Face mask for the foreshore y n??

[utectok]

Worth it I find them a pain but wondering pros cons

[The Croc]

Definite yes, your boat stands out like a spotlight, especially if you keep bobbing up for a look around, gloves as well,

[terryfishing]

Found them very good, but hot

[mudpatten]

Get one with a cammo ball gag so that it does`nt stand out too much, and remember to keep the eye and mouth zips well lubricated or they will seize up in the salt atmosphere.

[The Essex Hunter]

I use a Army snood...pick them up at boot sales from 50p to a quid. I pull the back up over my neck and cap which keeps the wind out as well.

 

TEH

[kent]

Debatable, I often get a bad mount using them so I only use when I have to. Unlike deer Ducks and geese fly higher than our level and look down so a peaked cap should work fine if you don't gawp skywards but look at the dirt as the approach and KEEP STILL! I will take good shooting and best use of natural cover over a face mask any day. This very weekend a crow flew not 10ft across my front without a vail while waiting for the geese that subsequently only flared when I pointed the gun at them and looked up skywards - by then it was a bit late for some of them and four geese fell to six shots total over the weekend.

[Fatcatsplat]

Mesh ones work well - I have glasses and they tend to fog up if i use a balaclava/cloth mask - With the mesh jobbie i can breathe and see at the same time (which is quite convenient really!)

[Penelope]

Being follicley challenged, I find the mesh type with the leaf cut material good in warmer weather as the allow the air to blow through.

 

I do use one, but as kent says, staying still and not constantly looking up is more important.

 

Where I differ from kent's advice is that I prefer a beany/woolly hat than one with a peak as you can look up almost through your eyebrows with a beany type, whereas a hat with a peak forces you to raise you head more thus exposing more white face.

[sitty tree]

hello fella. for me it is the snood just bring it up to the eyes and use a wax cheese cutter cap . works for me and no sweating.

[WelshAndy]

Hi use one of these - http://www.countryinnovation.com/buff-merino-wool-black-549.html really warm too

 

Worn like this with a hat on.

 

Edited September 16, 2013 by WelshAndy

[Fal]

I go old school and grab a pile of mud and plaster my face in it!!

 

I wear a camo peak cap as I am super bald but I find mud works ok on your face and back of hands, keeping still is more important!

[nic]

even easier, grow a beard

[SuperGoose75]

I go old school and grab a pile of mud and plaster my face in it!!

 

I wear a camo peak cap as I am super bald but I find mud works ok on your face and back of hands, keeping still is more important!

 

Same here' have tried masks/veils over the years but i just dont find them comfortable. Face paint is also good but hard to wash off.

My forehead is usually covered with a hat of some description so i just streak some mud on the cheeks and nose.

Plus I love feeling the elements on my face and cant abide being too wrapped up.

Never have worn Gloves while fowling and never will.

[TIDES EDGE]

Definite yes, your boat stands out like a spotlight, especially if you keep bobbing up for a look around, gloves as well,

[Big Al]

even easier, grow a beard

Now I feel stupid. I grew a beard a year and a half ago and still wear a face mask. I've never tried without since.

I'll try it next time - but I'll also have the mask in my pocket!

[utectok]

Well ducks came in well enough this morning no face mask but might have been better with on I don't know they do steam up my glasses so I find them annoying

 

plus glasses, hat, aquavis shield, ear defenders how much stuff can u fit on your head!

[Big Mat]

I wear a fleece balaclava thing when it gets cold, keeps the face warm and it doesnt steam my glasses up!

[kent]

Being follicley challenged, I find the mesh type with the leaf cut material good in warmer weather as the allow the air to blow through.

 

I do use one, but as kent says, staying still and not constantly looking up is more important.

 

Where I differ from kent's advice is that I prefer a beany/woolly hat than one with a peak as you can look up almost through your eyebrows with a beany type, whereas a hat with a peak forces you to raise you head more thus exposing more white face.

I think you might find that it is a psychological plus to you to wear a bennie hat without the brim (it it of course impossible to see through eyebrows just as it is a peak). I have a couple of caps with too long a peak that curves constantly downwards, I struggle with these big time but the modern curved baseball type have a far shorter brim as do rifleman caps (designed so the peak does not collide with the eye-bell of the scope) there is a lot to be said for the deerstalker type hat also. Indeed the traditional tweed flat cap

[-Mongrel-]

I prefer a Buff myself in black go for the windproof one at least.

Edited September 16, 2013 by -Mongrel-

[tigger]

I wear a fleece balaclava thing when it gets cold, keeps the face warm and it doesnt steam my glasses up!

That's my choice for when the weather gets colder, mesh type army one for warmer weather....

[utectok]

Anyone tried this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B008KCLSWO looks cosey

[Grandalf]

No choice - Long grey/white beard does tend to show up a bit!

[figgy]

I use a cammo buff half polartec and half thin and stretchy, works a treat.

 

Figgy

[Mr-Sheen]

I have never worn one and felt like i have needed to, although i do shoot in quite a high collared jacket that does cover some portion of my face and i always wear a hat.

[dawntredder]

proper scary camo balaclava I use,scared the b,jesus oot of plenty fowlers walkn past me on cold winter mornings....its fun!!!....gloves nar there for poofs!