Offical Confidence Cow of the H7HT

What a nice piece of Veal you would be!

Preparation

Today I spent part of my day off with some preparation.  I pulled all my gear out of the shed and sorted and cleaned everything I need.  I was going to go back to Anderson and build up 'The Blind' but Clider says he will make time in his busy schedule to go on Monday and do that very thing.  So today I hung all my waders and jackets, took stock of all my gear, washed and checked my decoys and posted my last years duck stamp on the wall with the others.  Here are some pictures to get you ready to prepare your stuff.
GBCH

Training for duck season is really ramping up.

$26.50 Well Spent.

It's the beginning of Fall and hunting time is just around the corner.  It's time to start thinking about building new blinds and rebuilding old favorites.  Normally we would spend thousands and thousands of dollars getting our blinds perfect and inviting to that green headed bastard Greenie, but it's Fall, and we're all poor.  I've been spending money on deposits for the H7HT home away from home and Clider has been spending every last cent on improvements to his deadly boat.

Here's what $26.50 gets us:
$0 for wooden stakes I liberated from the golf course pile of unused and slowly rotting wooden stakes.
$6.50 for twine and staples.
$20 in gas to fill the rest of my tank in the truck.  It's now empty.

I planned on stopping at the bike path parking lot down by Killarney and riding my bike south to see if there were any spots to hunt that were within easy access to that parking area but I woke up late.  I drove right by and continued to Harrison.  During my drive I thought to myself how much easier it will be to have a house merely minutes from The Point, The Blind, Mud Hole and The Other Side. Drive time will be significantly reduced, much like when Fred G drove in the old days, saving me 1/2 hour of sleep.  When I got there I powered up with a banana and grabbed 6 stakes from the truck along with my pack of supplies.

Minutes later I found that The Point blind had been so well constructed 2 years back that it needed no reinforcement whatsoever.  In addition the grasses and scrub brush had grown up around the blind so nicely that all it really needs is for the grass to be cut inside the blind and to plop down your chair, it's perfect.  The plan behind bringing the other stakes was to increase the size of the blind to sufficiently hide 4 hunters and 2 dogs.  Instead I decided to make another blind right next to it that can be removed after the H7HT Charter Tour if we see fit.  I cut brush and filled the twine knowing that a month from now it will be totally dead and out of place but I figure that it will make a nice base for whatever other camouflage we choose at the time.

After constructing that blind and cutting some brush to be used later I took a minute to look around at my favorite view from October to February, it was good to be back.

When I showed up at Clider's he was unwrapping his new drive shaft and propeller.  I would love to tell you about the interesting things that happened in Clider's basement getting it installed but that would ruin his fun when he decides to start telling stories again.  I will tell you though that the sheer number of decoys in his basement is appalling.  I can't wait.

GBCH