Waterfowl
Topics | FeaturesOur duck blinds have hinged door and fixed ladder, when necessary, allowing for a concealed entry to the interior that has a sitting bench running the entire back length. We build our own duck blinds. The shooting area allows for either seated shots from within or standing by exposing the hunter's upper torso through the camouflage covering. All are accessible by foot without any need of boats. Chest waders are required for most. When boats are used they typically are for ferrying equipment and in some cases for easier retrieving when no dog is available. Blinds are camouflage with Associating grown rippy grass. For those new to this grass it is a long stem, tough variety that will last well beyond the season. Each fall before the season the grass is hung fresh with the help of volunteer Association hunter labor. Work groups are of 4 volunteers with one of the Association staffers mostly Jon Nee the owner operator or Bruce Johnson the wetlands manager, over several weekends starting in August. Volunteering is not a requirement for a membership. Private WetlandsWetlands construction is time consuming and expensive with digging, levee building, initial plantings, duck blind building and placement, water supply and flood control. It is not surprising that we retain our wetlands for decades. This gives us plenty of opportunity to observe local wetland flight patterns and allows for re-positioning of our blinds as on the duck hunting experience dictates. By the time our hunters arrive for a day of hunting a significant amount of effort has been expended to try to give him the best duck hunting quality possible. No one has ever been disappointed for habitat quality or the blind construction. The bottom line is that we have been in the waterfowl hunting business for a long time in a very productive region of the country. Our wetlands reflect the overall quality of our effort. The few hunters that have expressed dissatisfaction have been those more suited for a hunting lodge complete with bird boys, bubblers, heated pits and other amenities for the social rather than the do it yourself hunter. Those waterfowl hunters looking for the opportunity to spend the day on enhanced Missouri wetlands under the Mississippi Flyway within the comfort of a well built blinds that is what we can guarantee every day the hunter has to hunt. The birds on the other hand have their own schedule. If they are in the region they will be on our wetlands due to first their location, type of water, nearby food source, and the fact we have learned much over the decades to ensure blind placement and camouflage suits the ducks and not necessarily the hunter.
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