Auto5man's blog

Just kidding....had to get your attention because of a very important notice. It's important that we log our hunts, however, the "Hunt Log" on the website is not up and running yet. As a temporary measure, we are asking that you post each hunt as a blog entry. Title your entry "HUNT LOG", include the date in the title. (HUNT LOG 11-17-07, for example). I will use the hunts that were left at the TRiv clubhouse as examples. Make sure to mention AM or PM hunt. List hunters present (don't say "Team 1" ) Here are the hunts I know about so far, there are several more that I don't know about. more »

hey eggstyle, Hey Stovie!

be discreet, but try to fit in a few rain dances into your work week. Just shut your office door and let 'er rip-hopefully your secretary won't notice.

SuperGrover

For those interested smack 'em time for Opening Day is 6:10 am. A ceasefire will be declared for 4:55 pm of the same day. Times are computed from the sun rise and set tables by the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department for Harrisburg, Arkansas. According to our game warden, Larry Williams, simply observing the sun rise and set calculated for Harrisburg, AR in your hunting practice will avoid the need to purchase any further special hunting permits in your area.

Shooting times for the remainder of the season will be posted after I get them computed.

SuperGrover

Some quick thoughts about our growing flock of leakers that clutter up the pits...

Every year the problem seems to get bigger. What we currently do is pick up all the decoys at the end of the year...leakers and floaters alike and store them until next year. The next year it seems all the leakers are getting mixed in with the regular flock. Opening week the spreads look great, then a few days later about 10% of each flock has turned into submarine dekes.

We need to get these dekes culled out of the spreads now. Having done this a few weeks ago at North Bridge, I can tell you its a fairly time-consuming task for one person and required a four-wheeler. more »

TRiv has eclipsed last years total bag ALREADY, and we still have several weeks to go! If everyone had been posting there hunts I think I might actually feel GUILTY at the total carnage. Well, not really, it boils down to them or us....it's just that simple. If we let them overpopulate... the birdflu will kill us all.

Paulie and his crew havn't reported their numbers from last week. As soon as they get it to me I will post it. So the known total bag is actually even higher. I'm actually surprised that we've bested last year in a year of high water everywhere.

supergrover

I bow down to you Mike Johns for finally breaking the 1 barrior at South House and boosting the numbers to THREE!!! heehee, that tickled me...you are the MAN!

On a more serious note, would you have killed more had you been in the house pit rather than South House? I just can't imagine a good reason why we have the two pits so close to the other. When I hunted the house pit the other day, by far between the two pits House was better, but I did lose a few birds to the decoy spread in S House. I can't help but wonder if that spread wasn't there if the House pit wouldn't be a little better? What do you think? Anyone else have an opinion? more »

...as of last thursday. Tuesday I discovered North Bridge pit flooded and many of the dekes floated off after the two inch rain. Tuesday I pumped the pit out. Thursday I rebrushed the gates with fast grass and collected the several dozen dekes that had collected north of the pit at the levee's edge.

As of last thursday there were still quite a number of dekes (several dozen) south of the pit spread out along the levee that need to be collected by anyone who's feeling industrious. The pit also needs some long poles to keep the gates propped up right.

(*note to selfs for next year*...longer than a 12 inch line per deke would be prudent). more »