Shooting house concealment

[cecil30-30]

So I got 2 shooting houses up. I know by the time November rolls around the deer will be accustomed to them and not pay much attention to them. A member mentioned planting something for concealment. I was thinking a vineing plant. Maybe honeysuckle??? Doesn't deer eat honey suckle? Any other thoughts for something I can plant directly under the houses.

 

[gatodoc]

I haven't planted anything under mine but let Mother Nature grow what she wished. Do keep a clear path to the stairs. In west TN on our best condo found deer had been bedding under the darn thing in October...

 

[Deer Assassin]

personally i wouldn't plant any thing

 

[Gravey]

^^^^^^let nature do her thing.

 

[Knothead]

^^^^^^let nature do her thing.

^^^^^ This. mother nature can be a good concealer in short time. This took only two years.

 

[TNGunsmoke]

I'd let nature do its thing, and make sure to keep my windows/shooting lanes cleared.

 

[skipperbrown]

Pine trees can grow 3' a year.

 

[BSK]

I wouldn't plant anything. I had video cameras running in the food plots when I installed my SC-2s. Deer absolutely freaked out the first time they saw them. 48 hours later, they couldn't have cared less and were feeding right in front of the stands.

 

[String Music]

Your access to and from the blind are more important than hiding the actual blind. The question is, can you get in and out of the blind while deer are feeding nearby?

 

[DoubleRidge]

I've read about people planting Egyptian Wheat to screen a food plot and around a shooting house for cover....but I've never tried it....I agree with others....the deer will become accustomed to the shooting house quickly....just let nature take it's course.

 

[Hduke86]

I would never plant honey suckle around or near it. I can only imagine what kind of a nice wasp,bee and hornet nest your blind would turn into.

 

[PossumSlayer]

Kudzu or planter boxes under the windows.

 

[backyardtndeer]

If cedars grew faster, would suggest using them. They can make a nice full cover, that stays all season long. I have transplanted a few of them at the bases of permanent stands to give cover to climb up in the stand.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

I wouldn't plant anything. I had video cameras running in the food plots when I installed my SC-2s. Deer absolutely freaked out the first time they saw them. 48 hours later, they couldn't have cared less and were feeding right in front of the stands.

This! The deer won't care after they've been there for a bit.