Bootheel Report

[WilcoKen]

I don't know if "covered up" was a good way to put it but I seen several hundred within a couple miles on the water. One little area with timber probably had 50-60 ducks on it

Yes that little spot of timber usually holds a few. Maybe some birds have moved in those fields since I was last there. It's been several weeks.

 

[RUGER]

Two guys got skunked again yesterday at our spot.
Think they killed 2 a couple days before that.

A few of us are headed over there tomorrow.
Gonna hunt the first 30 minutes then, if nothing has changed, we are gonna pick our crap up and I will be done with that mess.

 

[gasman]

Two guys got skunked again yesterday at our spot.
Think they killed 2 a couple days before that.

A few of us are headed over there tomorrow.
Gonna hunt the first 30 minutes then, if nothing has changed, we are gonna pick our crap up and I will be done with that mess.

Yup. Too bad we got some leeches that just wanted to hunt and not put in any work of putting decoys out or picking them up

 

[TNGunsmoke]

Yup. Too bad we got some leeches that just wanted to hunt and not put in any work of putting decoys out or picking them up

Always seems to a few in every group. Some have more than others. There's probably 4 or 5 in our group that will show up and work when we can, and a lot more than we would have to if we had more help on work days. And then there's 3 or 4 that will pitch in money for supplies and only show up to hunt. It causes discord on the home front when I wind up having to show up way too often to have a place, and there's only one, sometimes 2 others there out of a group of 9.

 

[cbhunter]

Yup. Too bad we got some leeches that just wanted to hunt and not put in any work of putting decoys out or picking them up

Leech on deez, I'll be there

 

[WilcoKen]

3 teal today. But it was fun. Sausage and pancakes. One more hunt tomorrow and I'm closing the chapter on the Bootheel.

 

[RUGER]

Skunked this morning.
Probably my fault.
Should have let them swing one more time.

Hunted till 7:30.
Thank goodness the decoys are all picked up.
Missouri and its mud can KMA.

 

[WilcoKen]

Skunked this morning.
Probably my fault.
Should have let them swing one more time.

Hunted till 7:30.
Thank goodness the decoys are all picked up.
Missouri and its mud can KMA.

I ain't far behind you.

 

[gasman]

Skunked this morning.
Probably my fault.
Should have let them swing one more time.

Hunted till 7:30.
Thank goodness the decoys are all picked up.
Missouri and its mud can KMA.

I tried to tell you to wait. Those 3 pintails liked what I was saying to them.

 

[Don'tDrinkTinks]

I'm outside of Turrell west of 55 and we have a ton of new birds. Last hunt for us and we're switching up tactics in hopes of going out with a bang.

 

[WilcoKen]

I got in a solo hunt while the other 3 guys napped back at hotel this afternoon. A few spoonies rolled in between 3-4:30. God had a sense of humor when He made the spoonie but I'll take them. Today was a little fun actually--a few ducks and a good breakfast in the pit. Last hunt for me tomorrow morning then back to Old Hickory hunting a few years.

 

[cbhunter]

I got in a solo hunt while the other 3 guys napped back at hotel this afternoon. A few spoonies rolled in between 3-4:30. God had a sense of humor when He made the spoonie but I'll take them. Today was a little fun actually--a few ducks and a good breakfast in the pit. Last hunt for me tomorrow morning then back to Old Hickory hunting a few years.

Glad you got to enjoy a day

 

[WilcoKen]

My last Missouri Bootheel hunt and it was a skunk! Farewell to the Show Me State.

 

[Gravey]

Buddy from college had a pit in Gobler, MO so after working in Memphis Thursday I headed up to meet him and his son at his camper in Holland. Killed 1 speck Friday morning. That afternoon his brother who also went to college with us came up with his son and a buddy. Killed 1 teal Saturday morning and 4 more this morning. Stopped around 8:30 or 9:00, picked up decoys, packed everything up and headed home. I'm a social duck hunter once a year and although we didn't kill a pile we saw a bunch and had a blast.

 

[Hduke86]

That makes for a Looooooooonnnnngggggg season. Well now y'all know where NOT to go

 

[RUGER]

We ended the season with me getting stuck and @gasman running out of gas.
He probably used too much pulling the red rocket out.

 

[The Hill]

He probably used too much pulling the red rocket out.

I believe I'm gonna stay out of the show me state If y'all are over there pulling each other's red rocket.

 

[cbhunter]

Evidence

 

[gasman]

Evidence

Sad thing is, he was stuck on dry ground

 

[Hduke86]

Sad thing is, he was stuck on dry ground

From that video I'm wondering how he got stuck on dry ground until I realized you weren't getting him unstuck. You were helping that Chevrolet pull that empty trailer!

 

[WilcoKen]

That makes for a Looooooooonnnnngggggg season. Well now y'all know where NOT to go

Exactly!

 

[WilcoKen]

We ended the season with me getting stuck and @gasman running out of gas.
He probably used too much pulling the red rocket out.
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Missouri---"gloom, despair and agony on me" song comes to mind when I think of the bootheel. Lol