Finished the duck blind

[JBdrone]

Finished the duck blind today!

My carpenter friend did most of it. Made a 4'x 10' deck with 1"x6" boards to keep our feet out of the muck. Screwed tree branches vertically to the deck and then screwed horizontal branches on top of the vertical ones to create a frame.

Put a bunch of branches that have small twigs around the frame and wove tall grass throughout the twigs so the wind won't blow the grass away.

A few wood ducks were on the far side of the pond  watching us work. Hope they show back up Saturday.

[hammer4reel]

If ducks only flew three feet above the water it would be great .

but they don’t ,

top cover is way more important than side cover is .

for it to work well you need to not be seen from above , especially on circling ducks .

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[JBdrone]

Agreed. From the perspective of this one picture I see why you say that. However, what the picture doesn't show is the canopy of trees over the blind. We're tucked right back against thick woods. The blind is completely covered from over head and behind.

We shoot ducks every year from this spot. But this year our feet and gear won't be getting muddy!

[JBdrone]

Here is a photo of the blind from the front taken with a drone in the air (the angle of sight a duck would have). The actual blind is hard to see but that is kind of the point. Come on duck season, get here already!

[Rem Mag]

Man that pic makes it look really open !  Was going to say basically the same as Hammer but if you know it's a proven spot and have the overhead concealment then shoot em up  Good luck this season !

[Rem Mag]

5 minutes ago, JBdrone said:

Here is a photo of the blind from the front taken with a drone in the air (the angle of sight a duck would have). The actual blind is hard to see but that is kind of the point. Come on duck season, get here already!

Well now that looks pretty darn good !

Edited October 8, 2023 by Rem Mag

[Tarhunt]

My son that's in the Air Force and some of his buddies did well last week on the ducks in Montana.

[tuny]

Here's my latest creation. Good luck to all you "woods carpenters", hope your blinds work for you.

Edited October 8, 2023 by tuny

[Sako1]

I see a can of woop-ass in your future. Looks like a great spot and blind!

[electricstart]

Nice