More Duck Blind Renovations

Saturday afternoon, Sam and I went out to the duck blind to work on some finishing touches for the blind.  We took out some green and tan camo spray paint from walmart and covered up the shiny boards.  We also cut out notches in the front shelf to lean our shotguns and bows up against.  Yes, i said bows.  We are going to attempt to take waterfowl with an arrow this year. It should be fun.  You can see one bow leaning up on the left side of the picture.  We also installed a storage box in the back of the blind that we can lock up some decoys, as well as our daily hunting log to reduce the carrying load each time we go out.  I think it turned out awesome, don't you?

We also decided to stay out and see how many ducks came in to the pond.  It is such a relaxing way to end the day.  Here is one of the better videos of some of the mallards and northern shovelers that came in earlier in the evening.  There was about 25 ducks total last night, but most of them were after it was too dark to photograph.  Stay tuned for more in the weeks to come.

Archery Deer Hunt Success

Here is a buck that I was able to bag this year sitting at a waterhole during the general archery hunt in Northern Utah.  I know it is small, but I was going for some meat.  It was my last night to hunt, it was getting dark, and out of nowhere, this little guy decides he wants a drink.  He walked broadside at about 14 yards, and I stuck him right in the front shoulder. I was shooting my old Hoyt Gamegetter II bow using a sportsman warehouse carbon arrow fitted with 125 grain muzzy broadheads.  I know it wasn't the greatest shot, but he left a great blood trail down the canyon and died about 20 yards from the road.  Piece a cake for me.  I had a great hunt that night with my father and brother; a trip we will always remember.

-Dan

Another Duck Blind Picture

Here is another picture of the duck blind before all the cattails were up.  You can see some of the structural components we used.

Homemade Duck Blind

This year for our waterfowl hunt, we decided to construct a duck blind. So Dan and Sam engineered and constructed this amazing duck blind for the upcoming waterfowl season.  Using some old pieces of lumber laying around, and some other basic pieces of hardware, we were able to make a sturdy blind that had a platform about 4 inches above the water.  We engineered it so it could be taken apart in pieces, hauled by two people, and constructed on site.  Once on site and constructed, we transplanted some natural cattail vegetation around it, and we had ducks on the pond that night.  It took a couple of nights of work, and a day to take it out to the pond, but we are excited for opening day, October 2, 2010.  So far, there has been high numbers of ducks on our pond compared to past years, so that makes us even more excited.  Like everyone says, scout out your hunting spots before the hunt so you don't waste your time at a dump.