Larry Eckart
Well-known member
Guys,
I moved to South Carolina five years ago with work after spending 26 years in Michigan working and hunting our favorite birds.
Our season for ducks doesn't start until Thanksgiving weekend. Early fall is the time to fish and hunt a queer quarry called marsh hens. I do so with a Wilderness Systems Tarpon 100 kayak transported by a 13' Whaler. The Whaler gets me to good places to hunt safely and the kayak is a hunting platform that combines safety, ease of use and terrific exercise.
To hunt marsh hens you wait until the tide is within 90 minutes of peak and paddle or pole through the local marsh grass called spartina. The high water limits the number of places the birds can hide. It's a bit like flushing slow flying pheasants while paddling a boat instead of walking though cover.
Marsh hens aren't fast but they present tricky angles that mimic the shots from a layout boat. My sit on top kayak is plenty stable for shooting in the usual range of 7:00-2:00.
Great fun! I plan on exploring rivers and swamps with my yak that jon boat boys can't get to.
Here is a link to pics on my Flickr site.
Larry
https://www.flickr.com/gp/riverlarry2/5Yo30g
I moved to South Carolina five years ago with work after spending 26 years in Michigan working and hunting our favorite birds.
Our season for ducks doesn't start until Thanksgiving weekend. Early fall is the time to fish and hunt a queer quarry called marsh hens. I do so with a Wilderness Systems Tarpon 100 kayak transported by a 13' Whaler. The Whaler gets me to good places to hunt safely and the kayak is a hunting platform that combines safety, ease of use and terrific exercise.
To hunt marsh hens you wait until the tide is within 90 minutes of peak and paddle or pole through the local marsh grass called spartina. The high water limits the number of places the birds can hide. It's a bit like flushing slow flying pheasants while paddling a boat instead of walking though cover.
Marsh hens aren't fast but they present tricky angles that mimic the shots from a layout boat. My sit on top kayak is plenty stable for shooting in the usual range of 7:00-2:00.
Great fun! I plan on exploring rivers and swamps with my yak that jon boat boys can't get to.
Here is a link to pics on my Flickr site.
Larry
https://www.flickr.com/gp/riverlarry2/5Yo30g