A couple Teal today...it's finally gonna get cold

Hitch

Hitch

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A week and a half left and finally some cold north of us...today Shah and I managed to find the regulars until new birds arrive.

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Hitch
 
Nice pictures and honestly I don't feel sorry for you and your warm weather. hehehe
Mid January and it is feeling like a long winter already. Oh well, complaining isn't going to change the weather. Hope this latest arctic blast pushes a few more ducks down for you.

BTW If you get some more nicely colored bluewings you can never post too many pictures of them. :)

Tim
 
Hitch,

Real nice photos, only this missing is the snow. I got up before work and cleaned another 5-6 inches off the driveway. Coming for a visit any time soon???? hehehe
 
No trips to Iowa soon Dave. I remember what it's like up there, the long winters after Christmas.


The Blackbellies are still there, still plenty of algae and inverts, and some smartweed to munch on. They still have their alarms tuned too...out before dawn. I've killed a few there though since you left. Still quite a few teal if you are where they want to be...no problem killing limits, as long as you pick a day when the skybusters and roost shooting caravans have gone easy from the previous day. Some people think it's switched to a roost spot. Well it always has been a roost spot. But some don't know any better, too greedy to give "the place" a rest.
Hitch
 
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Nice limit and pictures. BWT are on my list of quest birds, we don't see too many up here during the hunting season. The GWT, well there's still a few stragglers in the area but they probably will move out soon with the marsh icing up.

Your later post on skybusters and roost hunting is absolutely right on. I try to spread the word to those that'll listen that the decoying bird is what we are after (toe draggers). An older gentleman told me a while back that if he can't kill a duck between 8am and 3pm then he don't want to shoot those early and late birds. He always came back to the ramp smiling, and pleased with his hunts. It stuck with me and now I'm less frustrated with the poor sports.
 
An older gentleman told me a while back that if he can't kill a duck between 8am and 3pm then he don't want to shoot those early and late birds. He always came back to the ramp smiling, and pleased with his hunts.
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He,he... I probably qualify in that "older gentleman" category (but I don't feel like it yet!) All my hunts this year have been in that time frame, and I actually have had the most success between 11 & 2. Starting at a decent hour, taking time for breakfast, not stumbling around in the dark trying to set up at O-dark thirty, arriving at empty launch ramps are all a revealation. Wonder of all wonders is that at the end of the day I no longer feel beat and ready to fall asleep behind the wheel on the way home. Oh yea, did I mention I only hunt on weekdays now.... Go ahead Ed, send me another "I hate you " message. View attachment 11209 002 (600 x 399).jpg

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Hey Bob,

Just in case Ed forgets,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I HATE YOU TOO !!


I try to get out on weekdays as much as I can muster also, much nicer.
 
Dave,

How could I have forgotten you!?

Supposed to only get to single-digit highs tomorrow. As long as the snow holds off, we'll go.
 
Hey Bob,

Just to note, the morning was mostly without any wind until about 0930. The jerk string worked great again.

FYI,

Hitch
 
Well if he doesn't answer I will.....Bob, I hate you also......Love your decoys though!.....;-)

Ed L.
 
Hitch,

Love that bag shot. Heard there was a cold front down there. All the way down to 45 degrees in Tampa this morning....geesh. Tonight they're calling for -15 (real temp) and tomorrow night -20 here. Winds reportedly 20-30mph with windchills to -55. That's just too much. I must be getting old. I'm sure the boys in the Dakotas and parts further north are laughing at my wimpering....hehe

Take care,

Ed L.
 
Mark,

Won't argue that. That is real cold....and one of the reasons I don't ice fish....hehe

Ed L.
 
Ed,

That's why they sell tents and heaters! ;>);>)
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This coming from a guy who spent a night on the ice inside the truck topper sleeping. Now that's a real man.

And Ed, I don't really ice fish either, I drink beer and tell tall stories. You can ask others on this site and they will vouch for me. Expected to get to at least -45F wind chill this evening. I think I'll cancel my teams hockey practice for the evening. Too cold to ask people to go out in this stuff.

Mark W
 
Dave,

I have the heater (bought it for my duck boat) and I've looked at the Frabill ice huts. Isn't it funny how $550 for a hut seems way expensive to me yet I spent twice that much on a duck hunting this year without batting an eye....;-)

Take care,

Ed L.
 
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