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<blockquote data-quote="Displaced_Vol" data-source="post: 5263666" data-attributes="member: 20484"><p>My very late report from Thorny Cypress Pool 1:</p><p></p><p>I was drawn 12/17 - 12/19. Unfortunately we lost my grandfather right about midnight on Saturday/Sunday 12/12. We had the funeral evening of the 16th and buried him Friday morning the 17th in Knoxville. I may do another post about that, not because I'm looking for sympathy but there is a chance some folks here might have known him or the deli he ran for 40+ years in Knoxville. Anyways back to the ducks, or lack thereof.</p><p></p><p>I had one friend interested in making the trip and he is still somewhat new to this so he's still pretty mad at them. I had rented a place up right beside reelfoot and of course the tornadoes had gone through that weekend before also. I heard from the owner and he said all was fine at his place and to come on down. I encouraged my friend to go on down and try to hunt somewhere, especially since I had already paid for the rental. He ended up going out on Friday and hunted around west TN solo Saturday. It was a foggy day, he got a shot on a group of 3 but didn't connect. He saw a "good amount" of birds moving throughout the day.</p><p></p><p>I honestly would not have gone if it hadn't been for him being out there. I felt like I ought to at least go out for the last day of my draw so he could hunt it. Saturday night into Sunday morning a small cold front was coming in and temps dropped 20 degrees from when I pulled out of my driveway until I arrived at the foot. I knew better than to get my hopes up but I thought the north winds, cold & clear skies might help us out on Sunday. I didn't expect it to be a big migration driving front, but when it is stale like this I just look for anything different to try and shake things up and encourage them to move some. Also, they had just updated the survey numbers and the refuge out there had gone from 30k to 60k, so I let that play into my misguided optimism also.</p><p></p><p>Flushed ducks out of corn in both sides of the pool (north and south, 1 is divided by a gravel drive) and heard quite a few in the dark waiting on LST. Pintails, wigeons, woodies, gadwalls and mallards. Saw a handful zipping around as LST was approaching and we could have shot at one or two low flyers. If shooting time was 6:30, all flights had stopped by 7:00 am. We didn't see anything at all until 10:00 am and then some of the snow geese started to appear from the west, flying high and headed east.</p><p></p><p>Water was good in both the north and south pool. Corn still looked in good shape. We hunted the south side, we thought it just "looked" a little better. We hid in a small, thin pocket of saplings that gave OK cover but we kept waiting and expecting the sun to come up which would have been at our back. Never did see the sun and we would have been well enough to hunt along the edge of a bigger, thicker stand of saplings opposite end of the hole.</p><p></p><p>We were headed out by 10:30. Didn't hear a lot of shooting around us, a few volleys from some of the public holes and the most consistent shooting from what I assume was private based on direction. It was still a nice, albeit short getaway. Ate at Boyettes for the first time Saturday night and it was delicious. I always enjoy spending time on that part of the world where duck hunting is so much a part of the culture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Displaced_Vol, post: 5263666, member: 20484"] My very late report from Thorny Cypress Pool 1: I was drawn 12/17 - 12/19. Unfortunately we lost my grandfather right about midnight on Saturday/Sunday 12/12. We had the funeral evening of the 16th and buried him Friday morning the 17th in Knoxville. I may do another post about that, not because I’m looking for sympathy but there is a chance some folks here might have known him or the deli he ran for 40+ years in Knoxville. Anyways back to the ducks, or lack thereof. I had one friend interested in making the trip and he is still somewhat new to this so he’s still pretty mad at them. I had rented a place up right beside reelfoot and of course the tornadoes had gone through that weekend before also. I heard from the owner and he said all was fine at his place and to come on down. I encouraged my friend to go on down and try to hunt somewhere, especially since I had already paid for the rental. He ended up going out on Friday and hunted around west TN solo Saturday. It was a foggy day, he got a shot on a group of 3 but didn’t connect. He saw a “good amount” of birds moving throughout the day. I honestly would not have gone if it hadn’t been for him being out there. I felt like I ought to at least go out for the last day of my draw so he could hunt it. Saturday night into Sunday morning a small cold front was coming in and temps dropped 20 degrees from when I pulled out of my driveway until I arrived at the foot. I knew better than to get my hopes up but I thought the north winds, cold & clear skies might help us out on Sunday. I didn’t expect it to be a big migration driving front, but when it is stale like this I just look for anything different to try and shake things up and encourage them to move some. Also, they had just updated the survey numbers and the refuge out there had gone from 30k to 60k, so I let that play into my misguided optimism also. Flushed ducks out of corn in both sides of the pool (north and south, 1 is divided by a gravel drive) and heard quite a few in the dark waiting on LST. Pintails, wigeons, woodies, gadwalls and mallards. Saw a handful zipping around as LST was approaching and we could have shot at one or two low flyers. If shooting time was 6:30, all flights had stopped by 7:00 am. We didn’t see anything at all until 10:00 am and then some of the snow geese started to appear from the west, flying high and headed east. Water was good in both the north and south pool. Corn still looked in good shape. We hunted the south side, we thought it just “looked” a little better. We hid in a small, thin pocket of saplings that gave OK cover but we kept waiting and expecting the sun to come up which would have been at our back. Never did see the sun and we would have been well enough to hunt along the edge of a bigger, thicker stand of saplings opposite end of the hole. We were headed out by 10:30. Didn’t hear a lot of shooting around us, a few volleys from some of the public holes and the most consistent shooting from what I assume was private based on direction. It was still a nice, albeit short getaway. Ate at Boyettes for the first time Saturday night and it was delicious. I always enjoy spending time on that part of the world where duck hunting is so much a part of the culture. [/QUOTE]
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