We hunted Tiemeyers lease for years, blind #1 at the base of the hill font row behind K9, at the old dead tree. It was always great. Hunted G7,G8, G9, G10, G11, G13. All awsome for geese and some ducks, But the best duck hunt was with my dad during the point years. We hunted E7 at the Grove one day when Pintails, Teal and a few others wer 10 point ducks, Greenheads were 35 point and mallard hen was your last duck and maybe only duck,100 Points. We each shot 10 Pintail drakes as the Game Warden watched us until we killed the last (20th) Pintail drake, then he left. It was awesome. We killed 10 each several times out of G10, along with limits of Canadas. But G9 was a classic. K16 they left the decoys out each day. Now that is H2. But I always thought K6-10 were better than K1-5. We also had a lease behind the R blinds at Swan, on Ms Linscotts place, had it also for several years. Remember the year the goose season opened at noon! Think that was 1974, I was already in the military and drew a reservation for opening day. We shot 5 geese apiece within an hour, 10 shell limit. It was awesome. Hunted out of one of the S blinds. Another time we hunted with our local conservation agent, when we called in for a reservation, turnbacks in the 1960's. We had experienced luck before, but the agent had file 1, and told us we would hunt A2 the next morning. It had been very good. Well he was first in line and of course he had A2 roll out of the squirrel cage. We shot limits within 15 minutes. It was awesome, but lost some of the trust in the system then. The whole draw was a bit suspect after that day. Hunted K-00 down by the refuge, only existed a year or two but it was cool pass shooting. The Grove, Meadville and Sumner will always hold a special place for me, but the glow is fading quickly with time. This is the first year I have leased a place in 30 years, but the times have changed again.
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crappie fisherman & waterfowl hunter
retired Army
But wait a minute I think I have another bite!!!!
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