.....SUCKS!

Glad the numbers are up somewhere because they suck ass here.

Fear not, Chemo Sabe. Tomorrow I'll put you on birds. You shoot straight and we'll turn that frown upside down.

Dear Norton:

Same, here in SE Pennsylvania. Plenty of geese flying around though.

I was out until the early season ended on October 17th, and nothing. Of course a few flying over our house in town, flipping us off, but they were adolescents.

Restart on November 16th.

Sincerely,

Chris Bemis

Our season opened on Saturday, and I missed it as I was coaching baseball in Arizona! My son did go out with a friend, and they shot two limits in about an hour and a half, 14 birds, all mallards and cinnamon teal. They were not at our normal place, but rather on some property we own that I only let my son duck hunt on a few times per season.

Norton is no longer blubbering about not having birds to shoot, thank Heaven to Mergatroid.

I think I'm going to need to start charging him for my stellar guiding services. He seems terribly fond of having a fistful of four fat meatducks in his paws...

What KG forgets to mention is the luxurious rig he gets to hunt from that I provide.....ask him to post a few pics of his 2 rigs.....here's a video which perfectly represents his bigger boat......skip to the 2:16 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WLWdh0n0pk

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Originally posted by Norton:
What KG forgets to mention is the luxurious rig he gets to hunt from that I provide.....ask him to post a few pics of his 2 rigs.....here's a video which perfectly represents his bigger boat......skip to the 2:16 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WLWdh0n0pk

Did he just write 'luxurious'? Sheeit. I am definitely charging you from now on.

And BTW noob, come second season watch me as I keep going far up those coastal creeks with my wee duck boats to the real honey holes. Remember to wave from the area you're forced to hunt from, as your boat is too big, heavy and awkward to get where I'm going. Two men can lift my rigs up over a sunken marsh bank where there are no ramps once the tides ebb, and in a pinch, two men can carry/portage my rigs over logs, sandbars, etc. Let's see you try that with yours. Rotsa ruck!

You're learning some from the master, but you've got a looong way to go yet, sonny.

You didn't use the word "noob" to describe me did you? OK, I admit I wasn't killing ducks with my pappy while I was still in diapers but....noob? You have what, 4 or 5 years on me?

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Originally posted by Norton:
You didn't use the word "noob" to describe me did you? OK, I admit I wasn't killing ducks with my pappy while I was still in diapers but....noob? You have what, 4 or 5 years on me?

Good thing you're a meat cutter and not a bean counter, because your math skills suck!

Tomorrow we're gonna' crush 'em in my next introduced honey hole--if you're nice.

Oh, and I'll take a little sugar in my coffee. And prewarm the thermos for Kreissakes already. My Joe was only tepid this morning, and since that's mainly why I let you tag along, well...

Saturday AM opener here in Tejas---tick tick tick

I think Norty might be rethinking his whole 'no birds around here' sentiment about now, and maybe even beginning to understand that sometimes, some people just might be a bit better at knowing where to find them, and how to hunt 'em...

Nah.

Ah yes, you are a most excellent aime-to!

Reserve opening day of late NH inland opener for my spot.....might go a small way in repaying you, old boy.

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Originally posted by Norton:
Ah yes, you are a most excellent aime-to!

Reserve opening day of late NH inland opener for my spot.....might go a small way in repaying you, old boy.

Repaying? Bah. The friendship's plenty, bud. My bro is still on cloud nine, BTW. Glad you were there to share it with us.

But damn did I miss a monster photo op. After your recent cruel small boat jabs, a pic of me and Lee towing you and your broke-assed canoe with you sitting in about 20 gallons of water would have been pure gold. I must be getting old to have not been on that one like a dog on a pork chop...

All you fellas pictures are giving me the willies. Our season isn't open yet.

We were brushing up the blind this weekend and our hole is loaded with Woodies. Of course thats the way it goes before season opens. Our season opens Thanksgiving day!

The Missouri Dept of Conservation must be laughing up their shirt sleeves about how much trouble they can get a duck hunter into with his family and relatives for missing the Thanksgiving get together and going duck hunting.

Unfortunately I will miss the opener also although Thanksgiving feasts would not be enough of a reason to keep me out of the blind.

I will be in Cambridge visiting my son but those Woodies better watch out the next weekend! I may not be able to hit them but I hope to seriously disturb them if they are still around.

There are no birds in our area. The season opened this weekend, I went deer hunting instead. First time in many years I did not hunt opening weekend of duck season.

Why is it Missouri's season opens two weeks later than Louisiana's? I do believe the ducks pass through MO before LA. I wish our season would not open until the first weekend of December.

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Why is it Missouri's season opens two weeks later than Louisiana's? I do believe the ducks pass through MO before LA. I wish our season would not open until the first weekend of December.

Good question Mike. Maybe its because you all dont want us Yankees to kill all of them before they can get to you?

Actually Missouri has three different start dates depending how far North you are. I am in the South zone.

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Originally posted by Palmer:
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I will be in Cambridge visiting my son but those Woodies better watch out the next weekend! I may not be able to hit them but I hope to seriously disturb them if they are still around.

Cambridge, MA? If so, believe it or not, my duck mob has an annual Thanksgiving Day hunt in a local salt marsh on the North Shore (coastal opens back up the day before). It's obviously not an all day thing; most guys are back home by 9 or 10 (the married ones, anyway, if they know what's good for them!). Be happy to take you and your son out, if you'd like, Palmer...

Kamo are you anywhere near the campus? I am there to work on an augmented reality project with (son) Tait on the 27th.

Likely won't work out for a hunt this trip because I am flying in on the 26th and out on the 28th but would enjoy a cup of coffee or brew with you if it works out and not too much trouble for you. If not - catch ya next time.

If so pm your phone no. and I will contact you when in town.

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Originally posted by Palmer:
Kamo are you anywhere near the campus? I am there to work on an augmented reality project with (son) Tait on the 27th.

Likely won't work out for a hunt this trip because I am flying in on the 26th and out on the 28th but would enjoy a cup of coffee or brew with you if it works out and not too much trouble for you. If not - catch ya next time.

If so pm your phone no. and I will contact you when in town.

Flying in 26th leaving 28th. OK, so what's the problem? I can have you guys back in town by 10:00 with a pile of ducks to add to the festivities... JK.

Let's do it, Palmer. I will assume the 'campus' you refer to is the Square (though it could be MIT). In any event, I work just across the river, right downtown on Tremont 100' from the SE corner of the Common (Boston). You southern boys do Asian food? If so, I can pick you guys up for some Chinatown grub. *Real* Chinese food. Quick, cheap and wunnerful.

Look for a PM. Be very nice to shoot the breeze and have a bite with you and your son.

KG

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Originally posted by Kamo Gari:
Norton is no longer blubbering about not having birds to shoot, thank Heaven to Mergatroid.

I think I'm going to need to start charging him for my stellar guiding services. He seems terribly fond of having a fistful of four fat meatducks in his paws...

Looks like a great place to hunt. NICE COLORS!!!
WTG Norty & Gari
Wish we had some woodies to hunt. Beautiful birds.

Weather has been too good so far. Haven't even bothered in the first two weekends.

However a cold front has now come in so I'm planning to go out for the first time this weekend. It's usually better in the second split around here anyway.

You guys are lucky. We have more than a week before it starts down here.