LA Marsh Hunt

MLK weekend found us traveling on a much anticipated trip to see our old friends the Iles family. While the girls went shopping and Amanda taught Leanne how to make hairbows, Clint and I drove to duck camp on the marsh. This was my first time to hunt there and what an introduction. We spent the night there on Friday and hunted Saturday morning in a downpour. The weather did not inhibit the ducks from flying. A total of 9 hunters killed 45 ducks! Oh and I almost forgot to mention that we saw two gators while we were hunting. Theres things in that there marsh that will eat you!!!

Me and My Hunting Buddy

Had the pleasure of hunting with my buddy Joel Ray again this year. He has learned alot since his initial duck hunt last year (see previous posts). Joel tagged a greenwing teal on our first hunt and then killed a beautiful drake shoveler and a very rare redhead! Congrats my friend having the privilege of hunting with you has been the highlight of my year. Keep after it and remember to let me and your dad shoot from time to time :-)

2010 Ice Breaker

I awoke to 16 degrees on January 9. Young and I had a duck hunt at Trimcane and we knew it was going to be tough one. Temps had been this way for a week and we came prepared. Sledgehammer, axe, and rake. We were the only ones to arrive to hunt so we took our hole and found a really nice spot next to the levee with good cover. We cut a large hole in the ice and boy did the ducks love it. We had shooting (notice I did not say killing) all morning long with the last duck being killed around 11am. It even snowed most of the morning making it an awesome experience. We brought out 6 ducks....1 greenhead ,2 greenwing teal, 1 bluewing teal, 1 ringneck and 1 merganser. It was so cold that I had to hover over the heater to make the zipper on my coat work......but man it was heaven!

Good End to a Bad Start

I was hunting shortly before Christmas during the Primative Weapon season and at daylight had three deer running a ridge in front of me.....I wondered to myself...now what in the world has them stirred up? I found out shortly as a coyote appeared. I said to myself "You come on out here big boy and see what you get!" Sure enough he did and he found out! I reloaded and about two hours later I was looking to my right and heard a grunt to my left. I eased around and there this 8 pt stood about 50 yards away and started closing the distance....I had to shoot him right handed, but he dropped in his tracks....man that 45/70 is wicked. Anyway I sat in the stand until 10:00 making sure that a doe did not come out because I love those backstraps. Good PW kill 13 1/2" spread. Forgot my phone at home so had to drive right down Hwy 12 to Leanne's office to get a pic, then decided to take it by MA's school to get her approval, which she did.

The Thanksgiving Buck

This was truely one of those hunts that hopefully will be in my mind for a long time.....Thanksgiving morning found me in my ladderstand overlooking a crossing. 6:35am this buck stepped out and I grunted to stop him and shot him at 100 yards with my new Remington 30.06. A very nice 9 pt with a 14 1/2" spread and weighed approx 180 pounds