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Post by Tanner Wildes on Jul 28, 2013 10:09:53 GMT -6
Hey guys, I went this week and built a new for this season duck hunting. The one I built last year had a couple of problems. First off the cattle really liked it and tore all the cover off it it, and grazed all the vegetation down around it so it stuck out like a sore thumb, but we did still kill ducks out it it. Then this spring with the very high water and ice out it totally took the blind out, all that was left were two of the six stakes holding the blind down. So this year I decided to bury two 55 gallon drums into the ground and use 3 feet chicken wire around the blind so we would be a lot closer to the ground if the cattle decided to graze around the area again. It went in pretty easy, only took about an hour to do the whole thing. Here are the pics of it! This is the pic of where the old blind was. Attachments:
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Post by Tanner Wildes on Jul 28, 2013 10:10:23 GMT -6
one barrel in and the other ready to go it! Attachments:
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Post by Tanner Wildes on Jul 28, 2013 10:10:42 GMT -6
Both barrels in! Attachments:
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Post by Tanner Wildes on Jul 28, 2013 10:11:24 GMT -6
Blind all done and I transplanted some vegetation around it for cover, I will do more of that this week I think. Attachments:
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Post by Tanner Wildes on Jul 28, 2013 10:17:44 GMT -6
Here is the old blind, used one year and then the high water and ice took it away! The grass was all as tall as the blind when I built it, until the cattle found it! I had it anchored with 6 stakes 3-4 feet into the ground and fastened to the blind, I thought that might help hold it, but it didn't! P.S. we also had to re brush the blind because the cattle used the blind as a rubbing post too! Attachments:
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Post by koonce on Jul 29, 2013 12:45:54 GMT -6
So do you stand in the barrel then?
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Post by Tanner Wildes on Jul 29, 2013 14:07:55 GMT -6
yeah stand in the barrel and the chicken wire is high enough to cover the rest of us up, I hope the grass comes in well in the blind to help conceal us too.
Tanner
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Post by whackndstack6 on Jul 29, 2013 16:48:26 GMT -6
So do you stand in the barrel then? Glad you asked lol I was confused. I'd like to see how that works out for you tanner let us know |
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Post by koonce on Jul 29, 2013 17:25:00 GMT -6
Do you just stand the hole time? That drum don't look big enough to sit down in.
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Post by Tanner Wildes on Jul 30, 2013 7:47:20 GMT -6
yeah just stand the whole time, if you want to sit down during a slow time you can sit along the top edge of the barrel the dirt is flat along the edge.
Tanner
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Post by teamoutlaw on Aug 2, 2013 6:07:14 GMT -6
well if pits are indeed illegal in wisconsin I would bet you have yourself a ticket there.
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Post by jtg1551 on Aug 2, 2013 7:47:03 GMT -6
 That's what I was thinking |
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Post by Tanner Wildes on Aug 2, 2013 14:07:46 GMT -6
I couldn't find any where that said anything about them being illegal. If you guys do let me know!
Tanner
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Post by jtg1551 on Aug 2, 2013 20:03:30 GMT -6
I talked to a warden online. They said that you should be OK. Because the regs do not specify
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Post by koonce on Aug 2, 2013 22:42:10 GMT -6
Our state is not only horrible at being behind in almost all aspects of waterfowling but our regs are never black and white. Good old sconny for ya.
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That's what I was thinking