For background cover you can create your own cover holder out of PVC pipe. I’ll try to explain how to do it through print and include a few pictures of one in use. Unfortunately I don’t have one that I can take pictures of that is not in use.
You can make this holder as long as you need it and place it anywhere on the tree, or in your case pole, to give you the most cover. The background cover you use can be any type of vegetation.
The one that I will show is 1.5’ or 2’ long and is made out of 2” electrical conduit. Any type of plastic pipe will work, you don’t have to use electrical conduit and you can use a larger diameter pipe if you want.
1.) Cut the pipe to the length you want. 2’, 4’, 6’ whatever length works for you.
2.) Drill two or three holes in a line down the pipe on one side (if there is such a thing as a side on a round object). These holes need to be big enough for a 5/16” or 3/8” lag bolt to pass through. I would put one hole 2” down from the top and one 2” up from the bottom and one in the middle for a longer section of pipe. A 2’ or 3’ piece would only need two of these holes, while a 4’ and larger piece may need three of these holes.
3.) 180 degrees from the holes drilled in step 2 drill a 1.375” hole that will be in line with each of the holes drilled in step 2. The objective is to make these holes big enough to get a socket head through so check the diameter of the socket that you are using before drilling these holes.
4.) Drill several through holes down the length of the pipe. I used a 1.375” diameter hole saw for these holes and I spaced them approximately 1.75” apart from each other. The objective is to have as many of these holes going down both “sides” of the pipe as possible. These holes need to be at lease 1.375” in diameter, because these are the holes you will use to stuff your background cover into.
5.) Once all the holes are drilled mount the pipe to the tree you intend to hunt from using lag bolts.
6.) Stuff you background cover (cedar boughs, pine boughs, branches with dried leaves, grass, weeds, etc… Anything that will fit in the holes in the pipe and breakup your form will work.
That’s it. Here are some pictures of one in use.
Also, one of these cut to 1.5’ or 2’ long can also be used on the ground to create an instant bush while ground hunting. Just push a stake (stick) in the ground, drop the conduit piece onto the stick (so the pipe stands vertically), stuff the 1.375” holes with cover material and get into your hide.
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