blind flaps

[Marque]

Originally Posted by speck-addict

does anyone have any good designs of blind flaps? I'm looking at putting 4 flaps, i wanna make them and make them spring loaded if thats possible. anyone has any suggestions on how or a way how they have designed theres?

I've seen it done a bunch of ways. PVC is the easiest. Rebar will last the longest, but good luck spring loading them. The wooden ones suck. They are all a pain in the a$S for the most part. My neighbor has one on each side of his blind and when they both fold in cover the top. The rebar is like 1/4 or something and hinged inside 3 or 4 3/4" pipe thats welded on rebar and drove about a foot. Same principle with the PVC flap is smaller OD then hinge ID. Another buddy just has one on the back thats almost covers the width but you can see out of the front, easier to flip up but it sucks if the birds are behind you. I guess you could find some kind of spring loaded hinge that would work. I had some PVC ones for a while but got sick of messing with them. I just dress my blind really well, don't let anyone walk on the levee's to keep the grass uniform and not trampled. One way in one way out. I try to keep the middle of the blind covered and only usually hunt with one other person, two max in a 12'. It may help in a bigger blind, I really only hunt specks though and usually am a nazi about everyone staying down until I stop calling. I would probably use them if I hunted with kids or was guiding, but the boys that hunt with me ain't too nervous.