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The Old Town 119 Penetrates the Swamp Wednesday morning, December 7. Pearl Harbor Day. In remembrance. Never forget. Wednesday morning, December 7, 2022 was warm, foggy, misty and perfect for deer hunting. The previous Sunday I had scouted one of the many swamps/marshes in the local...

Guys and Dani, Sharing two recent deer hunting episodes, one in this email and another to follow. Through deer hunting, I am finding a few more spots to duck hunt in the NC Piedmont. I hope you all are well. Larry The Great Deer Stampede Of all the scenarios I had imagined in my first...

A Snake in My Step and a Buck in My Lap: Two Days Outdoors on Public Land Guys, I recently had two interesting days back-to-back on public land in the Raleigh area. I thought I would bring you along on the story. On Tuesday I spent a few hours scouting an area new to me. The most...

Mark, Yes that is a house in the back. That creek borders Hilton Head Plantation, one of the many gated communities on the island. These tidal creeks are bone dry at low tide but full of baitfish and game fish as the tide roars in. Larry

A Two Day Fall Fishing Trip to HHI Guys and Dani, Many of you are aware that I spent 9 years working on HHI before moving to the Raleigh area three years ago. Since moving, a buddy of mine that I used to fish with and hunt marsh hens has been bugging me to come down and fish in the fall...

Eric and everyone else, Done! I don't frequent duck forums as I once did but this forum and its people are still dear to my heart. As someone else said, "Here's a Ben Franklin to help the coffers." Don't be afraid to ask if we need more Eric, Larry

Hurricanes are truly bizarre. There Carl is, almost in the middle of that monster, and he doesn't even lose power. I am up in Raleigh. We had 40-50 mph winds for about 8 hours. We lost power for 26 hours. Fortunately, we have a 7500 watt generator and an Interlock switch on one of our...

Guys, Browsing the boats for sale in NC I came across this 11' duck boat for sale in the Charlotte classifieds. I was about to ignore but then looked closer at the lines and workmanship: it looked like a boat from up north. I had not heard of the "Stur-Dee" boat builders but they have a neat...

Dave, PM sent to you. Larry

Mike, Check your personal messages through this forum. Larry

Mike, The facts you describe: 1) It's opening day and you seem to have a good draw. The ducks will be relatively dumb, especially early in the morning. 2) I looked up a Stealth 2000. A Stealth 2000 is not designed to be a layout boat in 4-5'' of water. I used a Busick layout for many years...

Guys, I didn't realize that people in other parts of the country may not be aware of some of the key varieties of heirloom tomatoes. There are several varieties of tomatoes that have color shades other than deep red. You will find them at farmer's markets, but rarely at any grocery store...

Mike, Cherokee Purple and German Johnson are two heirloom varieties that many people believe are the most flavorful of all tomatoes. Cherokee Purples are actually thought to originate with the Cherokee Indians. But any homegrown tomato is better than a hot house tomato. Larry

SOLD! Pop-Up Custom Duck Hunting Blind For Sale For sale is my Pop-Up custom made duck blind. It was made by the Pop-Up Blind company in Columbus, Nebraska which is still in business. https://www.popupblind.com/boatblinds.html The blind was originally made for an 18' Starcraft Deep...

Guys (and Dani), I've been absent all summer with NDR activities and adventures. Here's a photo tour of what I've been up to: I spent a week in early June camping at Roan Mountain State Park in Tennessee and trout fishing: In addition to fly fishing, I...

Tom, What a beautiful job on your '69. In one post you said, "after all, it's just a duck boat." So I did not expect you to finish it off with the mahogany/teak wood or similar and go with a console. It looks beautiful. I had a '78 13' Whaler with the same lay out as you have. But it...

Dave, Don't you love Tod's "deep concern" for your well-being by asking you to have the Go Pro on when you cross sketchy ice so that we can see and hopefully laugh at and with you? Such love from your buddies! Larry

Joe, Thanks for posting this on our site. This is truly gut wrenching. I imagine those boys couldn't sleep the nights prior to going duck hunting via airplane. They could have driven around the Pamlico Sound like everyone else. But they were offered the treat of flying over the sound. And then...

Kris, I have the same motor down here in NC. I learned the hard way to only run non ethanol gas. I have not had any issues with starting no matter the weather or the temperature. Larry

Joe, Can you go through the other limits and post? I couldn't read the limit on deer but I think I read the limit on squirrels was 10 per day and no limit on rabbits. I'd be interested in the deer restrictions and other game as applies to us today. Cool beans, Larry