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Ducks!

The word of the day is DUCKS!!  Things have been busy busy the last 2 months… never-ending prep work and upkeep to get ready for the big season bearing down on us Saturday (it’s almost here!), the short season (a HUGE thank you to our early crowd… always a blast!), and trips out to the central flyway.  One of the highlights of our year is to start the season by heading out west to see lots of great old friends and make fantastic new ones… A part of the country where the scenery is breath taking, the duck activity unbelievable, and the people incredible.  A piece of true America…Faith, Family, and Community are forefront and the friends are priceless.  We are always so thankful to get back there and spend some time.   And now back to business….We’re geared up and ready to get to it this season!  The weather is ducky and the birds are flying… can’t wait to see everyone!

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NC State Duck Calling Championship

Down in New Bern today judging the NC State duck calling contest..Set up a booth as well and sold a few calls and booked some early season duck hunts..The picture with the three guys are myself Steve Earley and Mike Evans.We are all from the same hometown and combined have 9 state championships between us!!Pretty awesome for some Redneck boys from nowhere!Congrats to mike for taking top honors this year in state and second place Pamlico regional.North Eastern NC boys representing..

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June 13… sporty day!

Thirty knots of south west wind made fishing tougher today than yesterday but we made the best of it.We had a couple of throw backs and captured these for Dave and crew.The big one is a 58 lb citation..thank you guys for a great day..

End of another season…

Well after two years Martin Mcnally returns back down east to hunt with us… He picked up right were he left off scoring first thing this morning with a great strutter..What a great hunt.  This one was going to be ten yards from us when he got the smack down.  What a great season.  Always sad to see turkey season go away.  It’s what spring is all about..We ended on a high note for sure.  We are happy to say we had a one hundred percent success rate for all of our hunters this year.. This is Martin closing out our year.. LETS GO FISHING! !!

Dolphin Day

What better way to kick off the upcoming fishing season than to load up the dolphin with “Team Helmkamp”!!  Congratulations and great job John, Dougie, Chris, and Scott!!!  Thank you so much for coming down and fishing with us… you made the day!!  Only 2 more days of Turkey season left to go then it’s officially time to fish…. LETS GO FISHING EVERYBODY!!

New England Turkey

Pretty work on this fantastic 21 pound New England bird!! Awesome job Murph!!!!! Thank you so much… we miss ya 🙂

Congratulations!

Pretty work guys!  A huge Congratulations on your first bird Jim!!!  It was a pleasure to meet you and hope to see you again soon 🙂 Kelly… always a blast!!! Thank you so much!!!

Another one down

Nice job John!!  Congratulations on another great bird!!

Horndog gets one!

Congratulations Jim!!!!  Finally!!!!!! Nice work and awesome hunt!!!!!

Turkey season continues!

Pretty work Gordon!!!!!  A great (and fast!) hunt this morning for a nice bird…. always a fantastic time when you come see us!!! Thank you so much!