Dick and I never would have made it to this spot without 4 wheel drive.
This is something us easterners- particularly this area- forget regarding areas of the plains; the flood and the mud! While we had flooding up here it was by and large highly local small areas that didn't or wouldn't hurt us like your area or areas you frequent. But you two did spectacular as usual and I love reading about it.
I have seen news about the mud in Iowa in example and what you've related about your problems with mud too. One year an area I frequented up here years ago was full of mud. We did okay but the mud was about shin deep so we stayed near the edge and got a typical shoot(about 13-16-stop laughing-it's NH remember?) for my partner and I at the time. It was also here I learned we wer right at the doorstep of the roost however very small, a hundred birds if that which I regretted. None the less it was a decent shoot. When the thick pea soup fog lifted we saw the roosting birds and I groaned...we never went back staying further south -a few miles-where the shooting continued to be good despite that catastrophic disaster....the birds remained in the area somewhere until the goshawks appeared which naturally drove them out of the area...clever hawks too. They are stalkers. They will hang back keeping the crow in sight until they run tired then they attack...but this can back fire too whereas the small group will link up with straggling northern birds increasing their ranks considerably then it is time for the hawks to move elsewhere...
-- Edited by killer Crowalski on Thursday 20th of December 2018 05:05:50 PM
Looks a little damp. I am ready for the rain to let up awhile. But, crows sure make a WHACK when they hit that wet river bottom land. Question I am dying to ask is, how many bandits fell victim to you and Dick.
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Dick is pointing to the river we got within 200 yards of the river and the wind direction blew the sound of the call to them. We had steady shooting every few minutes during the afternoon. We shot 288 in that spot from 2:30 p.m. to around 5:30 p.m. The mud looks very much like the mud in you're area doesn't it? We would have buried the trucks to the axle if we tried to get any closer to the river.
I am surprised you where able to get that close with a truck. The mud definitely looks like my areas mud. This is good and means I am inching my way closer to a 288 bird shoot. Again, you two put the whoopin on the crows.
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"If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be wise enough to be crows." Thoreau.
Here is a perfect mud solution for you... we swap!
You come over here and I’ll put you on to a pecan orchard or dove field where you can hunt dry ground wearing sneakers. And, if you are lucky, you might even get into the Century Club!!
At the same time, I go over there and slog through all that nasty mud with the chance to get only 300 or 400 crows!!
Problem solved!
Demi
P.S. Good hearing from you and hope you have a blessed Christmas this year!!
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Dick and I never would have made it to this spot without 4 wheel drive.
Bob,
Muddy conditions complicate everything. A guy can't get where he needs to be and even if you get close everything's a mess. Good to see you're making the best of it.
If you can get ahold of a BobA. video I tell you I laughed and laughed. Who shoots crows with a running comedic commentary anyways? This is before we talk about his commentary as he whacks crow after crow
One of my favorite lines of BobA.s' is:"Welcome to the United States!" LMFAOOOO!!! And :"Oh that has gotta' hurt!" LMAO!!!
Looks like posting pictures is going much better for you this year compared to last year. Nonetheless, if you are struggling with pictures just email them to me like last year and I’ll post them.
We had plenty of mud to contend with here in our corner of NH. It started in August and never let up, several monthly records were broken. Getting in and out of fields was more difficult, by the end of October we were walking into some fields we usually drive in just to be safe. Often the mud was a soupy gumbo we stood in while in the blind. The mud gets on everything and makes a mess. Overall it was still a really good fall crow season. Weather is a factor we can't control just got to make the best of it.
