Thursday night rain slowed me down, but at least I know it will catch and hold water. Rain gauge showed 2" rain and I don't have the rise board gate blocking water yet.

You going to draw down soon (I would wait another month- try to hit a gulf event) and shoot for millet, or plant it this year?

Currently not holding back water. Will plant millet late august (try and pick before rain event). Once it up and established will drop boards in hopes of backing up water.

Even more dug out since last pics. But still have more I want to do.

Was able to get about 70% dug out of what I wanted to this past summer. It caught some water from last weeks rain. Basically it's got about 18" of water on it all the way back to tree line. It's currently thick grass but with several open pockes.

Lookin Great! Congrats!

Have you been able to hunt it this year? How has it been?

I have not. Had water right before the season that eventually was absorbed/evaporated. Haven't seen ducks on our other ponds though (smaller ponds). Figured I would hit you up on some info regarding your well (size and such) before next season. But before I have a well drilled, I want to expand that area another 3-4 acres and dig out another area on the property for another duck hole.

Mine is 250 ft. down with a 5 hp pump on a 4" pipe. Pushes out about 100 gallons a minute. Perfect for small habitats. Cost about $13k to put in.

Thanks for the info. Wife is onboard for a well (she likes the idea of a water back up). I figure it makes more sense to get all the duck hole projects dirt work done, then well and how to determine how to get the water to the different areas.

Headed out to Haskell area this weekend for a goose hunt, so at least getting a couple hunts in.

Seeing many ducks at your place? Sure could use some cold weather to push some ducks.

We had to drain and regrade after the first year due to settlement issues. Once dirt settled with that much water setting on it, we got it right.

We hunted twice 1st split due to family/college visits with kids. Shot 2 limits with 2 guns each hunt. Couldve killed way more if I had more guns. But alot of teal. Was able to hunt Saturday last weekend, and I couldnt see my levy or furthest decoy til almot 10. Fog was as thick as Ive ever hunted. Only saw 3 birds and killed 2.

I dont really have guest start coming out til about this time of year and January. So we will see. We also hunt it every other weekend. That way it has time to rest and reload. Seems to really work out there where we are.

Naive question here- when doing projects like these, are yall paying attention to soil type when making levees? I know for stock tanks we've had done they focus on getting down to clay to hold the water. Is that a thought on the moist soil unit type builds or not a big concern when only holding seasonal water?

I really wasn't making a levee as much as I was trying to find places to stack the dirt I was removing. The area naturally would hold water, just not a large enough area to hunt. Therefore I assume the clay content is enough to hold water. I actually plan to come back and cut the berms down because I really need no more depth than what I dug out. It was mostly full from the rains we got several weeks before duck season. Currently its dry but last Friday was the first rain we've had out there since it was full. Once I finish all my dirt work I will look at having a well dug and won't be dependent on seasonal rains.