Things were pretty much as we left them, except for a few displaced animals trying to find higher ground. I took a ride out to the new to us blind with the guy that has the property, and everything, as you would image, was still under water. My main reasons for going out there was to see the route to the blind and find out where we could put our crab traps. Work is progressing nicely on the campsite, but we still have a ways to go to get it where we want it. This only means more weekends in paradise.
The amount of small alligators crossing, and or run over on the road was more than I'd seen in my travels down there in the last year. We have a big wad of Black bellies hanging around the camp and their sounds fill the morning air. They seemed to be excited about the fresh sheet water filling an adjacent cow pasture very near our camp. Watching them pour into this field stopped work on several occasions.
On the drive out, about a quarter mile from the camp, we had to stop to avoid hitting a spotted fawn. She may have been bedded down on a levee near the road and was flushed by some guys going out to take a look at their water situation. The poor thing was running down the middle of the road then turned and ran into a hog wire fence. It eventually made it to safety. I'm pretty sure mom wasn't too far off watching this unfold.
So, it looks like we have a new place to hunt, and the blind and blind area (pond) seems promising. We have more marsh around us and a tad more protection from the wind. Although, I had to use my imagination, as he explained in this high water, that their were pond boundaries lined with marsh grass. I'm really looking forward to teal season in this new place, and the new blind with boat hide connected will be something new to me.There was even a dog box of sorts next to the blind. Seems too easy at the moment...
......I'll be calling the other lessor today to give him the news...I hope he takes it well, as I don't like to burn bridges. If I could afford it, I'd keep both places.