Pothole I Hunt

[huntn4bucks]

Just thought I'd share a pic of a pothole I hunt. There is a river in the background where most of the fog is coming from. Ducks fly up and down the river which makes it a really a cool place to hunt. The picture doesn't show the entire pothole so it's actually bigger than it looks.

[JupiterCoyote]

Cool.

You get mostly woodies on the river or what?

Is that on the TN river? I'll be headed up that way to hunt some in December.

[huntn4bucks]

It's actually the Paint Rock River which flows into the TN River. We get all kinds of ducks in there...especially when the river overflows its banks. Those flooded soybean and corn fields fill up with ducks when the water gets out. It was actually out of its banks the day I took the pic. Wood ducks are plentiful in there but we also get a fair share of mallards and gadwalls also.

What part of the TN river will you be hunting? I live near Guntersville Lake which has great duck hunting.

[JupiterCoyote]

I've always heard good things about Guntersville but never been there, and I'm planning on trying it out this year. (I'm in Birmingham)

Buddy of mine says he can put me on some spots on the river, so hopefully he's not full of it.

He also says in Jan. the place is full of canvasbacks and goldeneyes, if you can get them away from the coots!

[huntn4bucks]

Early in the season it gets pretty crowded on Guntersville Lake. A lot of people launch their boats the night before season opens and camp out on an island to get an early start the next morning.

I will tell you this much. I've seen more ducks this year than I have in the last 3 years...they seem to be here early for some reason. Best of luck.

[Covehnter]

I was one of the many camping out last weekend, duck numbers were good, dont know what happened on the opener other than the FOG. But you do find good numbers of cans just off the river late in the season.

[sportsman2500]

that is one nice pot hole you have there huntn4bucks. is that private land that you hunt or is it public? that just looks ducky to me. makes me want to go find me a spot right now and hunt some duck before dark.

[JupiterCoyote]

well, is it tough to get a spot on Guntersville or are there pleny of islands to go around?

Any time of the season that is less crowded than others?

[Covehnter]

Openning weekend it is just ridiculously crowded, the rest of the season it's just really really crowded!

[Covehnter]

oh yeah the rest of the post. . . .

But, if you are willing to get up and be on the water really early you can find yourself in a decent spot. A little scouting always helps. Guntersville's a big lake . . . .

[Covehnter]

BTW, thats an awesome looking hole there huntin4. . . . looks really ducky. I left the dig camera in the truck by accident all last weekend but it's been acting funny anyways (the things still smarter than i am) but i'll try to get some pics this weekend.

[huntn4bucks]

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that is one nice pot hole you have there huntn4bucks. is that private land that you hunt or is it public? that just looks ducky to me. makes me want to go find me a spot right now and hunt some duck before dark.

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It's private land that my brother owns.

[Swamphunter]

Very nice. I want to get back into waterfowling.

[Palssonater]

Great picture! There is magic in the morning on a place like that.

I don't know how many of you have seen these, but these are my favorite potholes that I hunt.