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.
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.
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!
That the Tiger's roar may echo.....
Bear Island east Jan 14
Just to clarify, has anyone been notified by mail yet?
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.....
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?
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Nothing in the mail yet
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Xpress 16 w/ 50 Hammer
War Eagle 15 w/ 30 Hammer
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"Sometimes you gotta grab the bull by the horns and the women by the tits and take charge in your life" - General Patton
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We got Bear Island West on Dec. 17th. Hope to see some of yall there
“Everyone should believe in something; I believe I’ll go fishing.” –Henry David Thoreau
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.
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.
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.
Last edited by Rubberhead*; 11-14-2013 at 02:18 PM.
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got the Heisman. group has 2 pts each for next year. thanks to everyone who has recently started applying for decreasing my odds.
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