Other than just the standard dog work there really hasn't been a whole lot going on here until birds start showing up to scout. I have however been doing a bit of work around the family farm so that everything is set to go when we get there and not scrambling to throw a blind together with what little cover is left in the winter. The cows come first around here so up until now all blinds had to be grassed when we arrived otherwise the cows would have wrecked them. To try and avoid this I drove some T post out in the water in three feet of water where they at least have to really want it to get it the blind. Ran some wire mesh around it and set up a dog stand on the left end of the blind and called it good. Really looking forward to grassing it up and giving the birds a go.
The 'Warf Tank' blind
Panoramic from inside the blind, wire is actually straight across the span of course.
From behind, water behind the blind is all shallow and everything surrounding it is solid coontail. A small bit of smartweed I threw out last year volunteered again as well.
Then there is the 'Whitehouse Tank'
A very shallow tank full of coontail and a very good stand of american pondweed this year. Just hug the trees or jump it on slow mornings on the Warf Tank.
Also hope to get the boat out soon to scout out some local areas since the flood last year to make sure I can still run them.
As well as my wife just thrilled that she came along on an 18 degree morning. 
