Hunter concealment system
View Patent ↗A hunter concealment system for effectively concealing a hunter without physically interfering with the hunter. The hunter concealment system includes a frame structure having a plurality of openings, a first rail and a second rail on opposing sides of each opening, a recoil unit attached to an end of each opening, a camouflage sheet retained within the recoil unit, a first connector attached to a handle member of the camouflage sheet, and a second connector attached to the frame for catchably receiving the first connector. The hunter concealment system is positioned over a goose pit or other location for the purpose of selectively concealing the hunter. When the hunter desires, they simply engage the handle member thereby releasing the first connector which allows the recoil unit to automatically draw the camouflage sheet into the recoil unit.
1. A method of operating a hunter concealment apparatus, said hunter concealment apparatus comprising a substantially flat frame structure having a plurality of openings therein, a plurality of biased recoil units, each attached to a first end of one of said openings, and a plurality of camouflage sheets, each connected to one of said biased recoil units, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) positioning said hunter concealment apparatus over a desired location such that a person can be positioned under said concealment apparatus;
(b) extending at least one of said camouflage sheets over one of the corresponding openings such that the person is at least partially concealed from view, wherein each said camouflage sheet is adapted to allow the person to see through said camouflage sheet to view objects positioned on an opposing side of said camouflage sheet; and
(c) automatically recoiling said camouflage sheet utilizing said biased recoil unit to provide the person access to the corresponding opening.
2. A method of concealing a hunter, said method comprising:
positioning a hunter concealment frame structure that includes at least one hunter access opening over a hunter reposing location;
extending a camouflage sheet in a biased manner to cover the hunter access opening, wherein the camouflage sheet is adapted to substantially conceal the hunter positioned in the hunter reposing location from view while simultaneously allowing the hunter to see through the camouflage sheet, thereby allowing the hunter to view prey on an opposing side of said camouflage sheet without the prey being able to view the hunter; and
automatically recoiling the camouflage sheet in a spring manner utilizing a biased recoil unit to allow the hunter access to the hunter access opening, wherein the camouflage sheet is connected to the biased recoil unit and the biased recoil unit is connected to the frame structure at one end of the hunter access opening.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein positioning the hunter concealment frame structure over a hunter reposing location comprises positioning the hunter concealment frame structure over a pit.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein extending the camouflage sheet comprises extending a plurality of camouflage sheets to cover a plurality of the hunter access openings within the hunter concealment frame structure to substantially conceal from view a plurality of hunters positioned in the hunter reposing location while simultaneously allowing each hunter to see through the camouflage sheets.
5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises:
replacing the camouflage sheet with a different camouflage sheet to correspond the surroundings of the hunter.