Originally posted by Muddy Fork:
In a wooded creek bottom property I own I want to dig about a 5ac DUCK HUNTING pond that's about 300' wide and 800' long with the length running east to west. Does anybody know where I can get plans of ideas for such a pond? I'd rather build the pond for hunting then to try to hunt a pond built the cheapest way possible. I've tried to contact DU, but their not really strong in my area.
Your dimensions aren't too far off from a wetlands area that we created two years ago. It looked like this last week ...
This was the original plan ...
And this was just getting started ...
If you intend to hunt puddle ducks primarily, they prefer water not more than 12" to 15" deep. Unless you have a constant water flow source, you'll likely need to build berms and have water control devices to allow it to flood and enlarge during season, and to draw it down in the spring for planting. Here was the planting process this time last year ...
