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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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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