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Dbllunger

Dbllunger

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Every year I head back to SE Arkansas where I lived in high school and some of college to duck hunt with old high school friends. Sam, who is a close friend who owns and farms a good bit of land there always takes great care of us. We hunted this past Fri-Sun just outside of McGehee on some of his land that he doesn't lease out to other duck hunters and had a blast. The ducks were plentiful and the shooting was good. Friday and Sunday we hunted flooded timber and killed mostly greenheads and Saturday we hunted a blind on the edge of a flooded rice field and killed a mix of mallards, gadwall, widgeon, pintail and even one redhead. It was a great hunt and as always the highlight really wasn't the hunting but getting together with old friends and enjoying a good steak dinner and some sipping whiskey. Always good to get back and see old friends.

Anyway we killed 90 ducks total for 7 hunters over the three morning hunts. Day one was 36 ducks, day 2 was 38 and day 3 was 16 ducks. We could have had our limits pretty easy the first two days but we were all ready to head back and have a little breakfast. I don't think we hunted past 9:30 any morning and would head back to Sam's parents house which was converted into a duck lodge after they had passed away and have a big breakfast and hangout and visit the rest of the day.

My buddy Sam.
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While the rest of us duck hunters are struggling to kill a duck, you go and post these pictures. I am jealous. ;) Congrats on the good hunt and even more on the get together with old friends. Hope all of ya'll continue this get together for many years to come. The comradery is what it is all about and the hunt is the icing on the cake.
 
RUGER said:
That's awesome man, I was waiting for the pics!
Congrats on another great trip.
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Thanks. Ol Sam never lets us down. He and I and most of the others have all been friends for over 40 years now. Thankfully Sam's son has the duck hunting fever as well and always has. It's great having a couple of 23 year olds in the blind to chase down cripples when the dog isn't there.
 
Dbllunger said:
Every year I head back to SE Arkansas where I lived in high school and some of college to duck hunt with old high school friends. Sam, who is a close friend who owns and farms a good bit of land there always takes great care of us. We hunted this past Fri-Sun just outside of McGehee on some of his land that he doesn't lease out to other duck hunters and had a blast. The ducks were plentiful and the shooting was good. Friday and Sunday we hunted flooded timber and killed mostly greenheads and Saturday we hunted a blind on the edge of a flooded rice field and killed a mix of mallards, gadwall, widgeon, pintail and even one redhead. It was a great hunt and as always the highlight really wasn't the hunting but getting together with old friends and enjoying a good steak dinner and some sipping whiskey. Always good to get back and see old friends.

Anyway we killed 90 ducks total for 7 hunters over the three morning hunts. Day one was 36 ducks, day 2 was 38 and day 3 was 16 ducks. We could have had our limits pretty easy the first two days but we were all ready to head back and have a little breakfast. I don't think we hunted past 9:30 any morning and would head back to Sam's parents house which was converted into a duck lodge after they had passed away and have a big breakfast and hangout and visit the rest of the day.

My buddy Sam. View attachment 66444View attachment 66445View attachment 66446View attachment 66447
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Dbllunger said:
Every year I head back to SE Arkansas where I lived in high school and some of college to duck hunt with old high school friends. Sam, who is a close friend who owns and farms a good bit of land there always takes great care of us. We hunted this past Fri-Sun just outside of McGehee on some of his land that he doesn't lease out to other duck hunters and had a blast. The ducks were plentiful and the shooting was good. Friday and Sunday we hunted flooded timber and killed mostly greenheads and Saturday we hunted a blind on the edge of a flooded rice field and killed a mix of mallards, gadwall, widgeon, pintail and even one redhead. It was a great hunt and as always the highlight really wasn't the hunting but getting together with old friends and enjoying a good steak dinner and some sipping whiskey. Always good to get back and see old friends.

Anyway we killed 90 ducks total for 7 hunters over the three morning hunts. Day one was 36 ducks, day 2 was 38 and day 3 was 16 ducks. We could have had our limits pretty easy the first two days but we were all ready to head back and have a little breakfast. I don't think we hunted past 9:30 any morning and would head back to Sam's parents house which was converted into a duck lodge after they had passed away and have a big breakfast and hangout and visit the rest of the day.

My buddy Sam. View attachment 66444View attachment 66445View attachment 66446View attachment 66447
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Hey Dbllunger, Where in Arkansas was 'home' ? Ever heard of Strong, AR or ElDorado ? If so, I bet you've duck hunted on Felsenthal. I grew up in Sparkman. My wife is from Strong. Im quite a bit older than you, but I betcha you and I have waded some of the same swampy bottoms and stomped the same mud.
 
Knothead said:
Hey Dbllunger, Where in Arkansas was 'home' ? Ever heard of Strong, AR or ElDorado ? If so, I bet you've duck hunted on Felsenthal. I grew up in Sparkman. My wife is from Strong. Im quite a bit older than you, but I betcha you and I have waded some of the same swampy bottoms and stomped the same mud.
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McGehee is where I lived and hunted back in the day. It's about 10 miles from the Mississippi river in SE AR. I'm familiar with Felsenthal and have a buddy that used to hunt it all the time but I never did. About as far west in AR I hunted was Seven Devils Swamp which is near Monticello. Fortunately the places we always hunted were never more than about 20 minutes from our house. Hunted a lot of cypress breaks, flooded timber and flooded rice fields. I think we had a lease just one year and all the other time we just asked permission. That was back when people still gave permission to folks to shoot a few ducks. Yes I'm familiar with where Strong and Sparkman are but I don't recall ever driving or visiting either. Thanks for reaching out. Always great to meet folks with things in common.
 

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