Dammit !!!

[Duck Me Runnin]

The river is going to bite us in the ass again.

Our blind floor sits at about the 27' mark, as far as the river stage goes. The forecast ? 34.3' by Thurs. I'm sure we'll have to rebrush the beast,( about 5 or 6 p/u loads worth ) and shovel more mud from the floor.

The possum cops were supposed to inspect the blind this week. I'm bettin' their scuba gear and underwater cameras ain't up to the task.

[Tigerhaze]

Makes all the hard work you put in earlier worth it, doesn't it?

[Duck Me Runnin]

Absolutely.

You don't welcome the prospect of a river blind with a blind eye toward the inherent perils. There's some dynamics involved.

In a week or so, the river will once again feign benevolence. The biggest drainage on the continent shows no mercy, and has no conscience.

Meanwhile, we'll be cutting pin oak and willow brush, and have it ready to be boated to the blind. We'll load the boat, be hit by those damn flying carp on the way to the blind, arrive, and take care of what needs to be done.

The trade off ? We'll spend a buncha days this fall killing ducks and making memories that couldn't be attained by any other means.

Nobody's pointing a gun at our heads. We'd start over from scratch if there was no other way.

[Tigerhaze]

You forgot the part abut using minner buckets as helmets to protect against hail storms!

[Swamp_Fox]

Football helments should be standard equipment on the back waters.