Wooly Swamp Boys Get Ruleville Lagoon --- Xmas 2013 update
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:25 am
AP Wire Report. In a shocking turn of events in the MS Delta world of duck hunting, the Wooly Swamp Boys from Money shrewdly snatched the hunting rights to the fabled Ruleville Lagoon right out from under the El Camino Crew of Phillip, setting the stage for a potential all out gangland style showdown in the Delta during this offseason. The Ruleville Lagoon is home to thousands upon thousands of wintering ducks every year, including bluebills, spoonbills, ring necks, coots , mergansers, and a surprising number of puddle ducks with a taste for the out of the ordinary. Under the control of the Mayor of Ruleville, Shirley Edwards, and the Board of Aldermen, the hunting rights to the Lagoon have been prized by area hunters for generations. Through a double secret sealed bidding process, the Wooly Swamp Boys were recently announced as the top bidders, prompting a vehement protest by the El Camino Crew of the auction being "rigged", as the Mayor is rumored to be a distant cousin of one of the Wooly Swamp Boys. But, as of the date of this report, this rumour is unsubstantiated and at least deniable.
Jim Jones, a local hunting legend and host of the TV series " Hunting Across America", had this to say about the sitiation: "That is a real, real nice hunting area, and I just hope that those Wooly Swamp Boys hunt hard, hunt safe, and make it a fair chase". Joe Tomanello, an infamous member of the "Greenwood mafia", while being housed in the Tallahatchie County jail for poaching, commented:"I'd sure like to hunt that place some day, with or without a lease". Buddy Morgan, alleged owner of most of the public hunting land in the MS Delta, curtly remarked: "Maybe those SOBs will stay over near Ruleville now". The new cozy co-owners of Buck Ridge were simply giddy over the development and humbly proclaimed: "Maybe now we can kill some ducks too". "Don Miller", a local duck hunting guru who often hunts the famous "Don Miller hole" and is known to drink a little Old Starter and eat boiled chitlins every now and then, said that " that lagoon is as good a hunting place as Fighting Bayou and I can't wait to hunt with those boys next season". Indeed, the members of Fighting Bayou, while declining to publicly comment, appeared to be uneasy about the possibility of Fighting Bayou being supplanted as the duck hunting mecca of Mississippi. Jimmy Chandler of Ruleville was happy with the turn of events, and hoped that "those boys would now need a new ProDrive mud motor and Gator Trax boat to negotiate through all the deep sludge." Joe Ward, the local game warden, who once gave himself and his mother a ticket for game violations, warned: "I'll be keeping my eye on them boys."
Well, there you have it ---the good, bad and the ugly(and smelly) of duck hunting in the MS Delta. Morgan takes the water at Braley. Hosemann gets the Scatters. The Wooly Swamp Boys get the Ruleville Lagoon. Lord only knows what will happen next? Stay tuned.
Jim Jones, a local hunting legend and host of the TV series " Hunting Across America", had this to say about the sitiation: "That is a real, real nice hunting area, and I just hope that those Wooly Swamp Boys hunt hard, hunt safe, and make it a fair chase". Joe Tomanello, an infamous member of the "Greenwood mafia", while being housed in the Tallahatchie County jail for poaching, commented:"I'd sure like to hunt that place some day, with or without a lease". Buddy Morgan, alleged owner of most of the public hunting land in the MS Delta, curtly remarked: "Maybe those SOBs will stay over near Ruleville now". The new cozy co-owners of Buck Ridge were simply giddy over the development and humbly proclaimed: "Maybe now we can kill some ducks too". "Don Miller", a local duck hunting guru who often hunts the famous "Don Miller hole" and is known to drink a little Old Starter and eat boiled chitlins every now and then, said that " that lagoon is as good a hunting place as Fighting Bayou and I can't wait to hunt with those boys next season". Indeed, the members of Fighting Bayou, while declining to publicly comment, appeared to be uneasy about the possibility of Fighting Bayou being supplanted as the duck hunting mecca of Mississippi. Jimmy Chandler of Ruleville was happy with the turn of events, and hoped that "those boys would now need a new ProDrive mud motor and Gator Trax boat to negotiate through all the deep sludge." Joe Ward, the local game warden, who once gave himself and his mother a ticket for game violations, warned: "I'll be keeping my eye on them boys."
Well, there you have it ---the good, bad and the ugly(and smelly) of duck hunting in the MS Delta. Morgan takes the water at Braley. Hosemann gets the Scatters. The Wooly Swamp Boys get the Ruleville Lagoon. Lord only knows what will happen next? Stay tuned.
