I am looking forward to it again. And I have to say it is good to be back in the Magnolia State. After 25 years the army finally sent me to where i want to be. I can see many drives from Hattiesburg up to the Delta in my future over the next 3 years till I retire!

Pntailhtr

Willow Oaks had six total people, two adults and 4 teenage kids in HS. Believe it or not the boys can actually shoot and they killed their limits of ducks. I think we taught the boys to shoot to well.

It was a wild one at Mahannah Friday Morning. Opening morning is the only time I hunt there unless it is in the middle of the week in DEC but opening morning is a tradition for my brother and our boys. Our total for 6 hunters was 32 birds. 16 teal, 3 shovelers, one woodie, and 12 mallards ...

Those weekday hunts at Mahanna when there are only a handfull of people around are great ones. I remember one day last year when the big freeze front came through and it was just me and about 4 other trucks on a WEN morning. It was warm and shooting was slow till about 9AM when the front came ...

Drakeshead i am located right outside of Saddams Hometown, it aint much, but it is home for the next 8 months. Which is a good thing because we have been nomads for the past 4 months which sucked.

It really is too bad how far Mahanna has fallen in the past few years, but i guess that is what happens when it origionally got all the attention it did after opening. I can remember many many beautiful sunrises there, even before it became Mahanna when i was a member of Dry Bayou Hunting Club ...

So how is the season going back home in Mississippi? Tell you what i sure miss the season while i am here in Iraq. Some fo these mronings here when i get up and the 40 degree temp feels like low 20s back home i sure wish i was headed out to a blind. With there not being as much water this year other ...

Drakeshead,

i grew up in vicksburg and my kids live there now. I am currently stationed at Maxwell AFB in alabama going to CGSC and will become PCSing to Campbell in June to be a RSTA Squadron XO in the 101st. I went to WC and graduated in 1983. I usually get back to Vicksburg every couple of ...

My CSM (Command SGT Major) on my first vacation to Iraq and i were both big Duck Hunters. We were dying because se could see ducks flying and we couldnt do anything but look. (M4s dont have much of a pattern). I am heading back there again in Nov so looks like i will miss out on the 200-2006 season ...

My son and i went last sat morning, didnt here many gobbling but got one to work in after we got between him and a bunch of hens. My son killed him with one shot. First turkey ever for the young boy. 9 3.8 inch beard and nice spurs.
On the way out we saw three more with some hens in a field. ONe ...

Snake,

I own the land right at the bridge at Carlisle on Bayou Pierre. Havent seen anything besides a good number of wood ducks there even though our lake is holding water for the first time in years. Usually while deer hunting i hear some mallards chuckling as they fly the river, but not this ...

Anyone hunt mahannah this morning? If so how was the water, hunters,a nd flights? Thanks for the info.

Army

Since there dont seem to be many ducks in the south delta i did a little deer hunting this week. Had a little sucess as the rut had them big horned deer going crazy. Killed a big 8pt and a slightly smaller 7pt this week just north of Port Gibson. I will try and get some pics on here in the next day ...

Killed 4 at Mahannah on thursday morning, 3 greenies and one teal. Sure was hot, about 7 had to come out of the drake pullover and go to tshirt only. Front fields were crowded with alots of playing around on calls by some guys and a whole lots of skybusting at what few ducks were flying. Didnt see ...

skycarp, glad you had a good morning too. Know any Granthams? And as a tanker, i know that my brothers in the 198th are as good as my regular army guys.