Arkansas Trip (very brief summary)

Eric Patterson

Eric Patterson

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I'm getting terrible at taking pictures these days so there isn't much to show, but Thomas and I made our annual trip to Arkansas after Christmas. This year Bill Burruss joined us. To say birds were scarce is an understatement. The unusually mild weather has made it hard on nearly everyone in the southest to find birds on a consistent basis, especially us. We did have some luck on green wing teal which are always a treat and a few mallards too. Perhaps the highlight was the old growth stand of cypress at Black River we found that resulted a nice little Hooded Marganser shoot. Below are the birds tagged and ready to transport home. Lastly there was some real excitement one morning but I'm going to hold off on that story until later.



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Beautiful Cache River bag there, Eric. Did they come to your hand carved decoys or did you Arkansas them off the side of the tree?????? You need to post up your recipe for those. They probably taste a little like passenger pigeon, all dry and crusty. Trip
 
Beautiful Cache River bag there, Eric. Did they come to your hand carved decoys or did you Arkansas them off the side of the tree?????? You need to post up your recipe for those. They probably taste a little like passenger pigeon, all dry and crusty. Trip
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I think he needs to come clean, a big bag like that screams motorized pecking head decoy.
 
They might have went with oversized decoys. Don't be jumping on them for just posting a picture.


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Todd, if those motorized peckerheads are attached to the tree with some sort of screw in device, they are illegal in AR WMAs. It would have to be a strap-on. Eric, are you using strap-on motorized peckerheads? Come on, fess up. Trip
 
Beautiful Cache River bag there, Eric. Did they come to your hand carved decoys or did you Arkansas them off the side of the tree?????? You need to post up your recipe for those. They probably taste a little like passenger pigeon, all dry and crusty. Trip
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Come to think of it Thomas did get a few by "bark swatting."

C'mon guys, I'd never use a moto pecker. Nasty.
 
Question to ponder -

When the battery on a moto pecker wears out, does it also double as a cigarette lighter (that can be used to fire up the cook stove for some brats in the woods)???? Trip.
 
Hey -

Nice pic.

So, what is the deal with tagging the birds. Were you giving them to someone else? Different rules in AK when shooting birds. I hope I'm not breaking any rules as I have never tagged a duck unless it was given to someone else.

Mark W
 
So, what is the deal with tagging the birds. Were you giving them to someone else? Different rules in AK when shooting birds. I hope I'm not breaking any rules as I have never tagged a duck unless it was given to someone else.
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Seriously? If so, go back and take a close look at the photo.
 
Since Thomas probably shot them all, he would have to tag them to give to his dad to carry them around or to drop them off at the plucker. Trip.
 
some of you people are clearly taking this thread to seriously. Everyone knows that with Arkansas' strict shell limit rules that at best if eric used every shell he was allowed to carry and he only water swatted, at best maybe one of those birds is his. So he clearly had a few extra people to help him stay within possession limits. Besides it looks like a couple of those are redheads rather than hooded mergs.
 
So Kris, are you confirming my suspicion that Eric can't swat a redheaded hooded ivory-billed peckermerg off the side of a tree? Trip.
 
Eric,

Judging from the responses on this thread, it seems you should drop in more often. If for nothing else, to at least defend your honor. Tough crowd when you are absent too long. :>)
 
Now that I look at the picture again I'm a little concerned with your ID skills. You took a lot of hens, I hope you put $20 in the DU pot for each one of them.
 
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