2022-2023 Season Log

[Rick]

Date: 9/22 Thur

Time: morning

Location: mudhole

Cloud Cover: clear

Wind Direction and Velocity: northerly light to moderate

Temperature: warm

Moon phase: sliver

Special Notes:

Waterfowl Activity: Slow enough start to finish that we quit early and short

Waterfowl Responsiveness: Most worked, even after initially bumping, but some apparent vets burned by with tails afire.

Hunters: 2, Harold and Mark's last morning of teal Learned Harold is 81, God bless him.

Guns:

Malfunctions:

Dog(s): Had to call the bug off a lively crip that led him into a potential danger zone.

Special Equipment: SOS but sometimes kill spinners to work bumped birds

Curses: Hated to leave them on a slow note.

Kudos: Been fun seeing the pair again.

Birds By Species: 15 blue-wing teal

[Deltaman]

Solid hunts Rick, and know they appreciated, especially after a couple of slow days in the rice

[Duck Engr]

Slow hunt and 15 birds in the hand. Nice work Rick.

[Darren]

Slow hunt and 15 birds in the hand. Nice work Rick.

Having cumulatively killed 2 so far myself, I'd say so.

[Rick]

Date:9/22 Thur

Time: afternoon

Location: 10-footer

Cloud Cover: clear to partly

Wind Direction and Velocity: northeasterly moderate

Temperature: 90s

Moon phase: sliver

Special Notes: afternoon hunting was so poor on the opening weekend that we rescheduled this hunt from that Monday afternoon.

Waterfowl Activity: Got buzzed by a high blue-wing shortly after settling in and didn't see another for a couple hours.

Waterfowl Responsiveness: Only two birds that came within earshot did it right.

Hunters: 4, Mike, Ryan, Jeremy and his soon-to-be SIL, Dakota

Guns:

Malfunctions:

Dog(s):

Special Equipment: spinners large and small

Curses: NO BIRDS only one other bunch seen way the hey out of hearing.

Kudos: Guys took it well, and we had a fun visit.

Birds By Species: 2 blue-wing teal.

[Rick]

Date: 9/23 Fri

Time: morning

Location: mudhole

Cloud Cover: clear

Wind Direction and Velocity: ne mod

Temperature: nice

Moon phase:

Special Notes: worst mosquitoes at blind to date

Waterfowl Activity: We (and Cherry Ridge) were blessed with plenty, while everyone else struggled.

Waterfowl Responsiveness: Not many blew us off.

Hunters: 2 young guys whose names got past me.

Guns:

Malfunctions:

Dog(s): Proud of my bug.

Special Equipment: SOS

Curses: Only that it was slow for others.

Kudos: Blessed again, thanks in large part to the boys shooting pretty well.

Birds By Species: 18 blue-wing teal (even split: 9 drakes and 9 hens)

Photo Ops: shot of hero shot:

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[Deltaman]

BOOM!!!!!!
Glad the birds showed up for ya!

[Duck Engr]

Looks like Porkchop is better at delivering birds to others than Rick. Nice hunt!

[DComeaux]

Looks like Porkchop is better at delivering birds to others than Rick. Nice hunt!

That's for sure.

[Rick]

BOOM!!!!!!
Glad the birds showed up for ya!

Not sure what the deal was. We had a lot more shooting than our marsh's other blinds on either side, to include Isaac's. And Clark's Cherry Ridge blind north of me, which had been uncharacteristically slow this teal season, shot so much I texted him see if he wanted us to bring him more shells, and learned it was on it's third party.

May not see a duck tomorrow.

Failed to note in the log that among our visitors this morning were some beautifully sleek, and slow, pintails.

[PorkChop]

Great hunts! I notice a lot of your posts are at like 2:30 in the morning. I don’t know how you do it ha ha. I think I must be getting lazy

[Rick]

I notice a lot of your posts are at like 2:30 in the morning.

Perhaps a cyber space time warp. I'm generally up around 3 to have some private time before heading to one thing or another that meets the sun in thee marsh or field.

[PorkChop]

Yep I just noticed at the top the form it says it is 11:50 PM on Friday night but here it is 12:50 AM Saturday morning.

[Rick]

Yep I just noticed at the top the form it says it is 11:50 PM on Friday night but here it is 12:50 AM Saturday morning.

Just saw on your log what you're up to at that hour and was reminded of how easy i have it these days.

[PorkChop]

Yep I just noticed at the top the form it says it is 11:50 PM on Friday night but here it is 12:50 AM Saturday morning.

Just saw on your log what you're up to at that hour and was reminded of how easy i have it these days.

I definitely got here way earlier than I needed to. The first crew came a little bit after five and then I had four trucks come about 20 after five. I am Imagine leasing land has its advantages but so does the freedom of lots of open land to follow the birds around. Honestly it’s been 15 years if not more than I’ve gotten up this early to secure a spot. Usually I get off about four and I am out the door by 430. As the season progresses I push that back.

[Rick]

Date: 9/24 Sat

Time: morning

Location: mudhole

Cloud Cover: clear

Wind Direction and Velocity: zip to light NE?

Temperature: warm

Moon phase: sliver

Special Notes:

Waterfowl Activity: Either new birds or significant weekend bump, as everyone in the marsh got lots of shooting.

Waterfowl Responsiveness: Couldn't be much better.

Hunters: 2, annual father and son, Jim and David

Guns:

Malfunctions:

Dog(s): Worked Marsh pretty hard on "Forest Gumped" (in the buttocks) crips.

Special Equipment: SOS

Curses: none from me

Kudos: Took a bit, but the guys started hitting and had a big time.

Birds By Species: 18 blue-winged teal

Photo Ops: the star of our show with David and Jim:

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[Rick]

Date: 9/25 Sun

Time: morning

Location: mudhole

Cloud Cover: clear/partly

Wind Direction and Velocity: didn't notice any

Temperature: warm

Moon phase: new

Special Notes: last day of September teal

Waterfowl Activity: Birds saved their best show for last.

Waterfowl Responsiveness: did as bid

Hunters: 2, Darren and Johnny

Guns:

Malfunctions:

Dog(s): Pretty easy morning for the bug.

Special Equipment: SOS

Curses: Just that it's over.

Kudos: We were blessed with the kind of morning I'd hoped for the guys.

Birds By Species: 18 blue-wing teal (8 drakes and 10 hens: near, if not, hen record)

Photo Ops: Johnny looks like he'll have to clean them all:

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[BGkirk]

Barrels hot


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[Anotherone]

Awesome finale!

[Deltaman]

Congrats on a Great teal season, and seems fitting to end it with Darren and Johnny in your blind

[Rick]

Date: 11/5 Sat

Time: morning

Location: mudhole

Cloud Cover: rain to thunder storms and back to just rain

Wind Direction and Velocity: NE varying

Temperature: cold after my old parka soaked through

Moon phase:

Special Notes: youth and vets' weekend

Waterfowl Activity: Disappointing, as most were probably long gone to the rice, given the weather.

Waterfowl Responsiveness: fortunately fine

Hunters: 1, Tyler, young vet

Guns:

Malfunctions:

Dog(s): Marsh was glad to be back at it, miserable weather and all.

Special Equipment: Wind had broken the older of my two 1/2" steel conduit spinner poles, so we were down to one whirligig.

Curses: Given the givens, and a long hot shower I'm not bitchin'.

Kudos: Tyler had his "best ever" hunt.

Birds By Species: 1 black-bellied whistling duck, 1 blue-wing teal, 4 gadwall, 1 green-wing teal, 1 mottled, 1 pintail and 3 ringnecks

[Ducaholic]

Good Job!

[Duck Engr]

Kudos: Tyler had his "best ever" hunt.

Have a feeling if you could get 60 customer take aways like that this year you’d be tickled.

[Rick]

Have a feeling if you could get 60 customer take aways like that this year you’d be tickled.

I'd feel flat spoiled with a lot less than 60.

[Rick]

Addendum to 11/5 "Malfunctions"

Had come out from a hot shower before logging this morning's hunt and somehow forgot:

"My oldest rain slicker gave up the ghost and left me cold and wet."

Was reminded by the folks in the stands for Georgia's game when the front hit there.

[Rick]

Date: 11/6 Sun

Time: morning

Location: mudhole

Cloud Cover: light rain to drizzle

Temperature: comfortable even when wet

Moon phase:

Special Notes: youth and vets' weekend

Waterfowl Activity: Our late start saw the last of the (big, slow) squealer flight from the boat run.

Waterfowl Responsiveness: Big duck tolled well - until seeing excited faces and/or bright ponchos. Teal were much more cooperative.

Hunters: 1, grand-nephew, Cy, an his non hunting dad, Josh. (Youngest brother, Deacon, slept in.)

Guns:

Malfunctions: Time change caught 'em napping, and we were way the hey late.

Dog(s): Marsh had a fine morning.

Special Equipment: replaced the spinner pole yesterday's front broke, so we were back to two spinners and the modified mallard maching, aka: SOS.

Curses: Just that Cy missed the big easy squealer flight that should have helped get him zeroed in much quicker.

Kudos: Cy eventually started catching up with his birds, and a big time was had.

Birds By Species: 4 blue-wing teal and 8 green-wing teal

[DComeaux]

Nice hunts. I'm looking forward to next weekend.

[Darren]

Nice to see the green flavored teal ducks around to kick things off.

[Deltaman]

Glad the birds cooperated, even if the weather didn't, and I reckon it's time for a new raincoat
Also, Congrats on the win Saturday eve!

[Rick]

Glad the birds cooperated, even if the weather didn't, and I reckon it's time for a new raincoat
Also, Congrats on the win Saturday eve!

New rain slicker is supposed to be here Thursday. Being less than wise, I wore it (bold print "BAD" now on the back and all) again Sunday, instead of the better one I have for the house, and ended up soaked again. Finally took a better look at it today and see the shoulder seams are letting go. "Maybe Aqua Seal" the cheap bastage in me whispered, as I decided not to trash it just yet.

LSU game was a fun one that may at least shush the dolts among our "fan" base for a little while...Naw, if the Woodward (our AD) and then Kelly had just listened to them, we'd win ''em all...