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[Ricky Spanish]

It's very cold up north. Incoming specks galore. Big big flocks
Some mallards and they ain't local ducks.

[Anotherone]

What decoy spread did you use this morning?

[Ricky Spanish]

What decoy spread did you use this morning?

Random blob in front of blind.
Sun at my back so I can see better.
Watched where the wood ducks were trying to go. Put blind closer to that. In my face shots.

[Ricky Spanish]

Parade of specks and a few snows all going south.

[Ricky Spanish]

Yesterday...no buffies.
Today they're here!
Mallard lake is a wintering spot for them. Look it up

[Ricky Spanish]

Noo! Kreme Kastle had a fire.
Damn. Gotta try a new BBQ joint out.
Sunday in Arkansas...this aint good. Rats why didn't I see that coming?

[Ricky Spanish]

County Sherriffs deputy just stopped to say hi.
I got the opportunity to ask him how come ppl keep telling me not to camp here.
"Technically I'm on the WMA and not on the no-go-zone". It's kind of tricky

[Ricky Spanish]

Later on these two angry locals showed up.
"You can't camp here. We got a ticket for $295."
They took pictures like they were building a case.
After they left I packed up.
They claim Carter gave them the violation.
I'm scratching my head by then.
"OK WHAT ELSE WERE YOU DOING?"
They look at their shoes.
Uh huh.
" Guys I know officer Carter you must've pissed him off and HE WILL FIND SOMETHING".
So what'd he find?
Crickets.
Carter didn't show up today.

Shit went to hell after them two numb nuts came by.
More on that later.
Sigh

[Ricky Spanish]

A hen mallard flew in, then landed in the woods.
Quack...it starred calling.
So I quack quacked it over and shot it.
That counts!
I need 11 more mallards and 4 more wood ducks
Millet did a blind. It only took one Rock.

[Anotherone]

A hen mallard flew in, then landed in the woods.
Quack...it starred calling.
So I quack quacked it over and shot it.
That counts!
I need 11 more mallards and 4 more wood ducks
Millet did a blind. It only took one Rock.

Choot dem buffies! Brine them for 3 days in teriyaki sauce and dehydrate into jerky. Gotta be good!
Where’d you move camp to?

[Ricky Spanish]

Big flocks of migrators are just flying over.
This ain't good they're ignoring the refuge.

[Ricky Spanish]

A hen mallard flew in, then landed in the woods.
Quack...it starred calling.
So I quack quacked it over and shot it.
That counts!
I need 11 more mallards and 4 more wood ducks
Millet did a blind. It only took one Rock.

Choot dem buffies! Brine them for 3 days in teriyaki sauce and dehydrate into jerky. Gotta be good!
Where’d you move camp to?

That's a paddling. Not allowed to hunt there.
Specks are pouring into Arkansas.
Call Kenny he will set u up.


A bald eagle just flew by.
Does it taste like chicken?
Don't answer.

[Ricky Spanish]

Shit. All the pintails in the world are flying by at around way the fuck up there.

[Ricky Spanish]

My motor iced up.
Unusual...
Hit starter button. It tried.
Button stuck but I couldn't tell.
Started smoking oh fuck ...

Take cover off and the wires were glowing.
Insulation caught fire. Blew it out.
So I got heaters on the lower unit, thawed it. Pull started and went hunting by God!

[Anotherone]

Die hard Betty! Hey, was Kreme Kastle the joint where you could order a pound of pig?

[Anotherone]

The birds are avoiding Arkansas like the plague. Hate it when they don’t play fair.

[Ricky Spanish]

I ran into the game warden finally.
Turns out two assholes were trying to get me in trouble.
I'm suppose to call him if they hassle me at all.
I put my camp back up.
Going to jail over something that silly would suck.
Turns out the guy got a ticket for camping but only cuz what they had him for was worse.
End of story.
All is well.

[Ricky Spanish]

Die hard Betty! Hey, was Kreme Kastle the joint where you could order a pound of pig?

Yeah. They put slaw on pork sammicjes too. .I like that.
Oh yeah....
This..
There's a wigeon.

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[5 stand]

Nice....

[Anotherone]

Awesome!

[duck dawg]

Nice Pile.

[Ricky Spanish]

It's gonna rain for 3 days thats going to change my plan.
Setting in the rain sucks no matter where you're at except California.

[Ricky Spanish]

I literally sunk.my boat on my trailer this morning.
Hit ruts and whoosh the boat was taking on water.
Had to pull it out, drain it, and then melt the starter wires.
When shit goes a little wrong it compounds.
Had to slow up and just set there a while to figure out what to do.
Life gives me lemons?
Go kill ducks that's good luck.

Short transom. Steep ramp. Got to go slow

[Duck Engr]

Been there AB. Almost did it Saturday with mine. Short transom as well. Freezing temps compound the misfortunes.

[Ricky Spanish]

Been there AB. Almost did it Saturday with mine. Short transom as well. Freezing temps compound the misfortunes.

Thanks for admitting it.
It's true.

Yanks BBQ will have to do.
Rib tips.
Their sweet tea has molasses in it.

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No crawfish?
They're closed . I'm guessing it's dry and it affected the crawcrop

[Anotherone]

Now that’s a plate lunch!

[Ricky Spanish]

The consensus around here is I should shoot them two guys and disappear them in the Bayou.

Water is still coming in.
The gauge is up to 2 feet.
It was around 6 inches when I got here.

[Anotherone]

They’ll probably have pond crawfish boiling when you go back in December.

[Ricky Spanish]

They’ll probably have pond crawfish boiling when you go back in December.

I could hunt the second split in the ditch but not on the wma.
I'd ask Matt the new gw first.
He's not totally new he remembers milo.
Carter mover to dunklin County I think

[Anotherone]

What’s the name of the lake across the road from camp?