Duck Blinds page 3
Nearly all major waterfowl flyways are along rivers and creeks. Our managed Missouri wetlands and duck blinds have all been developed and placed next to rivers and creeks that flood on occasion. We anchor our blinds to endure severe flooding, but every once in a while something gives and we loose a blind or two. In the case of the blind above, the mound we built to place the duck blind eroded over the years. Major floodwater toppled the blind and carried it over 200 yards from its place of origin. Bruce, Allen and Jon winched the blind to the top of a levee, disassembled and drug it piece by piece with a four wheeler to the mound.
It took some swampland engineering to re-assemble the blind, but Allen and Bruce have decades of carpentry experience. In a couple of hours the blind was back up, anchored and ready to be covered for another season. The blind faces Parsons Creek, which feeds the Fountain Grove Wildlife Area in north central Missouri. The marsh covers 60 surface water acres with 2 permanent duck blinds.
Full shooting pool, covered with rippy grass and pin oak limbs, blind 6 is ready for another waterfowl season.
A distant view of the same duck blind overlooking the south half of the shooting pool.
