I've had a lease in Arkansas for about 12 years, and it is definitely work. Some years more than others, but always work. The really good days are not as often as they used to be. Life was a lot easier when I just deer and turkey hunted.
i'm an addict, I can't give up the addiction of waterfowling, it's been single digit kill days for the last 10 plus days, today the blind killed 40+ birds. I'll just keep on keeping on
I guess that's my problem, I am definitely not a duck hunting addict.i'm an addict, I can't give up the addiction of waterfowling, it's been single digit kill days for the last 10 plus days, today the blind killed 40+ birds. I'll just keep on keeping on
I have a good friend who has a buddy that owns one of the best duck holes in West TN.A good duck hunt is as good as it gets to me but it's getting hard to achieve unless you are pretty well off financially, which is a shame….
I have a good friend who has a buddy that owns one of the best duck holes in West TN.
It is a pit that's history goes back for over 50 years.
Long story short he reclaims use of it this coming year.
I'm sure I will be able to go there and hunt a couple times.
I mentioned getting "in" on it.
He said his buddy is talking about leasing "holes" in the pit.
He said they would be "around" $15,000.00 per hole.
My friends brother told him, sign me up for 2 holes.
I just had to shake my head.
Supply and demand and mis management….This waterfowl Bootheel Saga of Many
sure sounds similar to the deer-hunting Illinois Saga of Many.
How did just going hunting ever get so complicated (and costly)?
As we get older it truly does get harder to keep up with our kids. Lately I been just as happy to watch the grandkids and let the parents go do the "thing".I guess that's my problem, I am definitely not a duck hunting addict.
The ONLY reason I ever started was because my son did. All his life if he was interested in it I was too.
Just getting old I guess.
I told my wife the other day, "I just can't keep up with him anymore."As we get older it truly does get harder to keep up with our kids. Lately I been just as happy to watch the grandkids and let the parents go do the "thing".
Like I tell my wife sometimes the truth is simply the truth!I told my wife the other day, "I just can't keep up with him anymore."
She said, WELL YOU'RE OLD.
Thought that was rather rude.
I agree fully. I have told several of my "unlucky" clients to spend the money with a guide. I told them to try in state and adventure to somewhere out of state. This can be like throwing darts at a board....Just like tying to pick a few days to go fishing. No guarantees but a good change of pace....Maybe you and him could just book 1 or 2 hunts a year for 2-3 days each with a reputable guide at a good spot out of state? 1 or 2 memorable hunts a season would be better than a whole season of misery and trouble. If he still hunts and draws a blind(assuming he still puts in for them)or if there is somewhere you can join him then you take a day and hunt together then go back to fishing when its over.