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I've been invited to hunt with some guys on a lease down there and I've never hunted the marsh before. Just wondering about the area and if any guys on here hunt down that way. I will be there jan. 5-8. Thanks

Used to hunt down there a good bit. It's a different world. Cool place to hunt. Lots of birds if the weather is right.

I have a friend who married right and his pa-in-law has a camp down there. I went with him and it was pretty darn good. They use inboard mud boats mostly and a pirouge to get to pit or blind off main canals(dug as roads to get to ponds). Lots of grey ducks and teal with a few pintail thrown in. Geese, sometimes. Foggy a lot but you are right off the Gulf! Wind can kick up pretty good. close to Rockefeller Refuge so some action off birds getting up over there. Enjoy!

Been a long time since I've hunted over there but it's a great area. I wouldn't pass up a chance to go.

Thanks for the info guys.. I'm always excited to hunt a terrain. Birds or not, it's better than being in the office any day.

on your way down right after you pass through Lafayette, stop in Scott at the best stop and get some smoked boudin. it is one of my favorite meat markets. There is not much of anything in pecan island so bring whatever you need.

kris Schaumburg wrote:on your way down right after you pass through Lafayette, stop in Scott at the best stop and get some smoked boudin. it is one of my favorite meat markets. There is not much of anything in pecan island so bring whatever you need.

This. Had my in-laws bring up some boudin from Best Stop for Christmas.

kris Schaumburg wrote:on your way down right after you pass through Lafayette, stop in Scott at the best stop and get some smoked boudin. it is one of my favorite meat markets. There is not much of anything in pecan island so bring whatever you need.

Make sure and get a stuffed chicken, stuffed pork chops, and the aforementioned boudin. It is WELL worth the stop.

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I remember one of my first hunts (1966) was with my Dad and one of his band students on a Mobile Oil lease Southeast of Lake Charles. The mud boat was impressive. 250Cu.In Ford 250 straight 6 engine.......no muffler. Inboard with straight shaft and prop about 2' behind the transom........Johnny-stick steering. Just glad I wasn't driving it. Pretty wild ride down the trails lined with snared nutiras....not much wider than the hull. Got to the pond and hid the mud boat in a hide covered with grass. Swapped gear to the pirogue and went to the pit blind.

I killed my first duck with my new 870 Wingmaster 30" fixed full choke. Duck somes streaking past in front of the blind and Keith tells me to shoot it. It was about 20 yards out and going about 40. There wasn't a chance in hell I'd hit it much less come close. I pulled-up and shot and it folded and skipped about 3 times on the water. I had blown the top half (from eyeballs up) of his head off. I been 'bad to the bone' ever since.

Good memories made in the marsh. The red-hot glow of the exhaust pipe kept me warm on the ride in that morning......but I don't hear so well any more.

Ah yes. The warmth of the mudboat exhaust pipe. I have hunted there all my life here are the rules
1. Bring mosquito repellant
2. Be prepared for weather any where from 35 degrees and raining to 80 degrees and sunny.
3. Bring plenty of water.
4. Bring second can of mosquito repellant.