BGkirk wrote:Never heard lotus called chinquapins.
Or maybe everyone else I tell about lotus is thinking the same thing, “what is this guy calling lotus”
Rick wrote:BGkirk wrote:Never heard lotus called chinquapins.
Or maybe everyone else I tell about lotus is thinking the same thing, “what is this guy calling lotus”
Never heard them called Lotus by anyone in this area. "Granivoli(sp?) lilies" is the only other local name I've heard, and the guy who called them that was from Vernon parish.
SpinnerMan wrote:
The background for my Teams screen taken while my wife and I were picking flowers in one of the many big lotus patches on the nearby river where I boat.
What I found interesting is I have a number of Asian coworkers. I learned that they eat a lot of lotus in certain parts of Asia. Did a little homework and it was a big food source for certain Native Americans. I had no idea people ate it. Kind of made me curious. Might dig some roots next time I'm down there.
Ducaholic wrote:The big seeds in the pod is what is eatable as I understand it but very very hard don't use your teeth
5 stand wrote:Common names include...volée.
Rick wrote:5 stand wrote:Common names include...volée.
Which makes me wonder if my late Vernon parish friend was calling them grand volee...
Ducaholic wrote:SpinnerMan wrote:
The background for my Teams screen taken while my wife and I were picking flowers in one of the many big lotus patches on the nearby river where I boat.
What I found interesting is I have a number of Asian coworkers. I learned that they eat a lot of lotus in certain parts of Asia. Did a little homework and it was a big food source for certain Native Americans. I had no idea people ate it. Kind of made me curious. Might dig some roots next time I'm down there.
The big seeds in the pod is what is eatable as I understand it but very very hard don't use your teeth
Duck Engr wrote:The guides on the Facebook are finally starting to post videos. Saw video of a 30 pack cruising the marsh yesterday. “Latest we’ve seen them show up in years. But that’s a good thing….”
Rick wrote:Few warm days without cooling rain, and it could look like a giant chocolate cake...
But hoping to hit it often enough to avoid serious issues.
Darren wrote:Got a handle on the boat slips at the dock?
DComeaux wrote:Rick, you may want to bring a shovel with you on your morning travels with marsh to make sure all of those rice and fallow fields that aren't hunted are draining well. The birds will be spread out far and wide if this continues.
Rick wrote:DComeaux wrote:Rick, you may want to bring a shovel with you on your morning travels with marsh to make sure all of those rice and fallow fields that aren't hunted are draining well. The birds will be spread out far and wide if this continues.
Better that than having them all blown out to Cuba and Belize in a weekend - I think. Always been a fan of sheet water mini refuges that ease the pressure on them and keeps more birds in the area.
DComeaux wrote:Rick, you may want to bring a shovel with you on your morning travels with marsh to make sure all of those rice and fallow fields that aren't hunted are draining well. The birds will be spread out far and wide if this continues.
Ducaholic wrote:DComeaux wrote:Rick, you may want to bring a shovel with you on your morning travels with marsh to make sure all of those rice and fallow fields that aren't hunted are draining well. The birds will be spread out far and wide if this continues.
Far less than ideal for my area that's for sure. I was hoping for dry dry dry with several little cool fronts. One out of two is still a possibility but even that's not shaping up in the forecast but more rain sure is.
Rick wrote:DComeaux wrote:Rick, you may want to bring a shovel with you on your morning travels with marsh to make sure all of those rice and fallow fields that aren't hunted are draining well. The birds will be spread out far and wide if this continues.
Better that than having them all blown out to Cuba and Belize in a weekend - I think. Always been a fan of sheet water mini refuges that ease the pressure on them and keeps more birds in the area.
Darren wrote:... but imagine if no one hunted/pressured the rice.
Darren wrote:Ducaholic wrote:DComeaux wrote:Rick, you may want to bring a shovel with you on your morning travels with marsh to make sure all of those rice and fallow fields that aren't hunted are draining well. The birds will be spread out far and wide if this continues.
Far less than ideal for my area that's for sure. I was hoping for dry dry dry with several little cool fronts. One out of two is still a possibility but even that's not shaping up in the forecast but more rain sure is.
Do you find that the several fronts premise brings you good hunting? The log tells me post-front September teal hunting is my least productive.....blows them out. Last season was one of the most pleasant teal seasons in memory, and it was just about the worst teal seasons I've seen. In the rice, a lot of guys were griping last year that the fronts blew out the birds they were holding, just did them more harm than good.
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