Twice I hunted a prime spot last duck season and failed to fire a shot. I first tried an A-frame blind tucked into a tree line and then a layout blind in the open. The first blind was too tight to heavy cover, which ducks avoided. The second blind had a footprint that was too big and hard to conceal, so ducks flared.
As ducks continued to land in the flooded field by the thousands, my wheels kept turning. That’s when I decided to build my own, single-panel, low-profile blind. On the first hunt with my homemade