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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.

I've shot a fair amount of gadwall over the years, but this particular drake from the other day stood out a bit. It has a very distinct black ring on its neck. Some googling showed that it seems to be a semi-uncommon color variation. I can't seem to remember shooting one similar in the past...

I've been shooting 20 gauge Boss #4s through my Benelli M2 20 for going on three and a half seasons now. I'm probably doing it wrong based on what you read on the internet but I shoot improved cylinder. Looking at my log book I've killed just over 550 ducks and geese with that combo. In my...

All the cool boats, black ducks, less decoys, except this season we could use some colder weather!

I don't have the boat any longer, I sold it a long time ago. I think in the last year or so Dave had reacquired it and touched it up and sold it. I debated if I wanted to buy it back, but I have too many boats! Poles and nets work great, but for my style of hunting I like to be able to drop...

Here's one picture I found, you can see how sturdy the canvas was:

It uses curved aluminum tubing with bimini hardware. I'll have to see if I have any old pictures of that blind setup as that's my boat in the pictures. There was no easy way to drop the canvas, which made picking up decoys a bit difficult, but otherwise that rig was great. It was a modified...

I can't tell you the last time I shot a merg of any kind as I am a bit of a puddle duck snob. However I have been using the snack stick and sausage method for the majority of my birds for the last few seasons and it is a huge hit. Sacrilege to use puddle ducks in the grinder for sure, but our...

Looks like an awesome trip. See you on the coast this year!