Marsh Bear wrote:DC is that a fiberglass pit?
We have 3 blinds that are fiberglass but they are individual cubicles, we put 3 together to make a blind - they have been used in our marsh for over 35 years.
Good luck finishing next weekend - and a promise from the weatherman of cooler temps.
BGcorey wrote:you and me bothDarren wrote:Man oh man that looks like FUN! Great work, I'd love to have a setup like that at our marsh, just can't get the crew on board to muster the funding for the pit, but damn would it be effective. Looks like you will have good weather this weekend to work with now that all the hard work is behind you, of course.
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BGcorey wrote:I gotta feeling DC’s only complaint this upcoming big duck season will be “they were too close” couldn’t shoot
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Darren wrote:BGcorey wrote:you and me bothDarren wrote:Man oh man that looks like FUN! Great work, I'd love to have a setup like that at our marsh, just can't get the crew on board to muster the funding for the pit, but damn would it be effective. Looks like you will have good weather this weekend to work with now that all the hard work is behind you, of course.
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As lights out as they'd be, no one in the area uses them. Can't blame the crowd that hunts broken marsh that's constantly in a state of flux (erosion) BUT our few ponds were Katrina-proof so would be a pretty safe bet to do an install of a couple of them on our go-to ponds.
Just need the $$$, no big deal, minor detail. And coerce Dave C and his crew that's now experienced in the art of sinking in the marsh to come oversee the effort.
Darren wrote:As lights out as they'd be, no one in the area uses them. Can't blame the crowd that hunts broken marsh that's constantly in a state of flux (erosion) BUT our few ponds were Katrina-proof so would be a pretty safe bet to do an install of a couple of them on our go-to ponds.
Just need the $$$, no big deal, minor detail. And coerce Dave C and his crew that's now experienced in the art of sinking in the marsh to come oversee the effort.
Rick wrote:Darren wrote:As lights out as they'd be, no one in the area uses them. Can't blame the crowd that hunts broken marsh that's constantly in a state of flux (erosion) BUT our few ponds were Katrina-proof so would be a pretty safe bet to do an install of a couple of them on our go-to ponds.
Just need the $$$, no big deal, minor detail. And coerce Dave C and his crew that's now experienced in the art of sinking in the marsh to come oversee the effort.
Just get some dirt cheap or free plastic chemical barrels and cut them off at a comfortable height to sit on a 2"x12" laid over them. Sink said barrel sections and appropriate anchor posts and affix 2"x12"s over the front and back of the barrel sections to those anchor posts to hold the barrels in place. Pump/bail the water from the barrel sections and presto-gusto "POOF" you have low profile blinding of the kind that worked fine for us in my Pecan Island days. (OK, you'll find it takes a bit more brace work and few more nails or screws to hold everything in place, but think you'll find that simple enough.)
Were it me, I'd also want an easily removable (for bailing) floor in each.
Rick wrote:Saw a guy get cut pretty badly stepping into the rusted remains of just such a blind.
Darren wrote:Though big cost on front end, I'd figure going with a sunken pit on our lease would be pretty dark storm-resistant as they'd just fill with water and stay sunk.
Darren wrote:Sure not upset to see what looks to be a pretty mean hurricane Michael projecting well east of me, hope all in path make out ok.
Marsh Bear wrote:Sorry to bust your bubble but both Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Ike ripped our sunken blinds out of the mud and moved them over a quarter mile away. We are about 4 miles north of the gulf.
Marsh Bear wrote:DC blind looks great, but with that low profile and the marsh grass it might be hard seeing low birds over the marsh. I say that because we have a blind similar to yours, but the ducks don't see you.
Rick wrote:That part of the deep marsh I envy you.
DComeaux wrote:I hope we get to see some birds this weekend.
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