I remember him from duck hunting way up in the swamp. He was a good hunter as well.
Odd, that's my dad's name (also my name and my son's name) and he was one of the best bass fisherman and wingshots I have ever known. Bodie McDowell and dad grew up together and fished together often. Bodie once wrote in one of his articles that dad was the best bass fisherman he had ever fished with and he had fished with the best. And this is a man (Bodie) who has a hybrid bass named after him (Bodie Bass). Dad fished Santee a lot, his tales of wading and fly fishing the Hatchery were awesome. But dad was only a jump shooter when it came to ducks, he was a bird hunter at heart.
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The Elites don't fear the tall nails, government possesses both the will and the means to crush those folks. What the Elites do fear (or should fear) are the quiet men and women, with low profiles, hard hearts, long memories, and detailed target folders for action as they choose.
"I here repeat, & would willingly proclaim, my unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule—to all political, social and business connections with Yankees, & to the perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race."
Wow, this is like a Paul Harvey commentary.... and no sarcasm intended.
Worship the LORD, not HIS creation.
"No self respecting turkey hunter would pay $5 for a call that makes a good sound when he can buy a custom call for $80 and get the same sound."-NWiles
James Galloway was the best fisherman on Marion or any other lake in the Carolinas in his day.
Where is New Sparkleberry swamp?
I might have known.
Them that don't know him won't like him, and them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
He ain't wrong, he's just different, and his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's right
They don't put Championship rings on smooth hands
Randy Horne has been gone for a good many years cat. He was a man who knew fishing. Unfortunately he had a relationship with the bottle that overtook him. As for moon man, we talked 2 to 3 times a week until the day he passed away. I was a young man in my upper 20's who cried like a baby at moons funeral. That old man dragged me around the swamp and we shot doves on our farm in summerton for years. I'd love to have some of his old decoys and hunting junk for keepsake.
U serious Clark?
There was a guy that hunted Risers Lake back in the late 70's out of a original sneak boat that wore the ducks out. I remember one day he came out with a big 8 point laying across the sneak he had shot that morning along with his limit of ducks. Seems his name was Hayden something.
Yonce
Any of you guys around Sumter know Earl Woodward that worked with the Item? I hunted Sparkleberry with him years ago!
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If you want a fun day, let ol Nab take you for a ride in sparkleberry. Ive had some fun times cruising the swamp with ol nab.
"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters" Norman Maclean.
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