Draw Hunt Results

**JABIII** · 11-12-2013, 09:42 PM

Broad River was the tits. Maybe it will be again this year for the lucky winners. I never hunted it, but damn at the ducks I have seen working in there. Bob Harkins knew what he was about.

**Aging Baby Boomer** · 11-12-2013, 10:35 PM

Heard today by e-mail......had one preference point and was rejected.

I'm so old that I was applying with my father back in the days when you could get drawn once on each hunt site. Entry fee was $10 per site. Several years we were drawn for hunts on both Bear Island East and Samworth. This would have been about 1968, 1969 or 1970. If memory serves, in one year - maybe 1973 or so - we were drawn for three hunts (Bear Island, Samworth and Santee-Cooper).

There were ducks in those days, many fewer applicants, and the fields were hunted more often. As a result there was a better chance to get drawn every year.

Ahhhh......the good old days!

**man down** · 11-12-2013, 10:49 PM

Bear Island east Jan 14

**Waterfowler** · 11-13-2013, 12:04 AM

Just to clarify, has anyone been notified by mail yet?

**Tater** · 11-13-2013, 12:24 AM

I'll be placing a call to HQ shortly so someone can either explain where my money from last year went or where my preference point from last year went. They can keep one or the other, but not both.....

**cut em'** · 11-13-2013, 07:16 AM

Originally Posted by Waterfowler

Just to clarify, has anyone been notified by mail yet?

No and I'm antsy

**BIGDUX** · 11-13-2013, 07:49 AM

Santee Delta West Jan 18th. I'm a swamp hunter and don't have a blind on my boat. Never hunted here before. Can someone tell me if a blind is essential for this hunt?

**Hogg** · 11-13-2013, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by BIGDUX

Santee Delta West Jan 18th. I'm a swamp hunter and don't have a blind on my boat. Never hunted here before. Can someone tell me if a blind is essential for this hunt?

No blind necessary. Leave your boat in the canal and do what GW tells you to do and be prepared to move if the birds are locking in elsewhere.

**rrconductor** · 11-13-2013, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by Budman-08

Wonder how many on here remember 1988. Or if they were born yet.

I had one hell of a hunt there in '81. All mallards and black ducks except for 1 mottled duck. Had the limit in less than 30 min. The scdnr bio and I were friends and he told me exactly where to go. They watched us with binos from the dikes.

**youngjedi** · 11-13-2013, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by duckiller

Who is going where and when? Got my notification today will be at Bear Island East January 9th!

BI East January 9th- See you and Budman there

**duckshootringer55** · 11-13-2013, 07:46 PM

Nothing in the mail yet

**Buckin Bronco** · 11-13-2013, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by duckshootringer55

Nothing in the mail yet

Me neither.

**ClemsnHntr** · 11-14-2013, 12:03 AM

We got Bear Island West on Dec. 17th. Hope to see some of yall there

**highflyer** · 11-14-2013, 09:15 AM

Anyone going to the cape December 26th? This will be my first draw hunt without a partner. Will they have another random single hunter partnered in the blind with me? Possible? Probable? Not likely? Doesn't really matter just wondering what to expect getting drawn as the only team member.

**fuzzy** · 11-14-2013, 12:49 PM

Got my notice via snail mail to day. I have visions of ducks dancing in my head. Hoping for similar results from my last hunt.

**willk** · 11-14-2013, 01:15 PM

The Cut December 7th.

**surfcock** · 11-14-2013, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by highflyer

Anyone going to the cape December 26th? This will be my first draw hunt without a partner. Will they have another random single hunter partnered in the blind with me? Possible? Probable? Not likely? Doesn't really matter just wondering what to expect getting drawn as the only team member.

I don't believe so. I'm flying solo this year as well.

Rubberhead* · 11-14-2013, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by highflyer

This will be my first draw hunt without a partner. Will they have another random single hunter partnered in the blind with me?

Originally Posted by surfcock

I don't believe so. I'm flying solo this year as well.

I always hunt solo. I've been asked if I wanted to share a blind/draw one time that I can remember in over nearly 30 years. Politely decline unless you're okay with hunting with strangers. You have no obligation to share a draw - it's your hunt. I don't like to duck hunt with people I like so I darn sure ain't gonna share a blind with a stranger.

Now, I have been pulled aside on multiple occasions and asked if I would take a particular draw/blind without being part of the drawing. Every time that was done, it was done, I think anyway, in everyone's best interest, including mine. WMA managers want everyone to have the best possible hunt. They'll probably assume you're a good hunter if you're solo and may put you in a place with the highest risk/reward ratio. Then they'll put big parties of goofballs in the blinds that are covered with teal so all the goofballs either shoot a limit or shoot all their shells.

If you are pulled aside and asked if you will take a blind outside of the normal drawing, ask the reason. If you feel good about it, take it. If not, insist on participating in the drawing with everyone else, if they have one. I insisted on being part of the drawing one time and ended up wishing I'd takne the first offer; live and learn.