Marsh Bear wrote:Tomorrow - Saturday May 12 is 18 weeks until Teal season - almost here
Next weekend a few members (me included) are going to the camp to check things out. We will go into the marsh and fertilize the area around all the blinds. We also need to do some repairs to our boat launch.
When we are done may have a few adult beverages, grill a steak and tell lies about past hunting experiences.
Deltaman wrote:"We will go into the marsh and fertilize the area around all the blinds."
Have never heard any mention of fertilizing around blinds, and I am assuming for more/better cover, but a novel idea Darren, especially since you are on a private lease
aunt betty wrote:What kind of rice do y'all grow up there around your blinds and pits spinner?
Marsh Bear wrote:We made our trip to the marsh.
The water level is the lowest we have seen this time of year in 2 - 3 years. The high water has taken its toll however and a lot of the marsh is just mud flats - no vegetation. You can see some grasses starting to come back but it will take a few months of continued low water for the grass to fill in.
We do have a lot of wigeon grass growing, but if the water rises too high this too will go away.
Most of our blinds have have decent grass around them, but a few need lots of grass - the high water killed everything around them.
We did see about 10 blue wing teal, and some mottled ducks
We are going back in 2 weeks to plant grass around the grassless blinds.
aunt betty wrote:Is it a too much, not enough thing on water?
It is for me nearly everywhere I go.
Either pushing the boat or making the decoy strings 12 feet long. One extreme to the other.
Once I switched to an anchor, jerk rig with three spreaders it got a whole lot simpler to adjust depth. Twelve decoys is plenty when they are moving and splashing.
Seem to excel in the "too much water" scenario.
Hope you guys get what you want this year.
DComeaux wrote:I pray we miss the storms this year, and not just for the duck hunting.
Rick wrote:DComeaux wrote:I pray we miss the storms this year, and not just for the duck hunting.
Don't know about your marsh, but in the wake of the salt surge that was so hard on human development down there came another surge the ducks and their hunters loved: Walter's millet (aka: "wild rice" to many who don't know that real deal) like no one could remember. Lot of folks were claiming mallards "like the old days" in the deep marsh following the storms. Pretty much right across the road from where you now hunt, anyway.
Meanwhile, we saw none, zip, zero millet. Not even barnyard grass. Maybe didn't get salted hard enough here, though it sure whacked a lot of our vegetation...
DComeaux wrote:Rick wrote:DComeaux wrote:I pray we miss the storms this year, and not just for the duck hunting.
Don't know about your marsh, but in the wake of the salt surge that was so hard on human development down there came another surge the ducks and their hunters loved: Walter's millet (aka: "wild rice" to many who don't know that real deal) like no one could remember. Lot of folks were claiming mallards "like the old days" in the deep marsh following the storms. Pretty much right across the road from where you now hunt, anyway.
Meanwhile, we saw none, zip, zero millet. Not even barnyard grass. Maybe didn't get salted hard enough here, though it sure whacked a lot of our vegetation...
I didn't see much in the way of food this past year, but the teal must have found something. Those we hunt with said, you should've seen it two years ago, the story of my life. Thick wigeon grass and they did well, with more variety. The salinity should be right this year for wigeon grass, so I'm hoping for low water. Some of my camp neighbors blinds border little pecan. They are having problems with water hyacinth clogging the ponds and boat runs.
You've been chasing gators?
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