re: What's your worst weekend of hunting? Here is mine.

When I was about 11 dad got on a lease in little chenier which was every bit of a 2 and a half hour drive at the time. We hunted every single weekend driving back and forth after each morning hunt. The go Devils were in their infancy and wouldn't even start every time. We would sometimes walk in which took 30 minutes or more through the dark marsh. The entire year we knocked down 8 ducks and picked up 1.

It's bad times and hard hunting like this that makes a duck hunter appreciate better leases and easier setups. My dad didn't make a killing in those days but he did all he could to satisfy my hunting desires and for that I'm forever thankful. Fast forward over a decade and we share a blind and I'm still as prideful about being part of the sport as I was then. Now I pretty much do all the work required to hunt. It's partly as a thank you to him for doing it when I couldn't really help and partly because of the enjoyment that it brings to me which is a credit to him as well because of the sacrifices he made. What I'm saying is even bad hunting experiences can be looked back on and remembered as good times. Be thankful ever time you get to be out there with friends and family and be a part of the culture of Louisiana and the individual sport.