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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Banshee7 on January 01, 2009, 07:29:35 PM
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Being that is is/has been that time of year, I thought I would make a thread specifically for the duck hunters that read this board. Feel free to share any pictures or stories about duck hunting.
This was today (Jan 1, 2009 [first duck hunt of the year WOOT!])
A buddy and I went duck hunting at about 12:30 p.m. today. By 1:07 we were back at our trucks with each of our limits consisting of: 7 drake mallards, 1 hen mallard, 1 drake widgeon, 1 femal shoveler, and 2 bull sprig pintails. As you can see in the picture, the pintail on the left is banded. What a hunt to start out the year!
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/banshee7_2007/0101091559.jpg)
NOTE: yes...the head of one greenhead is kind of....torn
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Being that is is/has been that time of year, I thought I would make a thread specifically for the duck hunters that read this board. Feel free to share any pictures or stories about duck hunting.
This was today (Jan 1, 2009 [first duck hunt of the year WOOT!])
A buddy and I went duck hunting at about 12:30 p.m. today. By 1:07 we were back at our trucks with each of our limits consisting of: 7 drake mallards, 1 hen mallard, 1 drake widgeon, 1 femal shoveler, and 2 bull sprig pintails. As you can see in the picture, the pintail on the left is banded. What a hunt to start out the year!
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/banshee7_2007/0101091559.jpg)
NOTE: yes...the head of one greenhead is kind of....torn
HO? :D
Not being a hunter, just wondering the significance of the banded one. Do the track migration patterns that way?
Or, do you win a prize? :lol
wrongway
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I've gotten about 40 ducks throughout the time the season's been open. Also hunt for Geese, Deer and Turkey so it detracts from my duck hunting time.
Once a duck tried to HO my dad, and...well...it's like HO'ing a 190A8 in a B5N, guaranteed loss EVERY time. :D
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Heritic, like to chime in on this sir?
zuii
p.s what is good marinade for duck..?
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HO? :D
Not being a hunter, just wondering the significance of the banded one. Do the track migration patterns that way?
When you get a band you call 1-800-327-BAND and give them the numbers. They then send you a certificate telling how old the duck was and when and where it was hatched. So basically yes it is for tracking their migration patterns
Or, do you win a prize? :lol
Actually, yes, you can. There are bands on geese (atually collars on their necks) where each color is worth a set amount of cash. On ducks (usually mallards only) there are ducks "double-banded" (meaning a band on each leg). One band is a cash reward and the other is like the one on my pintail in the picture
wrongway
zuii
p.s what is good marinade for duck..?
Personal preference. We usually marinade them in steak marinades (our favorite being Dales)
I've gotten about 40 ducks throughout the time the season's been open. Also hunt for Geese, Deer and Turkey so it detracts from my duck hunting time.
So far, as of today, we are at 857 ducks killed. 635 of which have meen mallards.
Once a duck tried to HO my dad, and...well...it's like HO'ing a 190A8 in a B5N, guaranteed loss EVERY time. :D
Did you see the duck with the "tattered" head :t
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What do you do with all those ducks? Eat them? Sell them to restaurants or markets? Give them to friends or charity food places?
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What do you do with all those ducks? Eat them? Sell them to restaurants or markets? Give them to friends or charity food places?
We almost do all of the above. We don't sell them, though. but duck makes some great food, even makes great jerky. We give them to friends because...they like them too :) And yes, along with extra deer meat, we give them to the local charity food drive.
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#1 - Yeah, I only went 3 times though :)
#2 - Yeah I did, the one my dad shot ended up having no head. :)
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We almost do all of the above. We don't sell them, though. but duck makes some great food, even makes great jerky. We give them to friends because...they like them too :) And yes, along with extra deer meat, we give them to the local charity food drive.
Yeah duck is GOOD EATIN! Along with goose! But with goose, you have to marinate it just right.
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NICE!!!!!!!!
Good huntin Banschee!!!
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I have only been duck shooting a few times and had a blast doing it each time. It is some great fun and especially when you get done that fast and get back to clean and cook/aka drink beer while waiting on the birds to finish cooking.
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Just don't pull a Dick Cheney! :uhoh
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lol, howd the head get torn? Was the dog alittle to enthusiastic? Best duck story ever, for me, atleast was when I was about 12. I had just gotten my 12 gauge. There was a nice sized flock that decided to fly over just as we were heading back to the truck. I tracked the lead bird, but when I fired the recoil knocked me on my back. Got the duck though, but it landed it a tree.
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I have a 20 ga. Browning for sale if your close to Indiana.
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I have never been duck hunting, but would like to. Any tips on how to get into it?
Good on you for eating what you shoot by the way, I wouldn't do it if I didn't plan to.
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Looks like a good hunt Banshee. What kind of hunting do you guys do in TN? Do you hunt flooded woods or marshes? We have a decent hunt here in Utah, we are in the Pacific flyway. Mostly Mallards here but also have Widgeon, Gadwaul, and Teal can be plentiful. Ton's of shovelers (we call them Spoonbills) but we try not to shoot them. I haven't been out this year, and probably won't make it out. Kind of lost that loving feeling for it to be honest. Of course if I could shoot that many birds in an hour I may reconsider!
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Mensa, get some good waders, 20 gauge (12 if they stay higher in your area, or you want a more versatile weapon), warm hunting clothes, if your hunting around a lake you'll need a boat or a trained retrieving dog. Scout around the local lakes/wetlands. Areas with alot of underwater vegetation are good, also submerged forests. Then just go out on the coldest, crappiest mornings at around 0500 and be set up before dawn.
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lol, howd the head get torn? Was the dog alittle to enthusiastic?
No...my Baretta AL391 was a little "enthusiastic"
Looks like a good hunt Banshee. What kind of hunting do you guys do in TN? Do you hunt flooded woods or marshes?
We have flooded timber and old river slews. But what we mainly do is flood open fields. The field that that hunt took place on was a large bean field with about 50 acres of standing corn.
We have a decent hunt here in Utah, we are in the Pacific flyway. Mostly Mallards here but also have Widgeon, Gadwaul, and Teal can be plentiful. Ton's of shovelers (we call them Spoonbills) but we try not to shoot them. We call Shovelers everything from "spoonbills, bubble lips, doo doo ducks" (last one is because they can ALWAYS be found at sewer ponds
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This entire post is making me hungry.
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duck meat :)
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Duck is yummy.
Most of you probably already know about: http://www.ducksunlimited.com/ (http://www.ducksunlimited.com/) Just think, hunters and environmentalists on the same side. What's going to happen next? :noid
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Duck is yummy.
Most of you probably already know about: http://www.ducksunlimited.com/ (http://www.ducksunlimited.com/) Just think, hunters and environmentalists on the same side. What's going to happen next? :noid
Turkey hunters in cooperation with the National Wild Turkey Federation have really helped to bring populations back.
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/TurkeyHunter65/2005turkeys1.jpg)
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Thinkin evil thoughts here... Wouldn't it be fun to play a little DNS redirection trick on PETA, and send some of their visitors to this thread?
Not that I'd actually DO such a thing, but it would be fun and there are plenty of vulnerable DNS caches out there just begging to be fooled with.
It's a good thing I am employed otherwise I'd probably end up in jail for pranking the intarweb.
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errr...screwed up...gotta rewrite
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keep these pics away from moot :O
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We almost do all of the above. We don't sell them, though. but duck makes some great food, even makes great jerky. We give them to friends because...they like them too :) And yes, along with extra deer meat, we give them to the local charity food drive.
Yup, only had duck a few times, and it beats the HELL outta ckicken :aok
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Leg bands on waterfowl are used for tracking the migration patterns. If a duck or goose has both legs banded it is usually a money band on one leg. I've seen $10 to $100 money bands.
Neck collars are also used in conjunction with leg bands as well. Mostly geese are neck collared. There are also cases where radio tansmitters are placed on waterfowl to track migration patterns and habits.
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I love waterfowling. Been waterfowl hunting since I was a kid.
I have so many decoys, calls, camo, shotguns, blinds, and gadgets for waterfowl I could open my own sports store. Thats how you can tell a true waterfowler. They will freaking buy anything. I even got the remote controlled field mallard on the stake that rotates its wings when I press the button. In fact I have three of them. :huh I have so many duck and goose decoys I had to build a bigger garage just to house them.
I remember many, many years ago sitting in some Godforsaken goose pit, on some Godforsaken day, when all the geese had oxygen masks on. This was back in the days of Lead. We saw a bunch a guys in another pit waving a bunch of big paddles at the geese over-head. And guess what? It worked! That was the first time I ever saw flagging used for waterfowling. I remember when we almost lost the sport and all the hunters pulled together, under Ducks unlimited, and started buying up a bunch of potholes, controlling predators, and pressuring our Legislators to enact habitat preserving legislation. This was like back in the '70s and '80s.
And guess what? Another wildlife success story was written by American and Canadian sportsmen and woman. And now we are enjoying year after year of fine waterfowling. I'm lucky in that I live in and around a goose mecca. Duck hunting in general is very dependent on good rainfall and water levels during hatching season. That and controlling predators. Some years are better then others but in general nothing beats a day in the blind with buddies and family. I remember some cold fronts where the sky was just black with waterfowl. I used to take vacation every fall and many years I would spend watching the seasons and migration unfold before my eyes.
And they were all special. Kill or no kill they were all special.
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First time to go duck hunting at the ranch. Every year me and my brother try and get set up for duck hunting but it never happens. This year we had some time after deer season and made a blind on one of the larger tanks. I couldn't believe the number of ducks that couldn't resist the mojo decoy and our half ash attempts at calling. We limited out in 18 minutes.
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If I can ever get my scanner to work I have a picture of a hunt we limited out in 20 minutes...7 of us killed 28 greenheads in 20 minutes...i was mad because I didn't even get to eat my snacks I brought for the blind :lol
I couldn't believe the number of ducks that couldn't resist the mojo decoy
Mojos wrok great here. The worked so great in Arkansas that they outlawed the motorized ones, but this year they were able to use them.
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That same day I was bored so I took a couple mojo dove decoys and had a mid day dove hunt. Any dove that came over almost did a 360 and tried to land on the mojo. They are the best inovation for wing shooting in my life time.
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That same day I was bored so I took a couple mojo dove decoys and had a mid day dove hunt. Any dove that came over almost did a 360 and tried to land on the mojo. They are the best inovation for wing shooting in my life time.
oh yeah... we use the dove mojo as well. We've had times where we couldnt shoot because the birds were too close to the mojo
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There's a BIG duck hunting area north of Calusa, CA, but by far the most famous in North America are the rice fields of Stuttgart, AR. People come from all over the world--and yes--Dick Cheney DOES hunt there every year. There's a duck hunting store there on the north end of town as large as many Walmarts--right next door--the world famous duck call factory.
Heretic proves the point that an excellent duck hunter's biggest asset is........CHAW! (BTW: Is that Red Man or Skoal????) :aok
ROX
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Mac's Prairie Wings :D
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I have a huge army of G&H floaters. About 14 dozen. I have over 30 dozen Real Geese and Outlaw silhouettes. Between me and my buddies we can easily deploy 30 or 40 dozen G&H, or 100 dozen geese sils and full bodies. We once had a shoreline blind where we created a cosmic black hole, the decoy spread so big it just sucked in all light, energy, and birds, around it.
To me a waterfowl deke spread is a work of art. I could spend hours just looking at it.
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where are you from rich?
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There's a BIG duck hunting area north of Calusa, CA, but by far the most famous in North America are the rice fields of Stuttgart, AR. People come from all over the world--and yes--Dick Cheney DOES hunt there every year. There's a duck hunting store there on the north end of town as large as many Walmarts--right next door--the world famous duck call factory.
Heretic proves the point that an excellent duck hunter's biggest asset is........CHAW! (BTW: Is that Red Man or Skoal????) :aok
ROX
As noted in the "faces" thread, Heretic sticks to Timberwolf. Interesting side note...for the first couple months playing the game, I thought damn-near everyone in AH chewed, since for some reason most of the blackjacks do :)