East Coast Trip..pic heavy

It cooled down in between states, it even got a nice warm bath in the Best Western in Long Island (had to break loose the salt and the marsh mud).
 
Matt

That is a lot of firsts. Congratulations for the success of your well planned trip. Hey, now I can put a face with the name. If I run into you on local waters I'll be sure to say hello.

Eric
 
Well done only a lotto win for most us to be able to make that many trips over that distance...outstanding firsts for sure...thanks for taking us along
shermie...
 
Did you go on a guide trip for the sea ducks? What size was that Bankes boat and who did you go with if you went with a guide
 
Congrats on a great trip Matt. I did something similar last year, not as long as yours though. Def. something you will never forget.
 
Did you go on a guide trip for the sea ducks? What size was that Bankes boat and who did you go with if you went with a guide
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Everything was guided, way too expensive and dangerous to try and freelance seaducks on your own for the first time. Bankes boat was the 25' Titan. Hunted with Jeff Coats, Reilly McCue, and John Livoti.
 
That is a great trip, looks like you still have a couple to quest for too - that is a good thing!
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I've got 7 species left to officially have all 32, but that does not include all the subspecies. Hopefully by the time I retire I will have most if not all of them that way I can relax in my trophy room and enjoy the memories I made while harvesting all the birds.
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What is the 32 species list? I've always been curious. I don't have them all but wanted to get what hunters considered the slam or something for waterfowl?
 
Matt, way to take it on and make it happen. Not many have done what you did. Congrats on that fantastic trip and all the "firsts". I sure enjoyed these pictures.
Al
 
DUCKS - 32 (Huntable Species) American Black Duck - Anas rubripes American Wigeon - Anas americana Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis Black Scoter - Melanitta nigra Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola Canvasback - Aythya valisineria Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanoptera Common Eider - Somateria mollissima Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula Common Merganser - Mergus merganser Fulvous Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna bicolor Gadwall - Anas strepera Greater Scaup - Aythya marila Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus King Eider - Somateria spectabilis Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalis Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos Mottled Duck - Anas fulvigula Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata Northern Pintail - Anas acuta Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator Redhead - Aythya americana Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata White-winged Scoter - Melanitta fusca Wood Duck - Aix sponsa GEESE - 6 (Huntable Species) Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens Ross's Goose - Chen rossii Canada Goose - Branta canadensis Cackling Goose - Branta Hutchinsii Brant - Branta bernicla OTHER WATERFOWL- 2 (Huntable Species) Sandhill Crane - Grus canadensis Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus

This is the list I have based my bucket list off of, again this does not include all the subspecies so you can add about 15-20 to that list if you include subspecies.
 
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