Recent content by greg setter

This photo is a perfect representation of mid-Atlantic black duck country. It has everything in it, including the ducks. The scrub pine on the edge of marsh looks just like several spots I hunt in south Jersey and have hunted in Maryland, and they look the same down in tidewater Virginia. And...

There were some around still in the 80's in south Jersey, but very few remain. Back then a friend had a shorthair and we would do 1/2 hour hunts before work and sometimes find one of the coveys on the property. They are a great bird to hunt over dogs, even though I only ever shot a few. Feral...

Really, really interesting. I had never seen pipe oarlocks before. Maybe they weren't popular here in Jersey.

I have always questioned the idea that hybrid black/mallard ducks were a real issue. I am not surprised to learn the genetic info you mention. There was never any clear guidance as I recall here in NJ. And you collectors of old black duck decoys know there was often a thin white line painted...

That is a really nice deer Ed, and a very good shot with a slug gun. I haven't hunted deer in about 20 years now, but I hunted in the Catskills with a rifle and in Jersey with buckshot and the woods are as you describe. It is rare to even get a shot at the range you described where I hunted also.

I have an older A391 which is a target model I use for trap, but I believe it is the same action today. If so, it is nice shotgun and is reliable. I bought it about a year ago and really like it. It was in mint shape and I couldn't say no. It is easy to disassemble and clean and being a gas gun...

Eel grass is why. Eel grass beds along the East Coast started to die as the intra-coastal waterway was built and the salinity of the water changed in the bays affected. That is why I said if you eat them the first week they are here they are often OK. Once they are on the lettuce, I skin and...

Anyone that comes to NJ to gun should try and hunt brant once for the experience. Brant are so different in many ways from other waterfowl, at least out this way. You can watch brant fly for hours and be entertained with the sights and sounds of them on a coastal bay, which is quite a bit...

That's a real nice one Chip!

You're doing it right Tod!

Way to go Tod. Now you have time to work on that great dog blind.

I just use an 8 foot push pole and I give about 8 to 10 foot of slack on the rope bridle. As the tide recedes the boat usually follows the tide line as long as there is ample water underneath. This is what I do also, keep it simple. As far as I'm concerned the less stuff in the boat the better...

Don't tell me you are surprised

I think I've seen these in the past somewhere is some catalog. But you are a pretty handy guy, and if you built yourself a lightweight aluminum frame that folded up, Diane could make you the outside and you would have something nice that will last until you aren't using it. I would think about a...

This is another really great looking boat. I wish I was a woodworker like you guys, but I so enjoy seeing what everyone is doing and learning about the hiostory and lineage of these boats, where they are from, who built them, who owned them. I envision the document residing somewhere in a...