Take some pics of the blind buildDComeaux wrote:I made my first check-in with a good source for all things fowl down in Chenier this morning and the reply to my how's the ducks look down there text was, "THICK". I've got the new boat ready to go and the lumber for the new boat hide is bought and painted. Blake and I will head to the camp Friday evening and spend the cool morning in the marsh on Saturday building the boat hide and watching fowl, hopefully.
With the open water we now have the 100+ yard pirogue trip would be a little more adventurous than I'd like on windy days so I've opted for a low profile boat hide placed just south of our blind. We're going to be pulling up to the now new end of our boardwalk, which is shorter now thanks to the hurricanes. The north side of the boat hide will be covered almost at full length by tall, thick cordgrass which is growing naturally. The south and top of the hide will be covered with lengths of leafy grass matting complemented by taller, full roseau woven into the vertical matting and pushed into the mud. This will be done on the Friday before the opener. I plan to make the top matting look 3D, if you will, by adding short 2x4 pieces vertical on the cross horizontals to raise it in a random pattern with varying heights.
The blind will also need a helping of roseau tops for fill in as the "whip", as I call it, is suffering from the hurricanes wrath on our west side. I will try to get pictures and or video of this outing, if I can remember to do so.
I'm getting just a little excited!
Rick wrote:Hate that so much country that should be covered with specks by now is so barren, too.
MARSH BEAR wrote:WOW that was a mess of Gadwall. I hope to see some of that Nov 6 and 7 for youth weekend.
DComeaux wrote:This morning Blake and I were up early to get out to the traps to take what crabs had crawled in and while standing outside at the camp waiting for the sun clear the horizon we witnessed a fowl migration, one I hadn't seen in a few years. For 5 to 10 minutes we watched several large flocks coming from the north. As far as we could see east and west both of us would point out flocks as they would appear on the horizon.
Deltaman wrote:Look at those blue beauties!!!!! Have you thrown the cast net for shrimp yet Dave?
DComeaux wrote:I can't remember ever seeing an opening weekend weather forecast like this one. Two fronts a day apart. Might get our first frost in a few days.
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Rick wrote:Weather and birds are gonna do whatever they're gonna do. Best we can do is hope to be there if and when they do.
DComeaux wrote:It will and they are, but I'd rather have this weather while sitting in the blind than a hot, stale weather pattern. I know these forecast winds for you are at a from your back final approach.
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