BilletHead

Scott, glad you are still mending well! Duane, have a good trip home, BilletHead

Look under older mature oaks, closer to dying to dead. A couple of these came from an oak you could not reach around. BilletHead

I had checked a couple of my spots last week, nothing. Checked today and they were up. Out of three spots checked two produced. Picked these three hen of the woods mushrooms. There are still two small ones started that will make more big ones in a few days. Had some sauteed with dinner. There will be hen of the woods casserole and hearty hen soup in the upcoming days. The fungus is among us so get out and look, BilletHead

Maybe a general wild food forage forum. We found some hens a bit ago. BilletHead

Got to watch out for my friends. Wouldn't want to hang out with a criminal. Good to talk to you Saturday morrning and I will let you know what I find looking around next week, Billethead

Yes when that goose was found it had tears running down its flocked head. I told that goose it would find its owner again. Ah yes you shoud of seen that big foot smile when it seen its daddy Chris the Bird Watcher. Moody, welcome to the Circus. BilletHead

Heaven for sure. I love Fall, Swatted skeeters at daylight yesterday. This morning drove through a patch of 36 degree temps. When retreiving one of the wifes birds it had landed in a big patch of frost in the field. We do wish we had a cup of Scott's coffee Billethead

Did it again this morning on the last day of early teal.. Same plan as yesterday, same place. Less birds flying but it worked out fine. We had other hunters in our area and had to paddle out and through their decoys on the way to the truck. Seriously right through them. Only one channel flooded. Kinda cool paddling through a teal decoy slalom kayak course. I gave myself a 9.9 because of poor execution. Today two of the eight were greenwings and the balance bluewings. BilletHead

One at Four Rivers conservation area. A young one, I like seeing them especially when you can get this close. Took the photo during the tropical depression from hurricane Isaac, BilletHead

Yes Scott it has been a good season so far. Like you brought up in the other post it is a strange start of season also. Three weeks ago we has pintails and shovelers here. Still really dry as far as pond water but now the soil is pretty wet. Every rain has been slow and steady. We need a fast downpour to fill things. BilletHead

Been teal hunting off and on finding birds here and there. Finally got word on a bunch of birds and one of the duck parks. Did some recon and found where they were at. Had a good hunt solo yesterday. I wanted to get away from the crowd so the native kayak got broke out. I cannot carry a load so the ride did the hauling to the hot spot. Yesterdays birds So much fun I got Mrs. BilletHead out of bed this morning at 4 AM and off we went. The Mrs. walked in and I paddled again with the gear. She carried the GPS and it was a mile to the hot spot. Got set up and had a hey day! Lots of birds zooming around. We did the deed and back to the truck we went. Paddling away A couple of the load Going again in the morning if all goes well but to do that we needed to eat some. We filleted the breast meat and the wife did the bacon wrap. I put them in the smoker with alder wood for about and hour and a half, pulled them out and finished them on the grill until the bacon was a bit crispy. We then proceeded to eat with sides of green beans and mack and cheese. BilletHead

I have a Native 12 ' Ultimate. Very stable. I have stood up in it but it is a bit wobbly. When I fish I like to stand up so my Diablo Adios is the choice. The Native is a faster paddle so I used it this morning for transportation while teal hunting to move my decreped carcass, guns and decoys a mile to the hot spot. Mrs. BilletHead walked to the spot.

Mr. and Mrs. BilletHead did not go in the rain yesterday morning but we did get nine dove in the afternoon. This morning five teal met there maker and will end up in out bellies.

Good job young man, BilletHead

Nice report, My, how we wish we were still out there fishing. You got to love those aggressive cutt's. Thanks Nortrad, Mr. and Mrs. BilletHead

. Chris yes the rain helped a bit but still not enough. All the rain we finally got only added tow to three inches to all the water we had left. We need a gully washer for some run off . This is the mud hole where the old man with the skinny dogs live. it was pumped dry many moons ago and really it had grass all over but still some mud. I had the decoys in two inches of water. You should of seen the shoveler land he was not expecting the shallowness and he about did an endo over his beak. Funny as heck. Today we got seven at the pig barn lake and it was messy bad. Low also. Mike has a electric fence around it and the corn and has turned cattle in it. Muck and cow poop all over the edges. On a good note when it does fill there will be to foot or more of grass and weeds along the edges and there will be fourty to fifty yards deep from where it is now to the pond bank . Action was tremendous early. We had a mix of shovelers and teal a half hour before shooting time land out front. Tight they were and we just waited them out. At sunrise there was only one away from the big ducks. We popped up and got him. No shots on the others or we would of killed the wrong thing. I cannot believe the big ducks here right now. Got a couple more and then when picking up three pintails tried to land, What the heck? One finally did and we were standing out of the layout blinds. Off they went and started going round and round over the corn, then they went down. I told the Mrs. I got to see if there is a mud hole in the field. No water but the three ducks were going down one of the rows not paying any attention to me eating. I got to within 50 yards and then up they went, flew a ways and back down. I went back and we started picking up and as we left they went down on the lake. Someday I will get a duck over a field, maybe this will be the year? We jumped a small pond on the way home and this made seven for the morning. Four of which were greenwing, three bluewing. Last year we had nothing around and this all kinds. Who knows tomorrow maybe nothing. I know I will try if I can get out of bed in the morning. Kind of over did it even with the Mrs. helping. BilletHead

The above is resting in my belly right now and I am so satisfied and content. The content part my be the extra large glass of zin speaking out. BilletHead is soooo relaxed

It looks like we may be in for a treat and I hope you are right. These birds were not here a week ago and then all of the sudden they appeared out of no where. Billethead

Sweet Scott! The Mrs. and I opened up out teal this morning. Did good, posted on waterfowl. We should be back after them in the morning again, Billethead

Been watching a few. Started seeing them for the last four days in our area. So Mrs. BilletHead and I hit one of the ponds where they had been working. Got set up early and of course the birds had been roosting there and as we set up in the dark they were buzzzing over us. Four landed before shooting hours. Soon they left. A little after 7:00 a shoveler came in and we got to wach him. At 7:30 a trio of bluewings came in and we got them all. The Mrs. and the first three. Then more until our limit was met. The final of the day plus three big puff balls to add to the pot. Cleaned the bunch and had teal, puff ball and garden peppers for dinner. Good eats for sure. Ah yes a glass of Zinfandal to wash it all down. I know some of my friends don't like the tailgate shot of the harvest but hey it looks good, BilletHead

Yes it benefitted me too but I was on the other side of things. If I remember right I was your river buddy the first day of fishing. We started up by the bridge. You caught some nice fish my friend. I knew it was you on here a while back from your photo. We had a good retreat this Spring again. I feel very blessed to be able to help out, BilletHead

Sweet wheels Eric! I think we fished together at reel recovery last year. Have you got a canoe rack figured out for the truck yet? BilletHead

Glad you got the one you wanted Justin, I had thought about one that would do 3.5 inch shells but I am not who I used to be tough wise. Let us know how it does with the bigger shells. You know you got it just in time for teal BilletHead

Andrew Zimmer on bazarre foods America just ate one on one of his shows. In Florida, he was with some folks who called themselves "Crackers" . They like to live off food they gather themselves. They also cooked squirrel, heads on and ate the brains. My grandmother when she was alive gave me grief for head shooting the tree rats as she liked the brains. I also have a freind who likes the brains. So far not for me but maybe someday. I now eat my own wild duck rare which I never thought I would ever do, BilletHead

hahahahhaa You are the man Scott! What a hoot I bet, BilletHead