October is upon me

[Ericdc]

John, are all the pits down that way like that? It's odd to me that they are all small down there and the ones up here are so big.


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[Rick]

Looks like it's getting to be time for new covers.

[Ericdc]

Yea. Our pit is much larger but doesn't have a big hole to hide. It is nice having a flat half top to get out of the rain, and keeping anything you leave in blind dry.


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[aunt betty]

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[Ericdc]

I also hate anything you have to move before shooting. We just stand up through our holes and shoot.


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[Ericdc]

Lots of good brush material there.

Did you use a different camera for truck pics and pics in field?


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[Ericdc]

Oh ok. Field pics kinda blurry, truck nice and clear.


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[Ericdc]

Damn you'll are some critical sob's

Haha just messing with you. We are having our 2nd work day Saturday.


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[Ericdc]

John, when will your 2nd crop be cut?


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[Rick]

Looks headed and turning color, so this non farmer is guessing he might be one of the lucky ones ready for the extra early goose start set by the same geniuses who moved his duck opener back to accommodate harvest.

[Ericdc]

probably last week of october as far as cutting

as far as early geese---we will go just to go---I dont look for any consistency until the week of thanksgiving or later

historically that is when things start to get right for us---if we have early success it is usually caused by some abnormality like the 2 big early fronts in what was that? 2014 OR super dry conditions North of us

I take it slow with making the blind---lots of ant poison---grass,let settle---grass more,let settle---re-evaluate,grass more---all the while making what feels like 10,000 trips down the levee filling holes,making walking easy for Dad

I have not tackled decoys yet---guns are cleaned---calls I constantly mess with

EVERY year I have to re-adjust---it never sounds the same in the field as in my house

Your thoughts on being in east zone?


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[Rick]

I take it slow with making the blind---lots of ant poison---grass,let settle---grass more,let settle---re-evaluate,grass more---all the while making what feels like 10,000 trips down the levee filling holes,making walking easy for Dad

Being too damn lazy to fill a hole that could spoil someone's trip (much less make the blind blend into its levee) is an ongoing peeve of mine with our ghetto guide staff.

[Rick]

Know crawfishing income is a blessing to farmers and landowners, but it's the devil from this hunter's vantage.

[aunt betty]

Damn you'll are some critical sob's

Na. Just me.

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[Darren]

Damn you'll are some critical sob's

Na. Just me.

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Nothin' wrong with that! And a banded spoon, a true trophy specimen!

[Ericdc]

Spoons are the most difficult puddle duck to decoy where I hunt. We see a bunch but they get localized very quickly and have messed up working mallards and gadwalls by zooming by the blind only to take the working birds with them. I kill them for revenge and they are very pretty late in the year.


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[aunt betty]

Those ducks were shot by someone else. Sort of swore a little oath to not post pics of stuff I killed anymore.
Banded hollywoods.

[Rick]

I've had my best luck with localized spoons either by whistling like a pile of greenwings or kacking my arse off, as if they were stubborn teal. But this year I'm going to try the double clucks that so many recordings seem to indicate they do the most of.