Love the blind.
One of the places I waterfowl Hunt I have to walk a half mile in that’s why I don’t like carrying heavy objects but what we do is strap my buddy’s canoe to my deer cart and roll everything inside the canoe.
Makes for a much easier hike.
We have the Brazos River close by. Would take our canoes to the tail race at Possum Kingdom Lake to launch. (Well aware of portaging loaded canoes.) We'd paddle (float) 16 miles downriver to a Boy Scout ranch where one of us would park our car for the trip out. I never went further downstream, but many did float the river all the way to Waco, TX. Beautiful trip and the fishing & camping were always terrific. On a few occasions we rescued tubers that were caught in unexpected heavy water releases from the dam.
If you notice the aluminum poles behind the duck blind, this allowed the floating blind to rise and settle as water levels changed. The board on the front of the blind, facing the camera was for a 2hp outboard motor. We could disconnect the blind and motor it across the pond to accommodate for favorable winds to where other poles had been set. That's a ladder on the left side of the blind that folds down into the water for ease of access. A lot of ducks died there.
I was in Reno, NV once shooting craps. A Chinese guy was beside me. We started talking and come to find out, he owned a Chinese restaurant in Arlington, TX. Dang! He was practically my neighbor. Never paid for a meal there as long as I brought him ducks! He did love duck, and I'm sure several of his customers did too.
DMc : )