When making a water decoy set for swans, any vegetation floating or sticking above the water should be removed. Swans don’t like landing where there is a chance of snagging or impaling their feet on objects.
Guide and calling-contest champion Nathan Garrett removes corn stalks and reeds from his decoy spread and brings them ashore to help camouflage a pit blind. Short pieces of tape, string or zip ties are used to tie the stalks and reeds into bundles. The bundles are then placed across the top of the blind. Hunters can adjust the bundles for covering up simply by sliding them along the opening.
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