David.Evans Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Been on the web and most of the sites that do them but I'm ******** , if I can find one any ideas please lads Atb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Look for some desert net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Builder's hessian is all you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 I'm afraid I have no idea what builders hessian is. Can you see through it? However, when bales aren't available I use Tightchoke's desert net - in the middle of the field if necessary - and which works perfectly well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David.Evans Posted June 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Found the desert net on the web and it look fine ! Thanks motty , the hessian looks not bad either but I think it's the desert net for me thanks lads Atb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 (edited) Where are you wymberley????? I have three very large rolls of the stuff and yes it is excellent on stubble with a handful of straw thrown on it or tied on it. Not see through though, so some holes need cutting. OOOOPPS!!! Sorry David. didn't see you at the forefront. Birmingham ..north south east or west. Yep I have a lot of hessian as well. It works well with desert camo as you can have a foot at the top you can see through. Your very welcome to some. I get across to Coleshill area fairly often. Edited June 15, 2018 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, Walker570 said: Where are you wymberley????? I have three very large rolls of the stuff and yes it is excellent on stubble with a handful of straw thrown on it or tied on it. Not see through though, so some holes need cutting. East Devon. I don't suppose I'll need to use this method more than half a dozen times - if that - before I pack it all in, so will just stick with what I have. Many thanks though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, wymberley said: East Devon. I don't suppose I'll need to use this method more than half a dozen times - if that - before I pack it all in, so will just stick with what I have. Many thanks though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David.Evans Posted June 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Thanks Walker north Birmingham, erdington , I'll take some of you please . Next time your passing if I can return the favor any time just let me know Atb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 11 hours ago, motty said: Builder's hessian is all you need. Thumbs up for this + I have a roll of bamboo screen think it cost me about 6 quid from the garden center about 5 years ago, works a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David.Evans Posted June 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Just a big thank you to walker 570 meet up with him as planned, and true to his word , gave me a good length of hessian, what a nice bloke ! Thanks mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 My pleasure. Suggest you get some green and black spray paint and do a bit of graffity on it....not whilst standing on a railway line thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longstrider Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) If you're looking to put a hide up at the edge of the field rather than in the middle make it now with a few posts pushed/ knocked into the ground and string between them like washing lines. Have the strings about a foot apart from ground up to hide-height and drape each string with goose grass (sticky-willie or whatever you cal lit 'round your way) Old bits of netting or mesh are even better if you can lay hands on them. That way it will be green for now (and therefore usable) and as the goose grass dies and dries it turns the colour of stubble and blends in a treat. Build the posts and string bit of the hide well enough and the goose grass will drop seeds and re-grow up the strings next year to provide you with a new hide ready for use. Easiest 'good as permanent' hide going Edited June 21, 2018 by Longstrider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 ...and the hedge cutting starts 1st July Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longstrider Posted June 22, 2018 Report Share Posted June 22, 2018 20 hours ago, Walker570 said: ...and the hedge cutting starts 1st July It doesn't have to be against a hedge fella I have one of these hides built under a lone oak tree that the farmer is perfectly happy with because it's not in the way of anything. It's been there for about 4 years and is still going strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted June 22, 2018 Report Share Posted June 22, 2018 Longstrider, Many thanks for both posts - it was the lone oak tree that did it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 22, 2018 Report Share Posted June 22, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Longstrider said: It doesn't have to be against a hedge fella I have one of these hides built under a lone oak tree that the farmer is perfectly happy with because it's not in the way of anything. It's been there for about 4 years and is still going strong. I have a close firend who cuts hedges as a business and I get harangued every year about bits of camo getting wrapped in his blades etc etc. Careful what you leave behind. I agree a lone tree is an ideal place for a perment set up, especially if it has produced year after year. Never did have fancy camo netting and such back in my teens and we learned to build a hide from natural materials. Cannot be beaten. Trouble these days is hedges are so finely preened there is rarely anything handy to build a hide. Edited June 22, 2018 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) I made some from flat bed sheets,you can get straw/harvest colour,stitched 12" of clearview netting on the top for a vision panel and sliced the sheet with a Stanley knife to allow the wind to blow through,much easier to pack than Hessian and much lighter if it gets wet. And it's a good cost effective method. Edited June 24, 2018 by Bluebarrels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 i got mine from the bay,,,riverside at bolton its the harvest net in my avatar,,,is that what your after,its great when bales are left for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.