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Been getting out, but have not seen much of a push as far as fresh birds go. They are getting pretty smart. Did get what I think is a lucistic mallard.

I had my 30 year old 870 cerakoted a couple years ago and have been very happy with the results. It was down to bare metal a I was fighting rust bad before getting it done. My only complaint is that I didn't do it sooner

I rarely put out more than a dozen but almost always have a jerk string. Little bit of motion makes a big difffence in my opinion especially with a small spread. Either Mallards or Widgeon or both since that is what I most typically see on the Columbia river. I've done well with 2 mallards on...

Went out this moring before work to get the first flight. I had to choose between spot A and spot B. I chose poorly.. Didn't fire a shot at spot A and watched mallards dive into spot B for the first half hour. No time to move so I packed it up and went to work.... Traveling th rest of the week...

I love the comentary in the video's. Sounds a lot like me when I built my first boat! I have yet to follow any real plans myself. My current boat is based off of the Devlin snow goose. I found a free hull design software and used it to get the basic hull shape and maximize the utlization of the...

I am also curious how you did Brad. I heard a report that the birds left town during the storm. I was traveling in the Seattle area the past 2 days and wanted to be out on the river! 500,000 people without power on wed morning. Stayed in a hotel with no power Tuesday night...

As already stated the hieght of the motor makes a differnce as well as the angle. I found out I was overpropped for years on my 16' boat with a 25hp. once I purchased a tach, which you can get them cheap on amazon, I was able to make a change and get much better performance. I think it is the...

I put hole in my boat a few years ago and documented the fix here https://duckboats.net/community/threads/fixing-a-hole-in-the-boat.338767/ I did the same as richard and cut a taper in and fit a piece to it. I am pretty sure I did not do a 12:1 scarf. more like a 6:1 and it has hald up great so...

I had my 870 which was 35 years old and has been hunted hard cerakoted 2 years ago since it was basically down to bare metal on 80% of it and was rusting when I just talked about duck hunting. I don't hunt the salt as much a I used to but the coating has held up well. I instucted the cunspith...

I worked for brick mason the summer I was married. I was in Virginia outside of DC for the summer. My wifes family was living there so that is where the wedding was to take place. Being a west coast boy the humididty was a new thing to me and it sucked! But knowing it was temperary, I and just...

If you can't find a closet pole long enough you can always join two together. I have a 19' push pole that I made by scarfing multple pieces together. Started off ataching two pieces together to make a 15' pole then when I added a poling platform I added an additional 4'. I used a W splice on the...

I am also in SW Washingon and hunt the Columbia. If you have been around boats then I don't need to stress the dangers of the Columbia as you know it can get pretty nasty at times. For the boat be sure to maintain the outboard. During duck season there isn't to many poeple out there to help you...

I had thhe pleasure of taking my niece out for the Oregon youth hunt this year. She was able to connect with 4 birds. Here first duck being a nice greenhead. Ended up with 4 ducks, mallard, pintail and 2 teal with a fair amount of shooting. Went on Sunday to a different spot and were able to get...

Yes, another wader thread. Don't want to take over the other ones. I am happy with my Hi n Drys but I am not the probelm. My brother is looking to get back into duck hunting and looking for waders. He has stocking foots for fishing but is looking for camo bootfoot waders that will not break the...

I have built several of the scissor type blinds. The issue I always had was how to keep it up. Tried pinning the 2 side together where they crossed. Pain to get in and out of. Also was not real easy to get the pin in and out when cold and wet. Tried posts to prop it up and on windy days would...