Boat Races

[FlintRiverFowler]

Would be even more fun if everyone had to pull their plugs when the horn was fired.

As long as you get moving real quick, that's no problem.

not true with my boat. Plug is on the bottom, and there is no ramp or anything so going fast would just force more water in

Was your boat built in Poland or Mexico?

[assateague]

Detroit.

[Bufflehead]

Holy shit!

[Westie25]

Best thing to do is go with a local and just hang on.

[jehler]

Best thing to do is go with a local and just hang on.

can we take Andrews boat? PLEASE!!!

[Feelin' Fowl]

Holy shit!

Don't be so surprised. It's not the worst thing to come out of Detroit..

[Goldfish]

Would be even more fun if everyone had to pull their plugs when the horn was fired.

As long as you get moving real quick, that's no problem.

not true with my boat. Plug is on the bottom, and there is no ramp or anything so going fast would just force more water in

Was your boat built in Poland or Mexico?

Where ever Richline was built. I'm kind of doubting it is the original drain plug though being that the plug is a threaded pipe cap

[Tomkat]

Now you see why no drinking on the boat!!

[FlintRiverFowler]

Would be even more fun if everyone had to pull their plugs when the horn was fired.

As long as you get moving real quick, that's no problem.

not true with my boat. Plug is on the bottom, and there is no ramp or anything so going fast would just force more water in

Was your boat built in Poland or Mexico?

Where ever Richline was built. I'm kind of doubting it is the original drain plug though being that the plug is a threaded pipe cap

I'm currently working on a friend of mines boat trying to get it a little more seaworthy for this duck season, somebody really reamed out and disfigured the plug hole and I'm thinking about some sort of threaded pipe or something along those lines to fix it.

[Goldfish]

I can't get you pictures because it's out at my uncles for the winter, but it's basically a pipe thru that I'm sure my dad did and he used hard silicone to seal around it

[assateague]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to have never heard of this. I figured it was common knowledge.

[3legged_lab]

Hate to say it, but if there's 40 boats racing like that to compete for a spot the hunting is gonna be shitty anyways. At least for what I'd consider hunting.

[NuffDaddy]

You guys do realize these places are huge right?

[Westie25]

Hate to say it, but if there's 40 boats racing like that to compete for a spot the hunting is gonna be shitty anyways. At least for what I'd consider hunting.

It's famous for a reason. Have I mentioned that there's no shot shell size larger than a number 2 and a Max of 15 of them?

[Westie25]

You guys do realize these places are huge right?

Like 35k acres.

[aunt betty]

Huge. These areas are giant and could hunt thousands of guys. Everyone fights for the holes nearest the rest area.

[aunt betty]

Rainey Brake has four boat launches. Four races every morning.

[aunt betty]

It's crazy but works way too well to simply end it.
Drawings and stakes etc...too much work and responsibility for agfc.

[aunt betty]

Race starts at 4am. By 4:20 everyone has found their spot. Efficient as hell. Safe? It's safe until one dumbass drunk gets too pushy.

[aunt betty]

Boat manufactures started the whole race thing.

[aunt betty]

Bayou Meto
33,832 acres.
Lets do a little "acre math"
Holy fuck, that is 52.86 SQUARE MILES.

[aunt betty]

Dave Donaldson is over 27,000 acres. That's another 42 SQUARE MILES of timber.

[aunt betty]

Big Lake...OMG.
Rainey Brake
White River
Cache River
Black River (ho ho ho)

Ya feel me brothers?

[aunt betty]

God, I hope it fucking floods!!!

[NuffDaddy]

The WMA I hunt on occasion is 4 square miles. 1 or which is a refuge.
So in 3 square miles up to 70 parties of 1-4 hunters pack in twice a day for the entire season. 100 boats in 50 square miles is nothing.

[aunt betty]

The WMA I hunt on occasion is 4 square miles. 1 or which is a refuge.
So in 3 square miles up to 70 parties of 1-4 hunters pack in twice a day for the entire season. 100 boats in 50 square miles is nothing.

True, but they are all competing for them "line" holes. At Bayou Meto in The Lower Vallier they are racing to "Government Cypress walk-in area".

[3legged_lab]

The WMA I hunt on occasion is 4 square miles. 1 or which is a refuge.
So in 3 square miles up to 70 parties of 1-4 hunters pack in twice a day for the entire season. 100 boats in 50 square miles is nothing.

Call it what you want but I'm not interested. I'd go to jail for shooting someone.

[NuffDaddy]

The WMA I hunt on occasion is 4 square miles. 1 or which is a refuge.
So in 3 square miles up to 70 parties of 1-4 hunters pack in twice a day for the entire season. 100 boats in 50 square miles is nothing.

Call it what you want but I'm not interested. I'd go to jail for shooting someone.

It's a fucking free for all. Definitely not duck hunting. But if the weather is too bad to get on the bay, or if the refuge is hot I give it a go. Everyone meets in a building and they have a bingo drawing and you get to pick a specific blind or corn strip. So everyone doesn't all pack into one small spot. Most flooded corn fields are 160 acres and have 6 zones in them. There are some out of the way marsh zones that I usually go for so I don't have to deal with the skybusters in the fields. Some times it works out, some times it doesn't. Of the 5 times I went this year we drew in the last 25% every time. Still killed 25ish ducks I think. Just gotta pick the days.

[Olly]

Call it what you want but I'm not interested. I'd go to jail for shooting someone.

You and I do the same kind of Duck Hunting I'd bet.

[3legged_lab]

Call it what you want but I'm not interested. I'd go to jail for shooting someone.

You and I do the same kind of Duck Hunting I'd bet.

If somebody is close enough to hear, they are too close.