Mirror ground blind??
03-05-2009, 08:27 PM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: HENDERSON KY USA
Posts: 6,634
RE: Mirror ground blind??
ORIGINAL: Matt / PA
I think the key to it would be to simply make the sides angle downward X number of degrees so that it was only reflecting ground level surroundings out to a certain yardage. This would also eliminate sun glare and animal attacks unless an animal was right next to it looking upward.
The blind itself should be shaped like a Chinese take out box.......bigger on top sloping inward to the bottom.
Pretty simple concept and wicked if you really think about it.
The next trick would be making it portable, and practical. If you think about it you could do the same thing pretty easily with a full length mirror with a porthole cut in the glass to see.......I bet if you angled it down and simply walked slowly and quietly you could get scary close to a lot of animals. Put some handles on the backside to carry it and it might be the ultimate antelope spot and stalk blind. What's the animal going to see? Just more of everything around it.
I think the key to it would be to simply make the sides angle downward X number of degrees so that it was only reflecting ground level surroundings out to a certain yardage. This would also eliminate sun glare and animal attacks unless an animal was right next to it looking upward.
The blind itself should be shaped like a Chinese take out box.......bigger on top sloping inward to the bottom.
Pretty simple concept and wicked if you really think about it.
The next trick would be making it portable, and practical. If you think about it you could do the same thing pretty easily with a full length mirror with a porthole cut in the glass to see.......I bet if you angled it down and simply walked slowly and quietly you could get scary close to a lot of animals. Put some handles on the backside to carry it and it might be the ultimate antelope spot and stalk blind. What's the animal going to see? Just more of everything around it.
I was thinking the same thing.Angle it downward and most issues would be gone.
There has been a similar product on the market for years but it was just a 1 sided shield.
03-06-2009, 04:30 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Camden,MO
Posts: 2,546
RE: Mirror ground blind??
"There has been a similar product on the market for years but it was just a 1 sided shield. "
yea TFOXi believe it is called the stealth shield and i believe they evenhave some videos of it in use. Intriguing concept but me being who I am I am goin to be a skeptic.
yea TFOXi believe it is called the stealth shield and i believe they evenhave some videos of it in use. Intriguing concept but me being who I am I am goin to be a skeptic.
03-06-2009, 04:30 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: West Tennessee
Posts: 2,333
RE: Mirror ground blind??
ORIGINAL: ABarOfSoap
LOL that thing looks stupid, id rather hide from deer, not blind them.
LOL that thing looks stupid, id rather hide from deer, not blind them.
03-06-2009, 05:16 AM
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Upstate NY USA
Posts: 341
RE: Mirror ground blind??
ORIGINAL: mohunter82
"There has been a similar product on the market for years but it was just a 1 sided shield. "
yea TFOXi believe it is called the stealth shield and i believe they evenhave some videos of it in use. Intriguing concept but me being who I am I am goin to be a skeptic.
"There has been a similar product on the market for years but it was just a 1 sided shield. "
yea TFOXi believe it is called the stealth shield and i believe they evenhave some videos of it in use. Intriguing concept but me being who I am I am goin to be a skeptic.
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