Marsh Hen

[Palmetto Bug]

Tater is correct. No requirement. I know you can get a ticket for shooting while coasting. If a warden is watching you from a distance and sees you shooting with the motor down, he may give you a courtesy safety inspections.

If you're poling through Spartina grass, you probably want the engine out of the water anyway.

[Simple Man]

Now I know where Don Martin got his inspiration

[TealTapper]

IC said the blind TealTapper..

[BOGSTER]

It's a great workout for a dog. Most places that hold hens on a spring tide are too high up for oysters.

I usually hunt them along the N. Edisto.
There are too many oyster rakes for me to consider using a dog.

[lowcorider]

Either or is fine...

I've heard that they're not too bad (never eaten them), but a friend of a friend loves them so he's the one that gets 'em...

SUPER fun to shoot and it's a good time on the water!

They are good but for some reason they get a bad rap. Before the state took over the islands behind Fripp we went to a camp every year in the fall and enjoyed some tremendous meals put on by a gentleman who actually brought a gas range to the camp every time we went. He fixed marsh hens for us several times and in a couple different ways. Guy was a hell of a chef. Ate lots of shrimp, crabs, conch, birds, and drank way too much beer.

[Salt Marsh]

They are great, if you take the time to remove all the fat from the breasts and thigh/leg. The fat contains some funky flavors which give these little delicacies a bad rap.

I pull the breasts, then pop the legs/thighs out. There is a lot of meat on the thigh. They can be fried or my favorite, smothered. There is great receipt for smothered marsh hens in the old "Charleston Receipt Book".

[CAMO SNOB]

i only put up with you because i see some football potential in Tot.

I concur