Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009

Randy's asleep, because he stayed up to watch the Texas vs. Oklahoma State football game. He said that Third Coast had a great opening day, with an average of four ducks per man. He said it was a clear blue day with temps that reached only to the low seventies. Beautiful day.

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Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Started the day meeting with Dane Masek. Had a quick Whataburger breakfast (sausage, egg biscuit). Went to our fields west of Markham and repaired the levies and tried to capture the about three inches of rain we had last night. Dane was great help. It took a couple of hours, but we got everything back together and started capturing water. We drove to El Campo and met Scott. Had a quick lunch at McDonalds then drove to our property west of Garwood and repaired more levies. There are a ton of ducks holding on our roost ponds. We saw very few geese. I drove to Markham and checked the water and saw that everything was in order. Came home and got on the phone to line up the hunters for tomorrow. Looks like it will be a very wet opening day. I'm going to bed now - getting up at 4 a.m.

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Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

Monday it rained almost 4 inches and I had to go to a funeral in Houston for a good friend, Rush Bergman. He died unexpectedly and it was very sad.

Tuesday. Drove the property with Chad Hartman. Saw lots of ducks after the big rain. We saw some geese in a plowed field in Garwood.

Today, Drove to Garwood and met with one of the farmers and had a good visit. Expecting more rain tomorrow. Went south to look at one of my ponds. The wind was blowing so hard it was pushing water over the levy, so I pulled one of the boards to lower the level of the pond. The heavy rain Monday seemed to scatter the birds. See you tomorrow.

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Sunday, Oct. 25

We'll have to combine Saturday and Sunday. I took some kids hunting for the youth hunt on Saturday. We killed seven speckled bellies and one green-wing teal. It was fun. The kids seemed to have a good time.

Had a good day with football, too. The Aggies and UT both won, and that makes me happy.

Sunday, I took my grandson, Walker, hunting. Hunting wasn't as good. We only killed one goose.

But the football was successful. The Texans and the Cowboys both won. The Cowboys won easily.

We saw lots of birds both days. See you, Monday!

Randy

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Friday, Oct. 23, 2009

Went to Garwood today. It is covered up with speckled bellies. Youth hunt is tomorrow and Sunday. Plan to take my grandson, Walker, on Sunday.

Not much to report. Had to take my old dog, Chester, to see my friend, Dr. Brady at Stafford Oaks Vet Clinic. Chester has a bad ear infection and allergic bronchitas. Doc fixed him right up. Hopefully, he'll start feelling better soon.

I'll have more to report tomorrow, possibly some pictures if Nick remembers the camera. See ya, Randy

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Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

Woke up at 4:30 a.m. to thunder and lightning. Rained heavy between 4:30 and 6. At my house in Bay City, we had almost 2 inches. I drove west toward the hunting spots, and the closer I got, the less it rained. Predictions were 2 to 4 inches of rain, but that didn't happen for Third Coast. The cut rice field east of Garwood is still holding about 30,000 speckled bellies, and about 100 snow geese. It is quite an awesome site to see that many birds. I saw two other feeding areas of speckled bellies. Not many snows. Saw one pond that had lots of ducks. I would assume the rice harvest will resume tomorrow and should start spreading out the birds. It promises to be an exciting opening day. See you tomorrow!
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Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

Started the day taking my faithful 4-wheeler to the Honda shop in El Campo. After 11 years of faithful service, something happened and it quit running. Hopefully it is a minor problem. Scouted our property in Garwood. One of the freshly cut rice field had 20,000 to 30,000 speckled bellies in it. On my way back to Bay City, I spotted another rice field (not our field, unfortunately) that had almost as many. Youth season is Saturday. Looks like some people will have a good hunt. Went back to Bay City and finished fixing the air conditioner in my truck. It started to rain, and I came inside. Spent the rest of the evening listening to Nick's bull shit. More tomorrow.
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