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We are gonna launch at the north n nature road in lake Arthur and hunt the northern portion of the pool. I'm telling you we are blind to all of the Lacassine Refuge. Hunted and leased near there for years but never fished or hunted or boated on the refuge. This will be the first time and we are solo no guides or experienced folk with us.

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I don't have a regs pamphlet near me, but if you are referring to hunting the area known as "The Lacassine Pool" it is strictly off limits to hunting. The NWR website has all the rules listed out and the huntable areas shown on a map, which the majority are south of the ICWW

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not entirely true. GSP's/GWP's are bred to be more versatile than other true pointing breeds. I took mine out a couple of weeks ago. We didnt have any ducks come in but he sat next to me the entire time and didn't move

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To the original poster:

I would take the "versatile breeding" idea lightly. I have hunted over a few GSP's extensively but was not the dogs owner, I have only owned flushing dogs. I'm not sure what your plans are for the dog, but my opinion is free so take it for what it's worth.

I would have realistic expectations for what you want to do with a dog regardless of breed. For an amateur trainer to take a GSP and make it an above average retriever, you may have the odds stacked against you. I have hunted extensively over two GSP's in my life, and as many have said they are full of hunt. Both dogs were pointing fools in the woodcock woods and were a joy to hunt over. In a duck blind, they were quite the pain in the arse, but so are lots of retrievers.

Another thing I have experienced with multiple pointing breeds is that sometimes it takes a dog a good while to figure out its purpose. Two of the better pointers I have seen pointed very few birds their first season, but eventually things clicked.

Good luck

Here's a few pics of one of my non discriminating hounds. Will hunt most any kind of feather or fur

Raccourci Island and Ole Miss.

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Talked with our coonass friend today, he found 1. He talked with our friend the Brittney guy and he isn't finding much either. Very strange...

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Y'all are doing it wrong...

Still good numbers of birds down, but they sure are a bitch to hunt at the moment. Luckily I hunt flushing dogs because the birds are very wild at the moment. Had good hunts the last couple days, but it was much better before the thaw...

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Judging from your name, I guess you must hunt Woodcock a bit. Where are other areas that hold this bird that are open to public?

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If I was you, I wouldn't fool with cutovers, as they are by far the most pressured cover on a given WMA. Think outside the box, plenty of areas to your disposal along rivers and such in LA and MS.

Its to bad that the 16 gauge has fallen from popularity. It really is a nice gauge suited for many types of hunting. If lead shot was still legal I have an older Ithaca 37 that would be the only firearm I carried on wingshooting ventures.

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Speaking of mud bats, just had one fly over my car...

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In broad daylight? very odd...good sign though. Little bit of rain coming through ought to help out a good number of the areas we hunt. Frozen ground up north won't hurt at all either :pimp:

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Or are they all in Webster Parish? I was riding back to the camp and the damn things were about every twenty feet in the mud puddles. Got to where I was trying to hit one just to see how long they'd stay locked up. They'd always bust just right before I could get up to them.

Never seen this many before.

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There are no woodcock in LA. The few that make it down here stay unmolested on private deer ground. To all those want hunt woodcock on public land, Arkansas is the ticket.

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1,200 acres of bottomland hardwoods.


Blackhawk is for sale. FWIW

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Any ducks drop in on it?