Gentleman
Just got back from Humboldt Bay for a 2nd Brant hunt. Did not do well as most of the Brant by now are in Baja MX where they will winter then head back to Alaska to breed then start all over once again in a years' time. Still, we old folks have a great time reminiscing about the good old days when we could quit after our November hunt and then start hunting up again in in January and up till February 18th.
On their return flights in Late January and Feb thousands of brant would enter Humboldt and the shooting was nonstop.
Then we could shoot 4 birds a day with a 3-day possession limit and give it a day or two and back on the bay.
Humboldt bay is a 3 day a week scull day Wed, Sat, Sun which makes it nice to be able to continue hunting over decoys.
sometimes I think for many of us in the Military back then these are the things that kept us going beside the Families. All of us missed the great cooking and food back home and each state with their own ways of preparing different dishes. Seafood being one of the biggest foods that would come up.
Out of our 3-day hunt 3 brant were killed but that part didn't matter we all had a great time. If it is not fun and not enjoyable its best to stay home.
After leaving Humboldt right out of the Army the two things I miss about Humboldt Bay was the Brant Hunting and Clamming and oh yes, the Nite fishing off the surf for very small little Nite fish that are superb eating and along with the Clams both Martha Washington Bay clams we grind and make patties and also Clam chowder then there are the Razor clams which we dig in the surf which are sooooo good. We have a few here and on Minus tides we are on the beaches of the Pacific Ocean digging Razor clams. One thing about the Pacific Northwest the sea food is plentiful.
I have just finished my single scull that I was able to find after hanging up my original Nellist for something a little smaller and much lighter to haul around. I'll never sell her as it was the boat I found in a Barn 60 years ago I had a sister boat to her and sold her about a month ago now. They are and always will be the Cadillac of Scull boats. They sit low while being as safe as any scull a lot of room in the boat and slide through the water like non other and I have been in and scull a lot of sculls in my lifetime.
I sure would like to hear of some of those east coast scullers and there boats much larger boats but must do the job. Our sculls would be amazing there where the Birds have never seen these Deadly sculls.
On this trip to Humboldt Bay, I finally seen two young men learning to scull Humboldt. With tide coming in and a young man learning we were just hoping he would get close enough to kill a duck or two but without not quite knowing the birds and the tidal water they had a Hec of a time but never gave up.
That was persistence we all kept saying. I hope they stick with it.
Just got back from Humboldt Bay for a 2nd Brant hunt. Did not do well as most of the Brant by now are in Baja MX where they will winter then head back to Alaska to breed then start all over once again in a years' time. Still, we old folks have a great time reminiscing about the good old days when we could quit after our November hunt and then start hunting up again in in January and up till February 18th.
On their return flights in Late January and Feb thousands of brant would enter Humboldt and the shooting was nonstop.
Then we could shoot 4 birds a day with a 3-day possession limit and give it a day or two and back on the bay.
Humboldt bay is a 3 day a week scull day Wed, Sat, Sun which makes it nice to be able to continue hunting over decoys.
sometimes I think for many of us in the Military back then these are the things that kept us going beside the Families. All of us missed the great cooking and food back home and each state with their own ways of preparing different dishes. Seafood being one of the biggest foods that would come up.
Out of our 3-day hunt 3 brant were killed but that part didn't matter we all had a great time. If it is not fun and not enjoyable its best to stay home.
After leaving Humboldt right out of the Army the two things I miss about Humboldt Bay was the Brant Hunting and Clamming and oh yes, the Nite fishing off the surf for very small little Nite fish that are superb eating and along with the Clams both Martha Washington Bay clams we grind and make patties and also Clam chowder then there are the Razor clams which we dig in the surf which are sooooo good. We have a few here and on Minus tides we are on the beaches of the Pacific Ocean digging Razor clams. One thing about the Pacific Northwest the sea food is plentiful.
I have just finished my single scull that I was able to find after hanging up my original Nellist for something a little smaller and much lighter to haul around. I'll never sell her as it was the boat I found in a Barn 60 years ago I had a sister boat to her and sold her about a month ago now. They are and always will be the Cadillac of Scull boats. They sit low while being as safe as any scull a lot of room in the boat and slide through the water like non other and I have been in and scull a lot of sculls in my lifetime.
I sure would like to hear of some of those east coast scullers and there boats much larger boats but must do the job. Our sculls would be amazing there where the Birds have never seen these Deadly sculls.
On this trip to Humboldt Bay, I finally seen two young men learning to scull Humboldt. With tide coming in and a young man learning we were just hoping he would get close enough to kill a duck or two but without not quite knowing the birds and the tidal water they had a Hec of a time but never gave up.
That was persistence we all kept saying. I hope they stick with it.
