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Has anybody been duck hunting that Roanoke rapids lake this year any birds there yet? Is that local guide service still there aggravating hunters?
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Do you know who the guides are?Very few ducks. Lots of hunters. Multiple guides. We saw at least 10 hunters waiting to get picked up by the guides on the opener of the third split.
Carolina Waterfowler Guide Service- guy named Darrell Mcauly. Has atleast a couple blinds out there. He typically will pay a younger "guide" a bird dog fee to drop folks off at blinds, leave decoys out all year with vegetation growing on them at this point in the season. Market on FB Groups with 10 photos of the only good hunts he's had in the last 10 years, all the same photos year after year. Lot of truth to the negative reviews you may find of him out there. Guy I know went last year.Do you know who the guides are?
Forgive for the ignorant question but I dont duck hunt so I have no clue.Carolina Waterfowler Guide Service- guy named Darrell Mcauly. Has atleast a couple blinds out there. He typically will pay a younger "guide" a bird dog fee to drop folks off at blinds, leave decoys out all year with vegetation growing on them at this point in the season. Market on FB Groups with 10 photos of the only good hunts he's had in the last 10 years, all the same photos year after year. Lot of truth to the negative reviews you may find of him out there. Guy I know went last year.
Has anybody been duck hunting that Roanoke rapids lake this year any birds there yet? Is that local guide service still there aggravating hunters?
RR Lake specifically has been known to hold canvasbacks and a variety of divers in the winter historically. They pay a guide like you said, cause they have boat, decoys, and blinds. Guide promises a chance at canvasbacks, even though they sit in a raft 1000 yards from any decoy spread aside from a weather day maybe (far and few between). RR lake is also a tough one to navigate as there are a lot of stumps and rocks barely submerged from what I’ve been toldForgive for the ignorant question but I dont duck hunt so I have no clue.
Why would someone paid a guide to hunt on a public lake?
Because they dont have a boat, decoys?
RR Lake specifically has been known to hold canvasbacks and a variety of divers in the winter historically. They pay a guide like you said, cause they have boat, decoys, and blinds. Guide promises a chance at canvasbacks, even though they sit in a raft 1000 yards from any decoy spread aside from a weather day maybe (far and few between). RR lake is also a tough one to navigate as there are a lot of stumps and rocks barely submerged from what I’ve been told
This is what I read between them, and saw the text message. Maybe skimmer is lying, but sounds like he's hung it up and moving...maybe for good or just this season. If it's for good...it's about time.Do you know if this is permanent or just for this year? Is he moving?
i think your messing with us. Lol
They have ducks in GA???From what I've heard Ole Skimmer (Darrel) is on his way to Georgia.
He’s just a guid trying to make a living
Panama City -St. Andrews Bay. Clear water , warm weather would make the cat shoal mafia blow their wads. They have incredible redhead hunting.Georgia and Florida actually have some places that produce canvasbacks as well as anywhere. If he’s headed that direction, you can bet he’s about to screw up one of those places.
Why would I pay a fishing guide on a public lake?Forgive for the ignorant question but I dont duck hunt so I have no clue.
Why would someone paid a guide to hunt on a public lake?
Because they dont have a boat, decoys?
I have no opinion of the guy but especially on an inland lake, his practices effectively privatized a public resource. Really, it ends up being no different than if a Farmer went out and planted a food plot on game land with a crop and expected everyone to respect the fact that he was trying to make a living growing crops (on public land.)Oh another “I hate skimmer” thread in the making. If any of you ever met the guy you would have a different opinion of him……but most of you probably only know “what someone else said of him” Darryl is a really nice guy. When I used to hunt Harris all the time I encountered him 3 times per week but I never hunted the area he hunted in. He offered me to sit in the blind with him many times and I took him up on it a couple times when he didn’t have clients. He got harassed on a daily basis by people setting up on top of him that weren’t willing to cut lanes in the grass or willing to put out 500 decoys. It’s always been duck envy. And whoever told you they weren’t getting their deposit back for him canceling a hunt is more than likely full of crap. He’s not like that. I understand why you don’t want him hunting on a lake that you hunt but that statement is false. He’s just a guid trying to make a living which I can’t imagine trying to do on any body of water in North Carolina.
GA does have ducks and yes on the Cans. I met Skimmer at Harris too - one day he cussed me out and shot at our spread, that was the first time I met him. The second time he was slipping on the boat ramp on an icy day and I put down sand so he could get traction. He smiled and said "man I appreciate you." People are people, and circumstances bring out the best or the worst. I just think he does guiding the wrong way...as a person - I won't say anything bad about him, but towards him in this professional standing, I have plenty of reason to say he's not a good one.