Over the last couple of years, I've become real good friends with a man who owns a lot of hunting properties all over the river bottom. The Petit Jean River Bottom and directly across the Arkansas River from Petit Jeans grave. I'm like the property manager, always on the tractor, mowing, spraying, planting food plots, building stands or blinds, and he just bought a bulldozer and skidster. Like I wasn't busy enough. Kyle I've never seen quality swamp/farmland like this. A lot of it is a Cypress Tree Swamp where artist have done paintings and photographers and film crews visit. Not only is it beautiful but where saturday morning duck hunting shows are made. Oh my goodness! Well it's no more than a 10 min flight, from KRUE, to all the properties so you know what my first priority was. Yep I have about 10 more strips. The 170 is used, a lot, for duck counts, scouting, and aireals. When we flood some of the 25 duck holes, we monitor water levels from the plane. It feels good to finally realize my destiny, Forest Gump of the Duck Swamp. If you're looking for me, fly straight down Petit Jean runway 3, continue 30 degs for about 2.62 miles (Google Earth). You can see those fingers of Cypress Swamp, just north of the Arkansas River. By the way, we'd like to get on some pheasant hunting somewhere between Kansas and South Dakota next season.
Fly-in announcement: when I get home, in a few weeks, we're flying to Gaston's, getting a cabin and fishing for world record brown trout. If anyone wants to join us, we'll consider it a Fly-IN.
I'll also be flying to Pollack, Lousiana, to visit another buddy who owns the hanger I've been in for 9 yrs. Looks like I'm going to get the hanger, he's in prison there and doesn't need it any longer. Pollack is located 75 miles east of Zwolle, La (Zwolle Tamallies)! ! ! I'll probably have some time after I'm done in Pollack (75 miles east of Zwolle and Toleda Bend). Probably be hungry and thirsty too!
Yes someday we'll host IT again!
