square, but you could keep well down and out of site till the last moment. Some hessian has a course weave, that you can easily watch through and not be seen.

 

For the cost of a few feet of hessian to hang on your hide poles, it's worth a try.

[shakin stevens]

make cracking hides with it, i use sheep netting and the old sacks set up anywhere in the field even in the middle

the netting makes a good round hide i shoot sat down so its not to high then just use the hessian round the hide

doesnt get blown over and plenty of room to shoot.

[toolazydecoy]

dont know if this helps but i read in an andy mcnab book that they used to make quick camouflage material in the sas by getting hessian sacks and rubbing them in oil and grease and stuff with a broom

[UKPoacher]

We have several permanent hides built using builder's hessian. You can pick it up from Wickes or other builder's merchants.

[stripey999]

My mate and I used builders hessian last week in the middle of a field. We had a very small piece of desert camo too. We used a light coloured net over the hessian to break up the bland colour but we could have managed without it. Keep a low hide (we used fishing chairs to sit on) and consider a roof (we used a fishing brolly with hessian and the desert camo over it for the roof because it rained heavily). When the rain stopped we took down the brolly and used the camo net as the roof with hessian as hide screen. Worked a treat and we could see in all directions and nearly had a pig land on the hide.

[activeviii]

 

middle of a field, the only place we could set up without damage to crop.

 

 

 

 

bird tried to land on top of the hide a few times as well as on the wires above.

 

I have meters spare that i was going to put into 5 mtr lengths and put in the forsale for a fiver with a little help for postage.

 

 

Phil.

[motty]

I've used both hessian and desert camo in the middle of stubble fields. No roof required. Pigeons take no notice.

[snozzer]

I use Hessian two ways. One as a simple hide amongst bales, straight off the roll donated by some friendly bricklayers :-)

 

The other way I use it, is cut into strips and weaved into an old net, this works much better if it is windy as it does not act like a sail as much as a regular piece.

[Cranfield]

I also use hessian for hides (mostly out in the open), but would mention that because of its weave, it is a nightmare on a windy day.

If you are on stubbles (rape or cereals) and have some straw around, you can pile this against it and reduce the problem.

[2bangs]

I think I'll buy some of that and dye it different shades of green, would make a great cover for the truck hide.

[steve_b_wales]

Years ago, my mate who worked on the railways, gave me a hide that he made out of hessian sacks that he cut and sewed together. It proved good in the oat/wheat stubble fields.

[UKPoacher]

I've been shooting in the middle of a standing wheat field using one of these....

 

 

It drew quite a bit of pee taking from the farm manager until the shoot manager told him that I'd had over a hundred pigeons using it. The fact that you are covered from all sides and from above means that pigeons who don't know a tent from an elder bush fly confidentally into the deeks totally ignoring the hide.

[activeviii]

What a great idea. you can have a poo while shooting out your portAloo. hehe.

 

sorry that was a **** joke.

 

 

Phil.

[swiss.tony]

NO but used a cammo net like normal pigeon shooters

[gilo17]

I have meters spare that i was going to put into 5 mtr lengths and put in the forsale for a fiver with a little help for postage.

 

 

Phil.

 

Sounds reasonable let me know if you decide to do it?