Posted By:
huntin sum
Guest
Sweetwater Valley 11-30-2008 16:13
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
No birds. Sunday only. Some shots from Watts Bar area. Not even woodies.
Posted By:
DKA
Web Member
Tn. River 11-18-2008 07:57
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The guy was with a party of 8 on the Tn. River near Birdsong Creek. The dummies sent a phone camera shot to a friend that made it to the internet. The Feds set up on them the 3rd day of early season and when they came out one of the feds had been in the grass watching them hide some ducks that day. While arguing that they were legal, the fed in the grass came out and they started crabbing. Finally, they fessed up, feds kept asking where are the rest of the birds. Finally, they took them to the two ringleaders houses and found the rest of the birds in the freezers. So I heard.
Posted By:
jameson
Guest
Im from Jackson…. 11-17-2008 21:15
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this is a terrible way to get kicked off to the season. i wish people like this would buy pen raised birds with thier bait money and shoot them. here is the local article. http://wbbj.com/NewsStories/081117jpdofficer.html
Posted By:
Martin-Hall
Field Editor
The Wrong Kind Of Hunting Report From Jackson 11-17-2008 18:33
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Saw on the Nashville News a few minutes ago where a Jackson Police Officer was caught shooting over the limit of ducks. I won’t give the person’s name here but I’m sure those of you from Jackson already know his name. According to the News, the group he was with killed 107 ducks (Just got word there were 8 poachers in his group). The picture they showed looked to be all Wood Ducks so I’m assuming the incident happened during the early Wood Duck season. The Ex-Officer resigned from the force Friday and will pay a $3000 fine and must also repay the Department for the cost of his training. I’m guessing this will be several thousand dollars also. He also lost his hunting license for SEVEN YEARS.
I’m glad this guy got caught and I’m glad he lost his job as a Police Officer. As far as I’m concerned, if he’ll break this law, he’ll break others. I don’t need his type protecting me.
I don’t know how many others were in his group, but I would hope that they received fines just as severe. With a two duck limit and 107 ducks taken, we can guess there were less then 54 people in the group.
Folks, we all know this is not a rare or isolated case. We all hear about people breaking the law all the time. Most of us just turn a deaf ear and don’t do anything about it. We’ve got to realize that these guys are criminals and they’re stealing OUR wildlife. This is not a victim-less crime. WE are the victims. It’s time we started using the Poaching Hotlines and let these people know that they can’t always get away with these crimes. They’re giving all of us a black eye. The News refered to this guy as a HUNTER. This guy and those like him are not hunters, they’re criminals. It doesn’t take two ounces worth of brains and woodsmanship to hunt illegally. Any idot with a gun can shoot game illegally. What kind of loser thinks he’s accomplished anything by doing it that way.
I’ll get off my stump now. Sometimes I just get burned up when something like this happens. And a COP no less.
[Edited By Martin-Hall on 2008-11-17 20:12]
Posted By:
DKA
Web Member
Reelfoot 11-17-2008 13:48
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Dux3, we got a limit Sat. Extremely high winds made for tough hunting with all the pressure going on around you. Get birds trying to work in the 25+ winds and someone would shoot. Sianora. I tried to respond to your PM and the site wouldn’t let me send you a PM. I couldn’t open your’s I guess because of no subject line. MY friend, Johnnie’s blind, knocked down 35 and picked up 34. Everything is still very dry. Low lake, came close to losing it in the Go Devil on a big stump just under the water. Always wear the kill switch.
Posted By:
Sean Riley
Web Member
11-15-2008 18:50
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How did the Reelfoot boys do today??
DKA whats goin on,ya kill em today or what?
Posted By:
DKA
Web Member
Reelfoot 10-09-2008 15:23
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Waterfowl Festival sponsored by the Reelfoot Callmakers and Collectors Assoc. is this weekend in Samburg, Tn. Fri. nite auction and fish fry. Sat. vendors and calling competition. Ya’ll come.
Posted By:
Martin-Hall
Field Editor
Southern Middle Tennessee 09-01-2008 21:12
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – Over 70 Degrees
Me, Redman and Hooter took good advantage of the opener and thinned the resident population of Golf Course Geese this morning. We stopped at Hardees and fueled up then made a run to a local wet spot. We watched the geese fly out about 6:30 a.m. then put out the decoy spread, set up makeshift blinds and waited for their return. Like the last two morning, they started coming back in around 9:15 am. Around 9:17 a.m., it was all over except the cleanup. Fifteen geese made the wheel barrow a nice-to-have tool.
We took the geese to a local area where English is the second language and made several families happy. When you try this, just say “Fajita” and they may take them off your hands. I told them we’d be back Friday.
Wind at your back and good friends in your blind. MuddyDucker
Posted By:
DKA
Web Member
Waterfowl dates 08-27-2008 09:39
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Statewide ducks-11/28-1/25; Reelfoot-11/29-1/25 Early goose-10/4-11;Statewide goose-11/28-1/30,/reelfoot goose-11/29-2/8. Juvenile statewide-1/31-2/1, Reelfoot 2/7-8. Reelfoot may have an early date, to be determined.
Posted By:
DKA
Web Member
TWC 08-25-2008 14:44
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I saw theyset the big game numbers. Anyone seen the dates for waterfowl?
