Missouri mud

[RUGER]

Got a big ole heaping helping of it this weekend.

We are in the middle of a drought, the Mississippi River is going dry and I have been to the pit 3 times in order to prep for this season.
It has rained all three times. :mad:

This weekend the plan was to put out some of the decoys, about 150, clean the roll tops off and paint them. Then the next weekend do the brushing and put the remaining 500 decoys out.
We pulled a 12' trailer behind the four wheeler until the mud built up on the tires so bad the wheels wouldn't roll anymore.
Unhooked from the trailer and @rem270 carried me and 3 bags of decoys to the edge of the field and dropped us off.
Then he had to make 4 more trips back to the trailer, bringing two bags at a time.

They got an inch of rain last week and another inch the day before we went. :eek:

After multiple trips the mud built up so bad it made the fourwheeler almost inoperable.
Worked poor rem to death trying to drive it.
We ended up getting maybe 120 decoys out, and threw the big bag in the pit and left.
We were a half mile from the truck.
It took us 2 hours to get the four wheeler back to the trailer, get it hooked up and get it to where we could get the truck hooked to it.

I am way too old to work like I did and I am paying for it today, more than I thought I would.
We have another spot we can park that we are going to look at next time. It will be the same distance but a straight shot in on a field road.

I have about decided I do not have the equipment needed to hunt in Missouri.
Gonna start looking around at used helicopters cause that's what we need.

 

[WilcoKen]

Got a big ole heaping helping of it this weekend.

We are in the middle of a drought, the Mississippi River is going dry and I have been to the pit 3 times in order to prep for this season.
It has rained all three times. :mad:

This weekend the plan was to put out some of the decoys, about 150, clean the roll tops off and paint them. Then the next weekend do the brushing and put the remaining 500 decoys out.
We pulled a 12' trailer behind the four wheeler until the mud built up on the tires so bad the wheels wouldn't roll anymore.
Unhooked from the trailer and @rem270 carried me and 3 bags of decoys to the edge of the field and dropped us off.
Then he had to make 4 more trips back to the trailer, bringing two bags at a time.

They got an inch of rain last week and another inch the day before we went. :eek:

After multiple trips the mud built up so bad it made the fourwheeler almost inoperable.
Worked poor rem to death trying to drive it.
We ended up getting maybe 120 decoys out, and threw the big bag in the pit and left.
We were a half mile from the truck.
It took us 2 hours to get the four wheeler back to the trailer, get it hooked up and get it to where we could get the truck hooked to it.

I am way too old to work like I did and I am paying for it today, more than I thought I would.
We have another spot we can park that we are going to look at next time. It will be the same distance but a straight shot in on a field road.

I have about decided I do not have the equipment needed to hunt in Missouri.
Gonna start looking around at used helicopters cause that's what we need.

Fun times. You will bring alot of mud home with you too. Rice stubble would wrap all around my axles last year then mud over that. Always fun cleaning it up when I got home. Not a problem this year--I'm walking in/out of field. Cant wait!

 

[cbhunter]

Got a big ole heaping helping of it this weekend.

We are in the middle of a drought, the Mississippi River is going dry and I have been to the pit 3 times in order to prep for this season.
It has rained all three times. :mad:

This weekend the plan was to put out some of the decoys, about 150, clean the roll tops off and paint them. Then the next weekend do the brushing and put the remaining 500 decoys out.
We pulled a 12' trailer behind the four wheeler until the mud built up on the tires so bad the wheels wouldn't roll anymore.
Unhooked from the trailer and @rem270 carried me and 3 bags of decoys to the edge of the field and dropped us off.
Then he had to make 4 more trips back to the trailer, bringing two bags at a time.

They got an inch of rain last week and another inch the day before we went. :eek:

After multiple trips the mud built up so bad it made the fourwheeler almost inoperable.
Worked poor rem to death trying to drive it.
We ended up getting maybe 120 decoys out, and threw the big bag in the pit and left.
We were a half mile from the truck.
It took us 2 hours to get the four wheeler back to the trailer, get it hooked up and get it to where we could get the truck hooked to it.

I am way too old to work like I did and I am paying for it today, more than I thought I would.
We have another spot we can park that we are going to look at next time. It will be the same distance but a straight shot in on a field road.

I have about decided I do not have the equipment needed to hunt in Missouri.
Gonna start looking around at used helicopters cause that's what we need.

Not the same unless you post that 4 wheeler pic! Sorry again I had to cancel

 

[rem270]

It was absolutely horrible lol. Took every wheel off and washed it when I got home. I told Ruger now I know why that blind was open and up for grabs for this season .

 

[WilcoKen]

That takes the prize. All for a duck! Lol.

 

[woodyard]

i thought it was next weekend we were doing that. I was going to offer my services. Yall might of had drag me out of there after I got bogged down without my crutch. Lol

can you walk in that crap?

 

[RUGER]

i thought it was next weekend we were doing that. I was going to offer my services. Yall might of had drag me out of there after I got bogged down without my crutch. Lol

can you walk in that crap?

Yeah next weekend, just wanted to get a jump start on it.
Walking actually isn't that bad. You would think looking at those pictures that we left ruts a foot deep. They were all actually closer to 1 inch deep.
Weird crap.
Once you get to the actual field its not much different than dry ground.

 

[RUGER]

Also, like me and rem were saying yesterday, one trip in and one trip out would have been a total different ballgame.
The multiple trips is what got us.

 

[GUNNERX2]

It was absolutely horrible lol. Took every wheel off and washed it when I got home. I told Ruger now I know why that blind was open and up for grabs for this season .
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And I thought that I had experienced the worse mud ever.

 

[Gravey]

Some nasty looking mud!

 

[Hduke86]

@rem270 let go of some of that money and put tracks on that can-am

 

[mike243]

Well that's ugly, a lesser 4 wheeler would still be setting out there, you reckon those big assed mud tires would work better or just load it up faster? I see a lot of them but never used any

 

[Redfox]

Don't miss that . I used to drive mine through the water rather than on the levee when it got really sticky. I could churn enough water that it kept everything washed out. Been a bunch of axles replaced because of mud, stubble, and cold air. Never buy atvs from that part of the world!

 

[Displaced_Vol]

@rem270 let go of some of that money and put tracks on that can-am

No joke I was wondering if tracks would be better?

 

[RUGER]

No joke I was wondering if tracks would be better?

The guy we leased from, and I have hunted with before, changed his to tracks last year, I know that much.
I think it will be managable but we have just hit it on the 3 worst days we could have to do work.
When / if it gets cold and the ground freezes a little going in will be a non-issue and then when we leave after it thaws, just one trip won't be as bad.

 

[tickweed]

Tracks are by far best, as in relation to cuttting ruts, traction.

 

[RUGER]

Tracks are by far best, as in relation to cuttting ruts, traction.

That's another thing that amazes me, all the mud on the four wheeler and the "ruts" we were cutting were about 1" deep.
Craziest thing I ever seen.

 

[TheLBLman]

Sounds like you need an air boat.

 

[kopter doktor]

Got a big ole heaping helping of it this weekend.

We are in the middle of a drought, the Mississippi River is going dry and I have been to the pit 3 times in order to prep for this season.
It has rained all three times. :mad:

This weekend the plan was to put out some of the decoys, about 150, clean the roll tops off and paint them. Then the next weekend do the brushing and put the remaining 500 decoys out.
We pulled a 12' trailer behind the four wheeler until the mud built up on the tires so bad the wheels wouldn't roll anymore.
Unhooked from the trailer and @rem270 carried me and 3 bags of decoys to the edge of the field and dropped us off.
Then he had to make 4 more trips back to the trailer, bringing two bags at a time.

They got an inch of rain last week and another inch the day before we went. :eek:

After multiple trips the mud built up so bad it made the fourwheeler almost inoperable.
Worked poor rem to death trying to drive it.
We ended up getting maybe 120 decoys out, and threw the big bag in the pit and left.
We were a half mile from the truck.
It took us 2 hours to get the four wheeler back to the trailer, get it hooked up and get it to where we could get the truck hooked to it.

I am way too old to work like I did and I am paying for it today, more than I thought I would.
We have another spot we can park that we are going to look at next time. It will be the same distance but a straight shot in on a field road.

I have about decided I do not have the equipment needed to hunt in Missouri.
Gonna start looking around at used helicopters cause that's what we need.

I do repair and modify and build helicopters....for a living....which kind would you like to rent.....LOL

 

[cmn]

Got a big ole heaping helping of it this weekend.

We are in the middle of a drought, the Mississippi River is going dry and I have been to the pit 3 times in order to prep for this season.
It has rained all three times. :mad:

This weekend the plan was to put out some of the decoys, about 150, clean the roll tops off and paint them. Then the next weekend do the brushing and put the remaining 500 decoys out.
We pulled a 12' trailer behind the four wheeler until the mud built up on the tires so bad the wheels wouldn't roll anymore.
Unhooked from the trailer and @rem270 carried me and 3 bags of decoys to the edge of the field and dropped us off.
Then he had to make 4 more trips back to the trailer, bringing two bags at a time.

They got an inch of rain last week and another inch the day before we went. :eek:

After multiple trips the mud built up so bad it made the fourwheeler almost inoperable.
Worked poor rem to death trying to drive it.
We ended up getting maybe 120 decoys out, and threw the big bag in the pit and left.
We were a half mile from the truck.
It took us 2 hours to get the four wheeler back to the trailer, get it hooked up and get it to where we could get the truck hooked to it.

I am way too old to work like I did and I am paying for it today, more than I thought I would.
We have another spot we can park that we are going to look at next time. It will be the same distance but a straight shot in on a field road.

I have about decided I do not have the equipment needed to hunt in Missouri.
Gonna start looking around at used helicopters cause that's what we need.

I used to carry a small shovel and an old machete to "cut" the mud off the tires. 15 years of that was enough to make Reelfoot more appealing

 

[RUGER]

I used to carry a small shovel and an old machete to "cut" the mud off the tires. 15 years of that was enough to make Reelfoot more appealing

Yeah I told @rem270 I have a sharpshooter shovel with about a 14" handle that we used to dig the ditch under my son's deck to run electricity to his shop that would have been VERY handy that day.
Too bad it was in Paris. LOL

 

[beefydeer]

I sell alot of side by sides to people that hunt over there and alot of them put tracks on them. They stay up on top of the mud no problem.

 

[RUGER]

I sell alot of side by sides to people that hunt over there and alot of them put tracks on them. They stay up on top of the mud no problem.

I need to bring my fishing boat over there and trade for a four wheeler. :D

 

[Popcorn]

It was absolutely horrible lol. Took every wheel off and washed it when I got home. I told Ruger now I know why that blind was open and up for grabs for this season .
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I resemble that on occasion lol

 

[tellico4x4]

Y'all are nuts, especially to shoot something thats not fit to eat. If you are gonna be dumb, then you gotta be tough.

 

[woodyard]

One thing for certain. We are nuts!

I am wondering if anybody ever tried putting something on your boots,maybe a vegetable oil, to get the mud to release.
Water doesn't seem to cut it much unless lots of pressure and time. I hate to use the pressure washer on them, but that is about what it takes. I may experiment with oil since I have enough mud in piles to pretend I am back over there.

Spent a couple of hours yesterday just getting the "gravel" from the road out of the truck wheel wells and some of the mud off the Polaris with a regular hose from the well. Going to get the pressure washer out today.

 

[cbhunter]

One thing for certain. We are nuts!

I am wondering if anybody ever tried putting something on your boots,maybe a vegetable oil, to get the mud to release.
Water doesn't seem to cut it much unless lots of pressure and time. I hate to use the pressure washer on them, but that is about what it takes. I may experiment with oil since I have enough mud in piles to pretend I am back over there.

Spent a couple of hours yesterday just getting the "gravel" from the road out of the truck wheel wells and some of the mud off the Polaris with a regular hose from the well. Going to get the pressure washer out today.

I started to text the group the other day and say I've discovered that you just throw your boots away after each trip.

 

[RUGER]

One thing for certain. We are nuts!

I am wondering if anybody ever tried putting something on your boots,maybe a vegetable oil, to get the mud to release.
Water doesn't seem to cut it much unless lots of pressure and time. I hate to use the pressure washer on them, but that is about what it takes. I may experiment with oil since I have enough mud in piles to pretend I am back over there.

Spent a couple of hours yesterday just getting the "gravel" from the road out of the truck wheel wells and some of the mud off the Polaris with a regular hose from the well. Going to get the pressure washer out today.

I have "heard" WD-40 works good. Dunno though.

 

[TnKen]

I talked with one of the farmers about how they get the mud off. Their response was to let it dry and knock it off.

 

[CBU93]

I talked with one of the farmers about how they get the mud off. Their response was to let it dry and knock it off.

Best way…