Rick wrote:You just thought what you had was expensive.
Rick wrote:Oh, lordy, no. I'd lose what few friends I have for cranking an airboat in the marsh during duck season. Hell, I'd kick my own ass for it.
It's become my custom to close out these season wrap-ups with a photo that exemplifies the season it's been, but this year a story from it seems much more appropriate than any photo I've taken:
Near the duck season's end, I arrived at the camp for an afternoon hunt and was greeted by a really neat family from Florida: Mom and Dad, plus Grandpa and a young son and daughter who were already accomplished sportsmen. They were excited to meet me and explained that when they'd decided to hunt our area, they'd researched it on the Internet, and "Everyone said Rick Hall was the man to hunt with."
Would that such faith were justified, but we struggled as much with their hunts as with too many others this year, and eventually Mom ventured to ask if there wasn't another Rick Hall in the area? 'Fraid not.
Then, after some pause, "Any other guides named 'Rick'?
"No. But believe me, I want to hunt with that other Rick Hall, too."
I disappointed an awful lot of people this season.
Rick wrote:Still passing time (and getting my waterfowling fix) by reading through my past logs and finally made it through the 2013-2014 season. I say "finally" because the reading was largely a painful grind through a season that was largely that. And while it's generally been my practice to end my season wrap-ups with an upbeat photo that expresses the kind of season it was, I found the following as appropriate after the read-through as when it was written:It's become my custom to close out these season wrap-ups with a photo that exemplifies the season it's been, but this year a story from it seems much more appropriate than any photo I've taken:
Near the duck season's end, I arrived at the camp for an afternoon hunt and was greeted by a really neat family from Florida: Mom and Dad, plus Grandpa and a young son and daughter who were already accomplished sportsmen. They were excited to meet me and explained that when they'd decided to hunt our area, they'd researched it on the Internet, and "Everyone said Rick Hall was the man to hunt with."
Would that such faith were justified, but we struggled as much with their hunts as with too many others this year, and eventually Mom ventured to ask if there wasn't another Rick Hall in the area? 'Fraid not.
Then, after some pause, "Any other guides named 'Rick'?
"No. But believe me, I want to hunt with that other Rick Hall, too."
I disappointed an awful lot of people this season.
Know 2014-2015 and even 2015-2016 were appreciably stronger, so I'll keep reading and not shoot myself to avoid 2016-2017.
Rick wrote:Y'all must have some deep-a--ed rice floods. But even in the barely more than puddled flood I think perfect, those would be sweet for rain days - unless the boots are loose and you have to muck around off hard ground.
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