Opener

Todd Langston

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Well after getting to a highly disclosed Tupelo Swamp hole on Thursday morning, not sleeping all night and fighting with the people who obviously wanted to hunt the same hole but did not put forth the effort, we squeeked out 10 total with that number including two mallards. Hunted the river on Sat. and ended up with four Gadwells that did everything they could to get themselves killed. Did not see as many idiots as expected but did have a group from GA come in at 5:45 and throw out what must have been 10 dozen mallard dekes. They finally got set up at 6:05, after they had ran several ducks away from my group. Oh well I guess thats what you get when you try to do things right and get there with plenty of time to setup without disturbing anyone else. Also saw another group shoot a very pretty bull Can. and never made the effort to retrieve him. I don't know about you other Guntersville hunters but I think people get more unethical every year. Also saw a guy drive his boat repeatedly into groups of ducks on the river and never shut off the motor but did not mind shooting for about thirty minutes. I guess he finally quit when he got his limit. Eric, did John have trouble getting to hunt his new blind this opener? He has done a great job with the new one.
 
I've got to have something to gripe about. I guess I can't complain I shot the only two Mallards I have seen in the past three years.
 
Hah, got ya beat, we shot 6 on the opener. They were the only things we saw that morning besides a black duck that kept on circling but would never come in. If the wind had been out of the south we would've definately gotten more than 6 but we weren't complaining since the wind was coming right into our faces.
 
Mallards have been hard to come by for me the past few years. We have some good hunts, but mostly Gadwells and Widgeon. I guess I can't complain. Are you going to fight the crowd this weekend?
 
yeah i'll be out all day both saturday and sunday for this weekend then probably all day next weekend but i'll probably miss sunday from being hungover, 21st birthday is saturday. I keep telling my parents the world is going to end just to mess with them. I'm still trying to figure out where to go to this weekend though. Flag me down if you see me out somewhere, can't miss my car, Black montero sport with a big white duckboats.net sticker in the back glass. Besides Eric, i'm the only one around here with the decal as far as i know. Good luck to you this weekend.
 
Look for me I will be the tall guy cussing the GA hunters that come in and set up 50 yards from me at shooting time. We will probably be somewhere around South Sauty. Good luck to you and be safe.
 
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