The blind can be accessed without waders but it's a long walk from the parking. Chest waders are required to retrieve game. The closest access is by wading across the lake and chest waders are required. The blind is on an old oxbow lake less than 100 yards from Big Creek facing northwest. Early season it's attractive to wood ducks, teal and a variety of other small ducks. Late season on windy days the mallards use the pool as a mid-day resting area. The shooting pool is 40 yards wide and over 100 yards long. The depth of the water is between 12 and 36 inches.
Shooting pool from the pool tot he blind and from the blind out to the pool center.
A view of the shooting pool in front of blind 3 from the west facing the north. This is an old oxbow arm off of Big Creek that was left as the river took its course. It covers over 5 surface acres of natural flooded vegetation with a hard bottom for easy walking. The shooting pool is less than 50 yards wide so most ducks coming into the decoys are in range. ATV's are permitted to haul decoys and gear to the blinds but they must be parked at least 100 yards from the blind so they do not flare birds working the area. Pintails in flight, a great sight!
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