A lot of times they’ll tuck underneath logs and rocks odds are you walked right by him. Your shots definitely sound like they’ll be fatal hopefully he died where he hid from you and you can find him. If you know anyone with a dog try to bring one. We found my friend’s Tom like that last year...
Been hammering striped bass been a phenomenal spring run here on Long Island so far. Waiting for the fluke and weakfish bite to pick up, I’ve had a few but no banner days like the bass fishing yet
End of the season often provides fantastic hunting. The guys who haven’t struggled are tagged out and the frustrated hunters usually give up and go fishing. The hens are mostly bred and if you can find a Tom looking for that last minute girlfriend it usually doesn’t take long to get him within...
And that’s a wrap! My New York tags are filled one yesterday and one today. Great hunting, although a lot of pressure, but great memories made. 7 long beards in the first 12 days of the season truly incredible. Time to get the fishing poles out now lol
I don’t always hunt the same area either. I mostly hunt the south shore of Long Island behind my house since I live on a canal. With the grass boat docked it’s very convenient, but I do hunt throughout the state and island from September through February. If I ran the same 7 or 3 ducks and...
I never run the same spread every time. If we have a push of birds I’ll run more decoys if we’re stale I’ll go with a small spread for ducks in the salt marsh. Geese however in fields or water if I’m running traffic I throw everything I got if I’m on the “X” I’ll run about 50% of what I saw...