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re: Maurapas wma
Posted on 10/21/14 at 3:57 pm to Boats n Hose
Posted on 10/21/14 at 3:57 pm to Boats n Hose
Hey Boats, you seem to still be hunting that area.....anything in there "thick" anymore? What about the teal in Manchac? They used to eat that place up. They still in there?
Know what was funny? There would be a mother load of people in there on teal weekends, and the thought process was "the further back you went, away from folks, the better off you were". At some point during our Maurepas/Manchac/back of DuPont/back of East St. John/back of Norco careers, we figured out that all them teals was roosting in the woods west of 55, and that actually, what you wanted to be was the FIRST decoy spread, almost up ON the railroad track.
This was before it was a WMA....not sure who owned it, but EVERYONE hunted it. There would be SO MANY folks from New Orleans in there, launching pigogues off the top of Volvo's and shite. I can smell that swamp gas now.
Also, answer me this.....I guess the reason for this has already been explained (we just had tons of better places), but do you know of folks that ever hunted the woods WEST of 55, like on the other side of 55 from Manchac WMA, below the pass?
We used to fish in there a bunch, but never thought to duck hunt it. Again, no real reason to, when a man could pull a pirogue out of his truck/off I 10, and get after'em.
Just curious.
Know what was funny? There would be a mother load of people in there on teal weekends, and the thought process was "the further back you went, away from folks, the better off you were". At some point during our Maurepas/Manchac/back of DuPont/back of East St. John/back of Norco careers, we figured out that all them teals was roosting in the woods west of 55, and that actually, what you wanted to be was the FIRST decoy spread, almost up ON the railroad track.
This was before it was a WMA....not sure who owned it, but EVERYONE hunted it. There would be SO MANY folks from New Orleans in there, launching pigogues off the top of Volvo's and shite. I can smell that swamp gas now.
Also, answer me this.....I guess the reason for this has already been explained (we just had tons of better places), but do you know of folks that ever hunted the woods WEST of 55, like on the other side of 55 from Manchac WMA, below the pass?
We used to fish in there a bunch, but never thought to duck hunt it. Again, no real reason to, when a man could pull a pirogue out of his truck/off I 10, and get after'em.
Just curious.
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Posted on 10/21/14 at 4:44 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Ive only seen a handful of mallards come out of the manchac area the last 5 years. Usually during second spilt someone will hit em a day and the next they are gone. The prairie will fill up with grey ducks mostly. Teal also.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:03 pm to TigerTreyjpg
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anything in there "thick" anymore?
snakes
Rabbits but last year sucked for them.
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What about the teal in Manchac?
I don't go around manchac much, mostly blind river area. I'm not sure.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:06 pm to TigerTreyjpg
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Also, answer me this.....I guess the reason for this has already been explained (we just had tons of better places), but do you know of folks that ever hunted the woods WEST of 55, like on the other side of 55 from Manchac WMA, below the pass?
Nope. I've looked at it hard on a map, considered trying it out some but never took a look in there. Not sure if it's hunted much. You would absolutely need a pirogue so I'd imagine it's not hunted too much. There's just other parts of the WMA that are much closer to home I guess.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:19 pm to TigerTreyjpg
We used to shoot our fair share of pintail and teal in manchac in the late 90's; used to beach the 16' flat boat boat @ the end of Galva and drop the pirogues.
My first hunt with my current dog (now 12 or 13 years old) was insane. We would only take a few shots and had out limit of teal, 2 and 3 dropping at a time. You'd have to retrieve them before the gators dialed in them.
In the pre-college days, we would launch toward the end of the spillway levee and paddle east. I think the area is leased by the "Duck Club" or something, but we didn't know any better. We's take the boat as far as we could and do the wader walk through the marsh ponds to the mallard holes. We once go lost for a few hours back there. The sounds of airline hwy and the interstate started to merge and mess with our heads. We'd only carry in a few decoys and a 12 pack of luke warm beer.
My first hunt with my current dog (now 12 or 13 years old) was insane. We would only take a few shots and had out limit of teal, 2 and 3 dropping at a time. You'd have to retrieve them before the gators dialed in them.
In the pre-college days, we would launch toward the end of the spillway levee and paddle east. I think the area is leased by the "Duck Club" or something, but we didn't know any better. We's take the boat as far as we could and do the wader walk through the marsh ponds to the mallard holes. We once go lost for a few hours back there. The sounds of airline hwy and the interstate started to merge and mess with our heads. We'd only carry in a few decoys and a 12 pack of luke warm beer.
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