Swampbuckster
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Post by Swampbuckster on Oct 6, 2012 12:09:01 GMT -5
3 man limit by 7:20. Ten minutes between the first woody to drop in and the last bird to finish with. I have been scouting this hole for 3 weeks and it sure paid off. The first we shot off the water and dropped 3 on their way down. The others we would let land, jump them up and then drop them. Although all the birds came in during legal shooting hours, a lot of these small potholes are sunken within mature oaks with full foilage early season. So for the first half hour its tough shooting. You can watch them in the blue, but once they get into the trees its tough to see em until they hit the water. Got a great spot lined up for tomorrow. Gonna get out and do it again in the a.m. Duck! It's whats for breakfast!
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Post by SPLASH on Oct 6, 2012 15:35:41 GMT -5
Good job. I only went duck hunting once. I was 16 and it was in a small pond off of a field. I shot the first wood duck that came in.
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Swampbuckster
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Post by Swampbuckster on Oct 6, 2012 21:00:37 GMT -5
Well I dont see why your not hooked! LOL. Sounds like its not your thing.
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Post by ScoutB on Oct 6, 2012 21:41:42 GMT -5
Nice work!
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Swampbuckster
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Post by Swampbuckster on Oct 7, 2012 13:42:52 GMT -5
Not a bad second day. My second pothole lined up worked out well. Not a lot flying at first light but around 7 30 a pair of woodies dumped directly in front of us. We pulled up and they jumped, I dropped the drake and my brother in law missed the hen. Then another pair came in from left to right destined to land a few yards up from us. I dropped the drake and my brother in law winged the hen which I quickly followed up on. After that we had a 3 packcome down and land 40 yards or so to the left. For some reason a young drake from the pack jumped up and flew out, cruising past us again. I dropped him on the pass finishing with four woodies for the morning. Nice whe. You get them coming in later in the morning. Offers up some more challenging shots when you have good visibility! Also had 3 green wings cruise through but too quick for us to pull up on and they ended up 80 yards out to the right of us.
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uncletodd
Should've been a 6 point, but only had one skinny antler
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Post by uncletodd on Oct 7, 2012 14:03:45 GMT -5
Congrats! I love that last pic!
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Swampbuckster
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Post by Swampbuckster on Oct 7, 2012 18:05:29 GMT -5
I enjoy the last picture as well. So much I had to make a profile edit. After all its duck season now, not trout.lol
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Relic
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Post by Relic on Oct 8, 2012 5:14:05 GMT -5
Nice job on the ducks....
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Post by SPLASH on Oct 8, 2012 11:09:39 GMT -5
Congrats on the continued success.
As for your question about me not being hooked........... I loved it! I never had close friends or family that were really into duck hunting though. Many hunt geese in fields around here, but not so much duck hunting. I really don't care for the taste of either of them, but giving them away would not be a problem. I was always bow hunting until the local spot sold.
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cp
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Post by cp on Oct 8, 2012 15:41:24 GMT -5
Man I miss waterfowling!
I have an EXCELLENT woody hole back around Grand Rapids.
I still have boxes of steel shot, all my calls, bags of decoys, max4 waders and jacket...I only made it out once the year before I deployed, maybe I can make it happen more this year.
I would do it down here in TN but I dont have anyone else to go with.
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Post by SPLASH on Oct 13, 2012 8:06:32 GMT -5
CP, haven't you tried finding an outdoor site down there? I'm sure if you posted a few of your pics and told your story of your situation down there, someone if not many would not only hunt with you, but put you on some prime spots. Everybody wants to help a vet out, I'm sure it would happen for you. You just need to search for local outdoor sites and hang at the local outdoor retail stores.
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cp
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Post by cp on Oct 13, 2012 13:33:01 GMT -5
CP, haven't you tried finding an outdoor site down there? I'm sure if you posted a few of your pics and told your story of your situation down there, someone if not many would not only hunt with you, but put you on some prime spots. Everybody wants to help a vet out, I'm sure it would happen for you. You just need to search for local outdoor sites and hang at the local outdoor retail stores. I did but the thing is all the waterfowl hunting here is done in management areas and there is drawings for whatever blind in whatever area. From what I read it thats its really not fair because obviously some spots are better than others so what happens is that the big guide services will buy out whoever won the better spots in the drawing for $$thousands$$ for the season.
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Post by SPLASH on Oct 20, 2012 11:42:48 GMT -5
That sucks. No private land hunting at all?
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