leaf river hunting?

[bamawaterfowler]

hows the hunting around the leaf river. i have a friend that has some land boardering the river and has some flooded timber on it. we were going to make a trip over and check it out. just wanting to know if its worth my time. thanks

[cootkiller]

The Leaf River rises in the Bienville National Forest in southwestern Scott County and flows initially southward through eastern Smith, northeastern Covington, western Jones and northern Forrest Counties to Hattiesburg, where it collects the Bouie River. Below Hattiesburg, the river turns southeastward and flows through central Perry and southwestern Greene Counties, skirting the edge of the De Soto National Forest, into northern George County, where it joins the Chickasawhay River to form the Pascagoula River.

[edit] History
The Leaf River served as a trade route in the area before roads and trails were widely developed. It is recorded that traders made regular trips to people living near the river bringing with them supplies from Pascagoula. Legend says that one of these traders buried his profits, several thousand dollars in Spanish coins, near the banks of the Leaf River. The coins were later found in about 1854[1].

[edit] Alleged pollution
While the upper stretches of the river enjoy an excellent reputation, the lower river has been the subject of claims of pollution since the 1990's. At that time, thousands of area residents filed suit against the Georgia-Pacific Corporation, claiming that its pulp mill released the dangerous chemical, dioxin, into the river. In 1996, these suits were dismissed when the courts decided that there was no scientific proof that dangerous dioxin levels were present in the river or that Georgia-Pacific was negligent[2].

[edit] Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Leaf River has also been known as:

Estapacha River
Estopacha River
Fiume
Hashuphatchee River
Hastabucha River
Hastehatchee River
Leaf Creek
Pescaooula River (in part)
Slapacha River
Tallahoma River (in part)
Tally Hooma Creek (in part)
[edit] See also
List of Mississippi rivers
Leaf River Wildlife Management Area
[edit] References
^ Lowry, Robert; William H. McCardle (1891). A History of Mississippi:From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto to the Death of Jefferson Davis. University of Michigan: R.H. Henry & Co..
^ Herndon, Ernest (2001). Canoeing Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-222-5.
Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
DeLorme (1998). Mississippi Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-346-X.
U.S. Geological Survey Geographical Names Information System: Leaf River, retrieved 4 February 2006

[ScottyLee]

i found a leaf in a river once

[deltadukman]

As many ducks as there are stars in the sky.......

[GearOut]

if it is in Alabama, then there will be thousands of ducks there come this November and you should go there. If not, i'd keep looking around Alabama and on the Internet for some other good duck holes.

[RockBottom]

[quackheadbp]

[duramax]

Leaf River makes good game cameras I'm told

http://www.myleafriver.com/

[GearOut]

also a good scrap booking retreat so i hear

http://www.leafriverretreat.com/

[duramax]

apparently there are some good looking girls there:

http://leafrivervalley.com/

[duramax]

good looking landscaping business too:

http://leafriverlandscaping.com/

[GulfCoast]

I have training land near the leaf river. I see ducks there if I thaw them out and throw them for the dog. See also the thread on alligators.

[quack_a_tack]

It would seem to me that if this buddy had flooded timber on said river then, this buddy may be the best person to ask that question. He is after all the one that has access to his land and should know more bout it than any of us. I really hope this helps.

[bamawaterfowler]

thanks for all the smarta$$ comments...you all represent the state of mississippi very well. as far as asking my buddy he does not live in mississippi and very very rarely goes there so he has no idea what is on it. and it is a private place so i'm not asking where to go hunt on it. but to the people that actually tried to help me thank you

[deltadukman]

thanks for all the smarta$$ comments...you all represent the state of mississippi very well. as far as asking my buddy he does not live in mississippi and very very rarely goes there so he has no idea what is on it. and it is a private place so i'm not asking where to go hunt on it. but to the people that actually tried to help me thank you

And you live up to the Bammer reputation pretty well yourself. Glad we could help.

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