The Boat Doctor
It’s time to get your mud motor ready
Duck season opens this month, and I was wondering how many of you have thought of doing any maintenance on your duck hunting boats and motors.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
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Hope for the Hopeless
The birds turned at the blat of the call, pinwheeling in flight and heading straight for the spread of decoys set just outside the blind. They stayed slightly out of shotgun range and made a pass by the setup, continuing on behind the hidden hunters[…]
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Opening-Day Doozies
The state’s public lands offer diverse duck-hunting experiences, but having success is far different than at any duck club in existence. For one, permanent blinds generally aren’t permitted, and that makes for a lot more work.[…]
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Slime Sloppers
That 10-foot surge of salt water from Katrina over our marshes wasn’t enough it seems. As lagniappe, this year we get a low river and drought — just in case some grass might have even thought about growing back.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Teal season off to great start
The sound of gunfire could be heard from Grand Cheniere to Roanoke Friday morning as hunters took aim at more teal than any could ever remember seeing. […]
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White Christmas
Alligators have absolutely nothing to do with goose hunting. Nonetheless, it was during the commercial alligator season when my co-duck-oholic friend, Shane Wiggins, and I talked about hunting geese during the upcoming season.[…]
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Aerial Acrobats
It is a half hour before sunup on a crisp November day in the deep woods. Migratory waterfowl hunting season is open, and it’s legal shooting time.[…]
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Now or Never
Light has barely begun to leak over the horizon when the hunters hear the first ducks hurtling past their blind.[…]
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Slack Busters
Robbie’s face lit up. His eyes bugged. A crazy grin creased his face. He’d just answered the cell phone from the passenger seat as we passed the Greater Macedonian Baptist Church on the way down to Venice.[…]
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2005 Duck Forecast
Monday, Nov. 7 — The jet stream, that great river of air that drives the continent’s weather, stretches in a mildly undulating line from Oregon to Maine, pushing storms and weather fronts from west to east across North America.[…]
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Snowed In
Successful hunters are fanatical about their clothing.[…]
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Details, Details, Details
It took two trips to transport 54 dozen Farm Form decoys, and close to an hour to put out the spread of waddling full-bodies.[…]
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Cajun Squeal & Bouncing Hen
After winning three World Duck Calling Championships in 1989, 1999 and 2000, Calef has become one of the most-recognized experts on duck calling in the nation.[…]
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September Mallards
Well, many thought my buddy Cal Fontenot and I were crazy to take on such an adventure. Besides, who just jumps in their truck and drives to another country in the hopes of killing ducks without making the first phone call, knowing anyone, or going through an outfitter (not that we could afford one)?[…]
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Stood Up
When I was in sixth grade, going into seventh, I had a crush on Sandy. In fact, I even went steady with Sandy for one short afternoon.[…]
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Hooked on Quack
The water was high, but it wouldn’t be for long.[…]