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Unread 09-01-2013, 04:35 PM   #1
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What should a fellow expect to pay for a normal outing of this in New Jersey ?
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Unread 09-01-2013, 09:18 PM   #2
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Some rail bird shooting on the Georgia coast.
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Those are great photos. Where on the Georgia coast were you? Our house is on the marsh, but I am not sure the "gun free households" around us would appreciate me blasting away at marsh hens and ducks.
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We left a public landing on Blythe Island, went east under I-95, turned left half mile or so past the paper mill. We could see at a distance the Court House in Brunswick. If you go to the search function and put in "marshes of glenn" you should see a post with pictures of some more rail shooting just out in front of the Jekyll Club hotel. I don't know how to post a link.
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James;
Great photos. Looks like you were shooting a smallbore Parker. Care to tell us what it was?
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Great photos. Looks like you were shooting a smallbore Parker. Care to tell us what it was?
The gun in the pictures is a CHE .410 (whose parents were not married when it was born) which I no longer have. It helped pay my daughter's tuition. The two pictured here I still have and use as often as possible.
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I've shot at Wachapreague actually, that's all clapper rails. There was one group of pushers left down there, a black family named Stranton. All were well along in years, the oldest brother was over 80. I've not hunted with them in several years and I wonder if they're still at it.

As far as booking a shoot in Jersey, you really can't do it. I called every September for about 6 years and never could get them to make a day with me. They've got a group of multi generational clients and pretty well all the days of huntable tides are taken up long in advance. I got lucky and Don got me in with a group he goes with who have been hunting with the Camp family for three generations.

Booking with the Stanton family wasn't too hard, you just had to catch a good tide. It's not nearly as much of a tradition in that area and most of the locals don't do it. It's not nearly as classic as the Jersey shooting, they pole you around in Carolina style skiffs.

You don't really need a cooler and lunch, a couple hours is about the longest you'll ever hunt. Once the tide peaks and turns, it's over. The birds stop flushing and you head back to the dock.


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Out of the valleys of Habersham, down to the Marshes of Glynn.
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Mills this is just behind Daufuskie

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Very cool. I am going to have to try this out. I have never hunted rails before.
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