


Bayoubob and I have at least been giving the NShore ducks plenty of hunts to try,in vain,to rid ourselves of horrible taste this miserable season has unfortunately left for not just us but all too many diehard waterfowl hunters!!!We have tried plenty of ponds,just about every single pond has aquatic grasses,some lot more than others and the consistent theme seems to be lack of ANY migration,at least as far as we can discern!!!Hit yet another area that just few seasons ago I was able to quite readily take a 6-duck limit and on that particular hunt,had a buddy text me wanting to know if by chance I still had my dekes employed and gave him de bad news-my dekes were picked up and put into Chapman,just so happened to be on proverbial,'X' dat day!!!Because of how rotten this season is,we lower our expectations,so low to the point where IF we even see a duck we are rewarded,heaven forbid a duck get into range!!!We each had very marginal chances at trophy mottled ducks and ya would suspect it-right after dismantling palmetto blind and casing up shotgun,fine pair of mallards decided they liked the pond just tad W of me,about 150 yards out!!!Already had hearing protection removed,Beretta cased,blind material tied up,dekes on carabiner,etc!!!Did take pic of fine lil gallinule,their season ended a few weeks ago,I believe, and I have been told they are excellent table fare.This lil specimen had NO idea how close I was blinded up and the frustration is to the point where I may have made my last EZone 20/21 hunt,though wanna get older son a last chance and also give Bayoubob one more chance-he is opting out for Sun and I really need some deer stand time!!!Hope Sat is best hunt of this rotten season and once the colony of white Pelicans start flying,seems like duck flights over!!Oh well,at least we got T-Funky slabs to look forward to and have met Cajun Ray a time or two on T-Funky and not that long ago,ran into Tony Taylor and think other gent was Tim,they had Live Scope functioning and dat made it super-easy for em to find dem elusive slabs!!!Love this time of year!!!
Mandevillian
Mandevillian