GobblinNC
Four Pointer
Drew a Mattamuskeet permit for the first time this year. Blinds 4 & 14 on January 9-10. If anyone has any past experiences with these blinds or hunting Mattamuskeet in general I would greatly appreciate any information!
Best advice anyone gave me about Skeet, enjoy your time in the area, it is amazing. As far as the actual duck hunting, temper expectations and understand that success can be quite a weather dependent. The natural vegetation has been on the decline, some in part to the saltwater intrusion. The last two years have been odd weather-wise, but as with all duck hunting in the Atlantic Flyway, it is completely hit or miss.
On a side note, grab dinner at Martelle's. Great food and one of your only choices in the area. The cowboy chop and okra are fantastic. Best of luck!
Thanks guys. Not expecting much but am excited just to experience it. Have a swan tag that I hope to fill. What species of decoys would be best to use and how many in a spread?
Good luck with stand-by. Last stand by I showed up for I counted 57 people waiting for 3 no-show blinds.
You wont have any snakes in mid January. Any other month i would watch out.
I have a questions about the blinds. I thought that you weren't assigned your blind until the prehunt meeting at the refuge that morning? I thought all parties get together with refuge staff and draw for blind #s. And if there are no shows general public can show up and get put in a drawing to fill empty spots?
I got a Mattamuskeet permit the first year it reopened for hunting. Apply every year, gotten a permit draw maybe twice since then and one of those was for my Dad in blind 1, that was the last time he hunted.
Nice place to hunt - but not great for killing ducks. Go for the experience, it is historic and beautiful. My grandfather talked about hunting geese around the lake - almost a century ago... said he would come home with a car full of geese. He also mentioned seeing the moccasins sunning on the bank when there was still snow in the shady spots...
Its a 4 hour drive for me to try for standby and I try a couple times a year. I've not gotten a blind at standby in at least 5 years. Last year one morning it was down to me and one other party - guess what.
I think it hurts my odds that I'm usually alone, many parties have 3 people to up their chances, so you might go with a crew...
Hi, do not mean to be disrespectful but where do you get your info? I am around the lake every day in January, I see cotton mouths out sunning in January. almost stepped on one on a cold cloudy day in id January