For Saturday morning, we decided to hunt somewhere else and give the ducks on the other hole a rest. There are several ponds on our land that usually keep ducks in them since they are all right beside the river. We drove about a mile down further than we had been hunting to a new pond that had several sloughs that mouthed out into it. We had never hunted this hole before, but had always seen ducks in it. We arrived about an hour before daylight to throw decoys out. Since it was a bigger hole, we threw about fifty decoys in this one.
It was as if turning on a light switch as soon as it became daylight. The ducks were coming into the hole in pairs perfectly. We were only shooting the drakes, and letting the hens fly so that we could hunt longer. About ten that morning, two of us had a limit, but we needed one more duck to fly in so that my buddy could get his. It took about twenty minutes for a lone duck to fly through, but after calling back at it and tempting it with duck calls, the drake finally circled through and gave him a perfect one shot kill.
This was a fun weekend of duck hunting. Three hunts and Three limits of mallards. This is a great start to a opening weekend of duck hunting. I am looking foward to doing more hunting over the christmas holiday if I can get away from work for long enough.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Friday afternoon's hunt started out about the same as it did that morning. The ducks were pouring into the hole to feed. We were being real selective with what ducks we shot because we didn't want to limit out within a few minutes. We started shooting nothing but mallard drakes. These are the green headed ducks that everyone knows of, and by far the best to eat.
About the time we all had about four ducks a piece, the ducks seemed to quit flying. We waited for about thirty minutes without even seeing a duck. I stood up to look behind the blind we were sitting in, and at that time we had about one hundred ducks coming flying through the pond. All of us shot two a piece out of the flock, giving us our second limit of the day. It was pure luck for that hunt, but i'll take luck over skill anyday.
About the time we all had about four ducks a piece, the ducks seemed to quit flying. We waited for about thirty minutes without even seeing a duck. I stood up to look behind the blind we were sitting in, and at that time we had about one hundred ducks coming flying through the pond. All of us shot two a piece out of the flock, giving us our second limit of the day. It was pure luck for that hunt, but i'll take luck over skill anyday.
OVer this past weekend, duck season opened. I returned home for three days to do some duckhunting with my two friends. It started out slow, but quickly picked up better and better each day. Our first hunt was on Friday morning. We got into the blind about an hour before daylight, and threw about twenty decoys into the duck pond. Since we were hunting a small pond off the river, we didn't need that many decoys. Once daylight broke enough so that we could see we had action. The ducks were really wanting to land in the hole we were sitting on. If we missed one the first time, they would actually circle around and try for another shot to land. We shot our limit of six ducks a piece by nine that morning. We returned home to clean the ducks, get a bite to eat and a short nap, and we were right back out there for the afternoon hunt.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Today was opening day of gun season for deer. I was hunting on the private land that we have that is about twenty minutes from the house. Yesterday afternoon I arrived in time to get a late evening hunt in with my bow. I climbed into my treestand around three o clock, and waited until it got later and the deer started to walk around. At 5 o'clock, I had a doe walk out into the trail I was expecting one to walk on to. I let the deer walk in, and turn broad side until I made the Shot. The deer jumped, and ran about thrity yards until it died. That was the first of 10 days I am going to spend hunting on the land.
This morning, I woke up and climbed into another stand I have set up about an hour before daylight. Around seven this morning, I had a group of does walk through the woods, and under my stand. Since i was hunting with my rifle, I decided to let them walk. Shortly after, I had a small buck walk under the stand where the ones before him had walked. I decided to let him walk, mainly because it was early and I was curious of what else would walk by me. Nothing else walked through until four this afternoon. I had just woken up from a short nap to see the nice buck walking down a trail coming out of the woods and up to a field that is planted for the deer. The deer walked past me and made it about a 100 yards before I decided to shoot him.
I waited for him to turn broadside, and then made the shot. The deer fell instantly, and never felt it coming. So far this holiday, it has been a good start to hunting season. I will be hunting for the next nine days, and hopefully shoot one more big deer for the year.
This morning, I woke up and climbed into another stand I have set up about an hour before daylight. Around seven this morning, I had a group of does walk through the woods, and under my stand. Since i was hunting with my rifle, I decided to let them walk. Shortly after, I had a small buck walk under the stand where the ones before him had walked. I decided to let him walk, mainly because it was early and I was curious of what else would walk by me. Nothing else walked through until four this afternoon. I had just woken up from a short nap to see the nice buck walking down a trail coming out of the woods and up to a field that is planted for the deer. The deer walked past me and made it about a 100 yards before I decided to shoot him.
I waited for him to turn broadside, and then made the shot. The deer fell instantly, and never felt it coming. So far this holiday, it has been a good start to hunting season. I will be hunting for the next nine days, and hopefully shoot one more big deer for the year.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Final Essay Food on Campus
Steven McGuffee
English 102
Ryan Davidson
November 14, 2007
Food on Campus
On Southern Miss campus, the food situation is not all that great. There should be a mandatory law by the state saying that foods provided on school grounds needs to be of a certain health level. If food was healthier, I believe that students would eat more on campus, and less often in other restaurants.
There are some things need to be improved quickly, if those at Southern as wishing to keep students buying meal tickets. For example, at the current time the food in the Common’s area, is so greasy and un-healthy, that very few students eat there on a regular basis. Since students that live on campus are required to buy a meal ticket, they must eat a campus in order to not waste money. However, most students will not eat enough to get their monies worth in food. Since the meal ticket is on average of one thousand dollars, and few students eat that much at the commons, the meal is costing much more than it is actually worth.
Most of the restaurants on campus do provide food that is actually healthy, and the common’s does on some occasions. However, most of the food they provide is full of grease and fat is both un-healthy, and un-appetizing. To improve the situation, the school could hire a new food company that does provide better, healthier food that would reach out to students. A new company that would provide food that students actually like to eat would make more business, because students would come there to eat, and actually get their monies worth that they are forced to buy.
Even though I do not live on campus, I am often on campus around lunch and dinner time. Instead of eating on campus and using the money I have in my account for food, I would rather spend my other money on food of campus that is better tasting and healthier for me. Since obesity is becoming such a problem for students, and people everywhere for that matter, the school should want to provide a better menu. It seems as if the school is only worried about collecting the money from students, and less about giving the students something in return. If obesity was really a concern, than there would not be as many fast food places to grab food on campus, and more places such as Subway, or salad bars.
I feel that the majority of students do prefer to eat healthy, but it is easier to eat the un-healthy foods because they are popping up everywhere on campus ( and Hattiesburg for that matter. ) I feel that the building called Seymour’s inside the Hub would receive more business if they would remove the Mexican restaurant, and hire a eatery such as Subway. Mexican foods such as that are filled with fast and grease that leads to future health problems, but if people can learn to eat healthy at a young age, than all those problems can be avoided.
Eating fast foods or foods that are filled with harmful ingredients will lead to health problems. For example, every time someone eats foods such as those, it clogs the arteries a little. Over time, all that builds up and can lean to heart problems or diabetes. These problems will not reveal themselves for years, and since is so, then people will continue to eat poorly until the problem is out of control. Since schools hire more fast foods to come in to provide food on campus than they do healthy foods, the problems with obesity and heart disease is unlikely to decrease in the near future.
English 102
Ryan Davidson
November 14, 2007
Food on Campus
On Southern Miss campus, the food situation is not all that great. There should be a mandatory law by the state saying that foods provided on school grounds needs to be of a certain health level. If food was healthier, I believe that students would eat more on campus, and less often in other restaurants.
There are some things need to be improved quickly, if those at Southern as wishing to keep students buying meal tickets. For example, at the current time the food in the Common’s area, is so greasy and un-healthy, that very few students eat there on a regular basis. Since students that live on campus are required to buy a meal ticket, they must eat a campus in order to not waste money. However, most students will not eat enough to get their monies worth in food. Since the meal ticket is on average of one thousand dollars, and few students eat that much at the commons, the meal is costing much more than it is actually worth.
Most of the restaurants on campus do provide food that is actually healthy, and the common’s does on some occasions. However, most of the food they provide is full of grease and fat is both un-healthy, and un-appetizing. To improve the situation, the school could hire a new food company that does provide better, healthier food that would reach out to students. A new company that would provide food that students actually like to eat would make more business, because students would come there to eat, and actually get their monies worth that they are forced to buy.
Even though I do not live on campus, I am often on campus around lunch and dinner time. Instead of eating on campus and using the money I have in my account for food, I would rather spend my other money on food of campus that is better tasting and healthier for me. Since obesity is becoming such a problem for students, and people everywhere for that matter, the school should want to provide a better menu. It seems as if the school is only worried about collecting the money from students, and less about giving the students something in return. If obesity was really a concern, than there would not be as many fast food places to grab food on campus, and more places such as Subway, or salad bars.
I feel that the majority of students do prefer to eat healthy, but it is easier to eat the un-healthy foods because they are popping up everywhere on campus ( and Hattiesburg for that matter. ) I feel that the building called Seymour’s inside the Hub would receive more business if they would remove the Mexican restaurant, and hire a eatery such as Subway. Mexican foods such as that are filled with fast and grease that leads to future health problems, but if people can learn to eat healthy at a young age, than all those problems can be avoided.
Eating fast foods or foods that are filled with harmful ingredients will lead to health problems. For example, every time someone eats foods such as those, it clogs the arteries a little. Over time, all that builds up and can lean to heart problems or diabetes. These problems will not reveal themselves for years, and since is so, then people will continue to eat poorly until the problem is out of control. Since schools hire more fast foods to come in to provide food on campus than they do healthy foods, the problems with obesity and heart disease is unlikely to decrease in the near future.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Early this morning I went bow hunting in Leaf River management area for some early season bowhunting for deer. I woke up at four a.m. this morning, allowing myself enough time to get into my stand before daylight. I timed it perfectly, and climbed into my stand about an hour before daylight. I quietly entered the woods, and not too many deer heard me I believe.
Shortly after daylight, I had dozens of deer around me. I was supprised when daylight broke, too see so many deer around me first thing this morning. Unfortunatly, all of them were out of range or too small. I might not have gotten a shot this morning, but I liked what I saw, and I will be back in there all next week trying to harvest a deer out of the area.
Shortly after daylight, I had dozens of deer around me. I was supprised when daylight broke, too see so many deer around me first thing this morning. Unfortunatly, all of them were out of range or too small. I might not have gotten a shot this morning, but I liked what I saw, and I will be back in there all next week trying to harvest a deer out of the area.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
I need to make a trip to Vanclieve real soon. I have to go to the taxidermist and pick up some things i have gotten mounted. I have two deer, two ducks, a bass, and a trout all mounted. I asked him to save everything until it was all finished. It has been almost a year since i gave it to him to mount. I always save stuff I want to get mounted until I have enough stuff to last him a while. I have one deer to be mounted that I shot last weekend. It was my first deer of the year. Im going duck hunting next weekend, so hopefully I will have a few ducks to get mounted by then. I have several geese and mallard ducks mounted, but I want to get a wood duck, and a pintail duck mounted next.
Most of these mounts are at the hunting camp my family owns. We have a house with a huge living room in the middle that we all hang stuff in. Along with there, I have several things mounted at my house in Gulfport. My father an I are avid hunters, and we have many trophies. All of our friends that come to the house or camp say that we have the best collection. At home we have somewhere around 20 deer mounted, 3 turkeys, 4 hogs, 10 or 12 ducks, two bobcats, and numerious fish from both fresh and salt water. we keep them all in our hunting room, where we keep all of our hunting and fishing stuff. My mother hates it, but she doesn't say much since we keep it in one room upstairs instead of all over the house.
Most of these mounts are at the hunting camp my family owns. We have a house with a huge living room in the middle that we all hang stuff in. Along with there, I have several things mounted at my house in Gulfport. My father an I are avid hunters, and we have many trophies. All of our friends that come to the house or camp say that we have the best collection. At home we have somewhere around 20 deer mounted, 3 turkeys, 4 hogs, 10 or 12 ducks, two bobcats, and numerious fish from both fresh and salt water. we keep them all in our hunting room, where we keep all of our hunting and fishing stuff. My mother hates it, but she doesn't say much since we keep it in one room upstairs instead of all over the house.
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