Marsh Bear wrote:The water is very low in the marsh and with the cold front coming during the week, I am calling it over for the year. I picked up the gear I don't leave at the camp and head home.
Marsh Bear wrote:1st split averaged 4.72 ducks per man per hunt
2nd split averaged 3.19 ducks per man per hunt
Rick wrote:I'mMarsh Bear wrote:1st split averaged 4.72 ducks per man per hunt
2nd split averaged 3.19 ducks per man per hunt
I'm thinking those numbers pretty dang good for here in the real world.
Rick wrote:Near as I can tell, the spring teal must all be gobbling someone's early rice seed, because I've been past a lot of pre-planting floods and through a couple marshes this past week and have only seen one little bunch of blue-wings. Scads of poule d'eau still around, though. Maybe waiting for a boost from serious south winds.
Rick wrote:Alligator farms get their stock from the wild, and we have to mitigate the eggs we take by releasing more 3-5' gators than would have survived to that size in the wild. Current market is strongest for the fine-grained smaller ones, so what we're letting go is on the more awkward (chunking as opposed to tossing) end of that scale.
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