Guess I should take this as good luck as today,Bayou bob and I were hoping to hit an ole stand-by,were prepared for fairly low water and to our surprise,water level at launch not terribly bad and here is when de fun began!!Launched ole SouthFork put her in reverse and felt what appeared to be steering cable snap(had helm replaced probably about 4-5 years ago)and we were very fortunate that we had that mishap right at launch,got ole gal on trailer and mentioned to Bayou bob dat all I needed to do was stick Chapman into son's pickup,get on line and register for Pearl River WMA and hit wood duck pond.Got home swapped out vehicles,grabbed 6 woodie dekes and Chapman and already had gun and shells and Q beam,good to go and arrived at Pearl just as I saw two hunters doing self-check in(what a waste of valuable time as on-line app free)!!!Got set up,texted Wifey so she would not be worried bout de SouthFork and Lead Sled back home but older son's truck and Chapman rogue missing!!!Foggy conditions greeted me and fog does affect woodies to about same degree as other marsh waterfowl but right after legal shooting fired at pair right at fringe of range(how dey know dat is beyond me).Not long later what appeared to be fine pair of woodies came in,lined em up fired and got em both(trouble was it was doggone pair of common mergansers)!!!Lost one but did get hen merganser,for what dat is worth and spotted otter on way out-bet he woulda tossed mergie back at me and mighta bit me for feeding him trash!!!Oh well,grandson loves watching Paw Paw clean ducks,gotta tell him dis aint a desirable species!!!Got Abita KC meeting tonight and we are raffling off Winchester SXP Defender 12 GA shoot-gun!!!Taking five chances,all of $20 and do not need another shoot-gun but with the way things going,never know when dat weapon might come in handy!!!
Mandevillian
Mandevillian