Recent content by Craig F

The one point that both you and Ramsey eloquently conveyed was how much information is available on forums like this by using the search functions vs. the black hole of other types of social media. If I'm researching something DIY most of the best information comes from forums, then probably...

I count wearing mine in the snow as washing it... The blood stains add character each season.

The best, my go to cold weather sweater. Hopefully someone has one in their closet.

I tend to get a bit unresponsive when people want advice on killing pintails ;)

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That's the way to do it. I get a ton of DMs on instagram from folks all over the country looking to come to NJ to hunt black ducks and while obviously not giving everything away I always try to be friendly and helpful. There's still a lot of good to come out of the internet at times.

Noah, while we already discussed this a bit on instagram it is a question that seems to come up a lot these days. Unfortunately there's no perfect boat that will hide in our low salt hay marshes and still have enough room to hunt two grown adults and a dog. Out of the boats previously...

We're very spoiled here with our black duck population. In a warmer season like the one we're experiencing they definitely are our most reliable puddle duck.

It should be white on the leading edge of the speculum to designate "hybrid" as far as the law is concerned right?, but even that is subject to the CO's interpretation. I only count birds as hybrids if they're very obviously a hybrid. You definitely see green in a lot of older, mature drake...

That's what I'm wondering if it's an age thing. Definitely a large bodied, healthy bird. A lot of times you'll get the more immature gaddies that definitely aren't as pronounced with the wing patches, head shape, pure black bill, etc. and they seem to be smaller. I haven't shot a lot of...

Thanks for the replies, I wanted to get some feedback from those of you like Eric and Carl who I know shoot a lot of gaddies. Confirmed my suspicions that it was something unique.