The advantages of pit blinds lie in their capacity to provide good cover by allowing you to get under the ground to an extent and they give you good footing in a normally squishy area. Their disadvantages are that they collect rainwater and sometimes the creatures of the wetlands.

I once heard a story of a Louisiana hunter who had a big nutria climb in the pit with him before daylight. As the story goes, the hunter saw the form of something in the pre-dawn light, and when he turned on the flashlight, all he could see was fur, and those nasty orange teeth. Apparently, he freaked out badly enough just to head home.

All I have to say is that the startled hunter must not have been a true Cajun -- otherwise that nutria would have become a second course to serve up with the duck!