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Author Topic: Good way to add cover to your tree.  (Read 667 times)

Offline jonsimoneau

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Good way to add cover to your tree.
« on: August 13, 2015, 06:33:00 PM »
We were talking about this a little in another thread. Ryan Rothhaar has some great ideas on this but here is one I've been doing.
 

Just cut some 2 inch PVC at a 45 degree angle. Then down at the bottom where the angle is drill all the way through (2 holes) to where you can run some tie wire through it. I normally put 3 pieces on each piece of wire like is shown above but you can have more or less. Tie the wire around the tree and you can easily slide the PVC pieces wherever you want them. Then just stick some pine tree boughs in the open ends. In this picture I put this one on the back of the tree behind my stand. I just need to fill it with pine tree branches. I also put one below my stand on the same side of the tree. This way I can have pine tree branches angling up past my platform from below. Here is where you drill the holes. Fill them with branches and the deer won't have a clue!

 
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Offline ChuckC

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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2015, 07:33:00 PM »
Great tip, thanks !
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Offline Tyler C. Moore

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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2015, 07:49:00 PM »
Great idea.. I will be cutting pvc tomorrow. I have a setup that is in desperate need of just this !!
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2015, 07:54:00 PM »
Great idea Jon! Thanks!...I just love this site!

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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2015, 08:11:00 PM »
Good idea! For a more permanent application, I bet artificial Christmas tree branches would work great!

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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2015, 08:36:00 PM »
I saw that in the other thread Jon and I like it!
When you cut point branches how long will they hold their needles?  Are some species better than others?  I have a lot of Norway spruce - wonder how long they would hold?
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2015, 08:46:00 PM »
Cool Jon, Thanks Brother. Off to the garage.
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2015, 09:23:00 PM »
that is a good idea!  I have another trick we use here.  If there is a fallen tree(can't cut fresh stuff on public land), throw a rope over a limb and hang it on the back side of the tree from you.  It isn't much, but it is legal and it does break up your silhouette a little.
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2015, 09:39:00 PM »
I use the artificial Christmas trees but I'm going to incorporate the pvc now with the fake tree
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2015, 09:40:00 PM »
I use the artificial Christmas trees but I'm going to incorporate the pvc now with the fake tree
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Offline jonsimoneau

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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2015, 11:24:00 PM »
Thanks guys. Joe, pretty much any species of pine or cedar will hold the needles for a very long time. The needles will eventually turn brown but they will remain. As an example, 2 years ago I hung a stand and did this trick. I have not yet hunted it due to the situation not being right. I went to the stand last week to check on it and those pine boughs are STILL holding the needles. Oak branches also work well, but pine species are best. The Norway spruce will be just perfect for this. Thanks guys and good luck out there!
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2015, 11:31:00 PM »
Ryan Rothhaar also has some great ideas on this subject and nobody can argue with his success. Check out our thread called "Scouting a header and dreaming of November" to see how he does it. At the end of the thread he completely transforms a naked tree to a "birds nest" using similar methods as this. I love this stuff!
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2015, 11:35:00 PM »
Oh yea. Obviously, ya gotta paint the stuff. I just use rattle can primer paint. Black and grey both together matches the November Midwestern deer woods.
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2015, 11:37:00 PM »
Bisch good call artificial limbs would work great and be very permanent. I've got a couple really good stands where that would be a good idea.
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Offline Stump73

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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2015, 11:39:00 PM »
Good idea! Caan you show us a pic with it in use?
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2015, 11:50:00 PM »
DanielB89, perfect solution on public ground.i use this setup on public too. I just bring in the pine tree boughs from another location (private ground with permission). They are easy to setup and easy to remove if ya picked the wrong tree. (I hate that....hurts my feelings). Good luck guys!
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2015, 11:57:00 PM »
She'd hunter, I can do that. I'll be hanging a stand soon and using this. I'll do a step by step thing and report back. It really does help. I like it best when the deer don't know the boogy man is right there. That's the kinda stuff that makes me happy. 99 percent of the time I'm not shooting. Looking for the right one. But that only adds to the satisfaction of picking the right tree and getting the deer in "wolf range". I'll never get tired of it.
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2015, 01:30:00 PM »
That's a great idea, Jon - thanks for posting!

Roughly how long does each section of PVC have to be to hold the branches… ~12"?
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2015, 01:48:00 PM »
Nittanyrider 7 to 8 inches has been working fine for me.
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Re: Good way to add cover to your tree.
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2015, 09:58:00 AM »
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