Johnc wrote:Really good mouth callers do seem to make them respond,good callers I mean. Like they know how to bend that high bark
Rick wrote:Johnc wrote:Really good mouth callers do seem to make them respond,good callers I mean. Like they know how to bend that high bark
Don't know the first thing about bending a bark, but know the response I managed was well above what turned out to be the study's average. Got pretty puffed up for a bit after receiving my copy of the data, but it didn't take all that long for the birds to burst that bubble, as white-spreading was by then well into its nose dive.
Re: pintails, my experience has been the opposite of yours, as I've found them much easier to put front and center in the rice than marsh. Though I suspect that more a case of their preference for open spaces over potholes than rice vs marsh.
can 2nd that from a short clip I saw from one of sportsman guides. Met him at mcneese, fun guy to hunt withJohnc wrote:got reports this am from guides at sportsmans charters in Gueydan--john saucier's operation
Jack cousin saw both blues and specks
so things got in motion
Rick wrote:Today's edition of the "Don't Get Old Chronicles" began with the awareness that I'd left my favorite little belt holster camera at the house and not finding its back-up in its usual place in the truck's tool bag when I reached for it there before embarking on a hike with the bug to a blind I wanted to check out. Though only a little after 7, there were already several hundred specks on the place to prompt a circuitous course to avoid running them off.
But it wasn't long before they blew up, anyway, and i turned to find a mature eagle slipping and dipping and for all appearances playing its way across the barren field between us and the spooked geese, as if either they didn't exist or it just didn't care. Sure would have been neat to film the eagle's antics in the rising sun with all those geese swirling in the background. But no camera.
Despite being out there for over an hour, we saw but one little flight of specks that hadn't already been on our piece or the neighbors, where they shifted away from the eagle. But the birds' return to our piece was plenty enough show, even if we'd not occasionally taken a knee to pull a few strings across their intended field and overhead. Again, though, no camera.
Accordingly, my first order of business back at the house was to go get the spare from the office, where I "remembered" having charged after a previous use - only it wasn't there. Went back out to the truck to dig through the tool bag for it - and the first thing I saw upon opening the truck door was the camera sitting on the seat, where I'd put it en route to the field, so I wouldn't forget it.
Don't get old.
Was still mighty sweet to have spent so much of the morning within ready earshot of so many birds.
Darren wrote:Alas your morning has uncovered that it is the eagles! The eagles and their increasing numbers across The Boot are what's responsible for the rebounding effect of La specks bouncing back northward.
MARSH BEAR wrote:Rick - if you need to splice electrical connections in the future, I use liquid electrical tape to seal my connections - it has worked well for me in the past when used in under water applications. I put 3 coats on the connected area.
Darren wrote:Rick, any more chatter in your circles around town of birds? Saw a video earlier this week of a good many birds on a farm that was said to be Klondike area, mostly teal with some pins
DComeaux wrote: I like to read that the GW are here. They've been all we've had the last two years.
Rick wrote:Ta-damnit... Went by the shop to insure progress on my Go-Devil and was told he'd start on it tomorrow. Thought we were clear that it wasn't just going to sit there until the last possible minute, but should have known better than to have waited this long to check on it.
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