Reelfoot Lake - and no ducks!
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I had the opportunity to hunt on Reelfoot lake in Western Tenn. earlier in the month. According to the locals, worst start of the season they had seen in decades! I fired twice, in six hunts! But it was an experience I will not forget, as I work to loose the five pounds I put on eating duck blind breakfasts! Unfortunately no pictures of ducks and Parkers but a few of the experience!
I understand from my friend in Union City, the ducks finally arrived after this latest storm rolled across the country. |
I found that you have to shoot behind the ducks on Realfoot Lake. When the boat is doing 60 mph and the birds are doing 40 mph you have to shoot behind them.
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Ah,, the boat ride!
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Well I actually hunted in Nash Buckinghams Beaver Dam Lake blind for two days 2 weeks ago and very few ducks. Stove worked and bullshit was good but to drive 11 hours was a sad disappointment. Even had a Super HE and EH 10 grade for the welcoming committee. Guides said duck count down 80% weekend before they showed me a pic of 43 ducks mostly Greenheads in the same blind I was in. No story to write about. Should have stayed in S Tx shot Whitewings which were everywhere!!!
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But David - you walked on Holy Ground... wasn't that enough? ;)
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I had a much anticipated draw hunt up on the Pee Dee river this year and did not fire the gun. Very anticlimactic but a great experience otherwise
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I used to hunt Reelfoot for woodcock back when Tennessee had a February season. I remember finding elevated plank walkways in the cypress that lead to some pretty enticing duck blinds. Never hunted ducks, but the area is intriguing. The lake, as I understand it, was once the Mississippi River which re-routed itself after the big earthquake on the New Madrid fault back in the 1800s.
We used to find woodcock in the bamboo thickets in the low areas. A neat place. Sorry your duck shooting was not good, but it was still a great and memorable experience, I'll bet. I enjoyed your pictures! |
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