How to???
 

Taking suggestions on how to hide my dog on a ricefield levy. My buddies think the dog box is flaring birds I think it's them and me but anyway I tore ur down and still want to hunt him. Any suggestions?

Dig a hole in the levee and put like a bottom of a drum or some kind of plastic barrel of some sort to where do sits low and cover with grass.

A plastic storage box works well. Dig a hole and set the box in it. If there is room in your blind, build a stand and put it in the blind. Mine is only 16" wide

Depending on how tall the grass is on the levy I've seen one of the avery dog hides work beautifully. It actually helped the profile of the levy bc u set the hide in your trail gettin in to the blind and this one worked great

We hunt pretty much on a bare levy and we had a dog sit on the levy the whole hunt right next to the pit blind and it didn't seem to flare birds. We shot our limit of ducks and shot geese with the dog on the levy.

I was always told that dogs will not scare the birds. JS

I would agree if the dog is there statue like however if sit does not mean "Sit" until I tell you to move, a dog bouncing around on a levee like a crazy wahoo would flare birds. Of course theres always the scenario where your dogs in the dekes making retrieves and birds are still pouring in. If the birds want to be in the pond a dog is the least of your worries. If your dog hide is not 3' taller than your blind and is grassed to match the blind/levee go fish for your flaring issue.

We hunt a submerged pit blind on a levee, we have a submerged dog box right next to it. When sitting down pretty much just her head is sticking out. Now mix that with the natural cover(salt grass) that grows and she is hidden well. It is a metal welded box with a wood platform in the bottom to keep her feet dry.

For a quick fix I hear submerging the bottom half of a dog kennel works well.

Don't take this personally but from the pictures of your blind and dog box, it's definitely flaring birds. It looks like a skyscraper on a levee. My buddy took the bottom part of a crate, sunk it next to the blind and the dog lays down in it. Throw some grass over and around him and he's hidden quite well. Here's a pic
http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/...849F565797.jpg

A barrel would serve the same purpose. I can get you a plastic drum and you can cut it in half.

Some days ducks will come in if you are standing on a levee with a white tshirt, other days they will flare off anything unnatural. A black or yellow object on a levee is not natural, moving or still especially stale ducks that have been around a while.

Sunken dog box

I know I tore it down. But honestly the only birds that would land are the ones that come from that side. Quibcednse?

Ducks this late in the season are wary, even when they are working live ducks.


If there is a spinning wing decoy in your spread then I would start with eliminating that first, then blame the dog:)

Done that first split. I think it's pressure/ concealment the guys I hunt with dint believe they can see you early in the am and/or white faces and eyes moving with them as they fly over. So I tore the dog platform down and stopped hunting my dog because the vote over powers me