Posted in Ecology, Farm Management, Hunting, Land Ownership, Ranch Management, Wildlife habitat, outdoors, selling land, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged Hunting conservation, Land Ownership on December 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Hunting partner, Tom Billingsley, and I arrived at the Web Tract ferry about 8:45 on Saturday morning Dec 1. One truck was in line ahead of us and the driver hopped out of his truck as we pulled up.
“I’ve been here since 8 O’clock,” he bellowed. “There was no 8 O’clock ferry and if it [...]
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Posted in Duck hunting, Land Ownership, Partnerships, Wildlife habitat, hunting dogs, outdoors, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged Hunting on my own land, Hunting conservation on December 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Went duck hunting this morning. Mainly to get my young pup out for her second hunt. Didn’t get up early, just left my house about 7:00 AM – not your typical duck hunt. Fortunately the weather was cool and foggy, ideal for a late start.
I expected a couple of my partners would be at the [...]
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Posted in Duck hunting, Ecology, Farm Management, Land Ownership, Ranch Management, Wildlife habitat, hunting dogs, outdoors, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged Hunting conservation on December 23, 2007 | No Comments »
The silence over the duck ponds made a statement about the quality of the hunting. No ducks, no shooting. OK, there were a few ducks overhead, but not very many.
The decoys sat motionless in the still air. A light fog settled in as the sun began to appear like a soft white light creating an [...]
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