Recent content by Brad Bortner

With the current I deal with, I use grapnels and 5 lead pyramids. Dash weights just drag. I have sand cast and plaster cast my pyramids. I even have a few 10 pound pyramids for heavy decoys in ripping current.

All of those state restrictions are more restrictive than Federal regulations. Falconry is covered separately. § 20.21 What hunting methods are illegal? Migratory birds on which open seasons are prescribed in this part may be taken by any method except those prohibited in this section. No...

Scott Lots of good memories about mutual friends. I only run ethanol free in my outboards, generators and other equipment that sits around unused for portions of the year. Ethanol attracts water and is also bad for gas lines, etc. I've had to have fuel systems cleaned and rebuilt due to...

I think they reissued the cinnamon teal.

Steve, My recollection is that mallards are considered unwelcome in Florida mottled duck country. They were/are swamping the mottled duck genetics. Florida has been trying to reduce the number of mallards breeding in mottled duck areas. Like you, I've been away from this subject for a number of...

I have a friend who exclusively hunts with a 410. I have personally seen him harvest everything from a green-winged teal to tundra swan with it. I don't know if he hand loads his shells, but the boxes appear to be store bought shells. He is an excellent shot and is quite deadly with that gun...

What a shame. I met both Jim and his dad in 2017 when I moved across the country ferrying a layout boat for Phil and looking for some cherry wood from Wiz. Great guys really sad to loose them both.

Jeff, you answered your own question. More black ducks in Canada and far fewer hunters and realized harvest. US has fewer black ducks, more hunters and higher harvest. There are 2 countries with separate regulatory processes equitably sharing the resource. Here is the description of the...

If this continues into the fall it may lead to a good frost seal for potholes to catch runoff during the spring thaw. The improving conditions won't do much for this year's fall flight. May have helped with survival of late broods from renesting but breeding ducks were pretty sparse in the PPR...

For more than a century, the Bird Banding Laboratory has placed small metallic bands on the legs of birds across North America. Each year, the lab receives thousands of reports from bird watchers and biologists who spot the markers on the birds and report them to the lab. In this way, the lab...

I can post the entire article if you are interested. I thought the link would allow you to read the entire article.

This article in the New York Times should be of interest as waterfowl hunters and also members of the duckboat.net community. This article started after a NYT reporter read one of our threads here. At least 3 or 4 duckboats members are quoted in this article. As for the larger issue, as...

Steve This is one of my most cherished possessions. Zack's niece was my high school girl friend and Zack inscribed my copy. This was even before I even graduated from high school.

Neal, I believe that the cuts are still being proposed in the bill that is currently in front of the Senate.