GunnyUSMC
Member
A while back, I had the pleasure of meeting one of our forum members, Bull Nutria. Bull is a great guy. Around the end of last year Bull offered to take me Nutria hunting in January. Well, things got delayed due to the Atchaflaya river being low and the marshes having extreme low water, which would have made it unable to get to where the Nutria were.
Well Saturday, 03/20/21, I got a text from Bull that the river was up and he had a hunt planed for Monday 03/22/21 and wanted to know if I was able to go. Bull did advise to dress warm because, it was going to be cold and we might get wet.
Well, being retired gives me plenty of time to do whatever I want so I let Bull know that I was good to go. After a few texts we had things worked out and I would meet him at Bayou Black Marine in Gibson LA. At 08:30 on Monday.
To let y’all know, Bayou Black Marina is Close to 90 miles south of my house and I haven’t been down in that direction in a long time. But then we have Google map.
Monday morning I hit the road at 6:15 and headed south.
Other then a few wrong turns the trip was pretty smooth until I got to Bayou L’Oruse. That’s when I lost internet service and directions to Bayou Black Marine. I gave Bull a call and he said he was in no rush and would wait for me. I was able to pull up a map of the area and navigated my way to Bull.
Once at the landing we loaded up and headed out in Bull’s mud boat along with his dog Bonne. Once we reached the hunting area we went over a few things to make sure we had a good safe hunt.
For guns I brought a Ruger 1022 and a Remington 597, and my Glock 44 for a side arm. I ended up using the Remington because it has a 3-9 scope on it. Most of my shooting was done on 3X.
Before I go any further with the tails of this adventure, I have to let you know, I was cold, wet, got a little muddy and had to shear a seat with a wet dog named Bonne, and I had the time of my life.
Bull let me do most of the shooting. I can’t say that I started off all that great. It was my first time shooting from a boat, but as the day went by, I think I got better, but I’ll let Bull be the grudge of that.
Here are some pics.
There were plenty of gators, here’s one of the small ones.
Here’s Bonne retrieving a nutria. She had the hardest job.
Here’s some of the nutria.
Here’s Bull cutting off the tails.
Me and Bonne, my new friend.
And here’s one of me and Bull.
We ended up getting 32 Nutria. I really want to thank Bull for a wonderful hunt and a great day.
We did meet up with a friend of Bull’s. That guy is one hell of a shot and a great hunter. He got 112 nutria .
Well Saturday, 03/20/21, I got a text from Bull that the river was up and he had a hunt planed for Monday 03/22/21 and wanted to know if I was able to go. Bull did advise to dress warm because, it was going to be cold and we might get wet.
Well, being retired gives me plenty of time to do whatever I want so I let Bull know that I was good to go. After a few texts we had things worked out and I would meet him at Bayou Black Marine in Gibson LA. At 08:30 on Monday.
To let y’all know, Bayou Black Marina is Close to 90 miles south of my house and I haven’t been down in that direction in a long time. But then we have Google map.
Monday morning I hit the road at 6:15 and headed south.
Other then a few wrong turns the trip was pretty smooth until I got to Bayou L’Oruse. That’s when I lost internet service and directions to Bayou Black Marine. I gave Bull a call and he said he was in no rush and would wait for me. I was able to pull up a map of the area and navigated my way to Bull.
Once at the landing we loaded up and headed out in Bull’s mud boat along with his dog Bonne. Once we reached the hunting area we went over a few things to make sure we had a good safe hunt.
For guns I brought a Ruger 1022 and a Remington 597, and my Glock 44 for a side arm. I ended up using the Remington because it has a 3-9 scope on it. Most of my shooting was done on 3X.
Before I go any further with the tails of this adventure, I have to let you know, I was cold, wet, got a little muddy and had to shear a seat with a wet dog named Bonne, and I had the time of my life.
Bull let me do most of the shooting. I can’t say that I started off all that great. It was my first time shooting from a boat, but as the day went by, I think I got better, but I’ll let Bull be the grudge of that.
Here are some pics.
There were plenty of gators, here’s one of the small ones.
Here’s Bonne retrieving a nutria. She had the hardest job.
Here’s some of the nutria.
Here’s Bull cutting off the tails.
Me and Bonne, my new friend.
And here’s one of me and Bull.
We ended up getting 32 Nutria. I really want to thank Bull for a wonderful hunt and a great day.
We did meet up with a friend of Bull’s. That guy is one hell of a shot and a great hunter. He got 112 nutria .