Finally "it" has appeared.
- Thread starter Al Hansen
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benp
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Al, unfortunately I have yet to duck hunt this year. It's been warm and dry here so the swamps I hunt aren't full of water like normal and just haven't seen much around. Even the swan that are normally in the fields behind my house in November have yet to show up, there are a few around in the river and sound and out in our "desert" which is a very large expanse of farmland north of me.
Hasn't been a very motivational year for duck hunting. I have dealt with the Sitka crowd that was mentioned. It refers to the group of hunters that buy the best gear, really don't know what they are doing, are disrespectful, and think they are better than you.
Behind my house I made a dyke in the ditch hoping to flood the field out like I did a few years ago and had several geese come to visit but it's been so dry that the couple rains only amount to about 1" in a month which is unusual for here. Normally our winters are wet and muddy. That is Jonah my 3 year old in this picture.
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Enough about that though as far as Garland he has gone hunting this year and was actually able to get his first deer. He made a perfect shot at 78 yards with a single shot .223 that a friend let me borrow.
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Coal still looks like a fine pup with plenty of drive. I'm sure he will be an excellent partner in the blind.
Hasn't been a very motivational year for duck hunting. I have dealt with the Sitka crowd that was mentioned. It refers to the group of hunters that buy the best gear, really don't know what they are doing, are disrespectful, and think they are better than you.
Behind my house I made a dyke in the ditch hoping to flood the field out like I did a few years ago and had several geese come to visit but it's been so dry that the couple rains only amount to about 1" in a month which is unusual for here. Normally our winters are wet and muddy. That is Jonah my 3 year old in this picture.
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Enough about that though as far as Garland he has gone hunting this year and was actually able to get his first deer. He made a perfect shot at 78 yards with a single shot .223 that a friend let me borrow.
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Coal still looks like a fine pup with plenty of drive. I'm sure he will be an excellent partner in the blind.
Al Hansen
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Thanks for those pictures, Benjamin. Please let Garland know that I think his buck is a dandy! Sorry to hear that it is so dry in your area. Hopefully you will be getting some good rains soon. As for the Sitka crowd they will get sorted ot in the wash. I remember a guy I hunted with when I was a sophomore. He happened to be a senior and came from money. I only hunted with him once and made a vow to never hunt with him again. When we walked from the slough to his car, he raised his Remington automatic and pulled the trigger three times as fast as he could. He looked at me and said, "This is how rich kids unload their guns." I just remember thinking of how muich I could have used those three shells. Oh well!
I will be going on my next duck hunt on Wednesday morning. I will let you know what takes place.
Allan
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I will be going on my next duck hunt on Wednesday morning. I will let you know what takes place.
Allan
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Al Hansen
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Well, I WAS going to go on a duck hunt this morning but with the winds out of the southwest blowing at a steady 35 mph and gusts up to 55 mph, I made the decision to stay home. I can't even begin to tell you how bad the blowing sand is with conditions suach as tha. Later on this morning the winds are supposed to come out of the north at 18 mph. My daughter and her husband will be here for an early Christmas dinner or a late Thanksgiving dinner. Bev will be in Wisconsin for a couple of weeks beginning on Sunday.
I forgot to mention this. For those of you who live northeast of us be prepared for some bad news weather. I would imagine this will end up with another of the rare tornadoes in December. Stay alert please. They say this one is tracking towards Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Tim just got back from a pheasant hunt in Kansas with 3 other guys. Here is Maverick with one of his birds. He is out of Chip and Sonora.
Allan
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I forgot to mention this. For those of you who live northeast of us be prepared for some bad news weather. I would imagine this will end up with another of the rare tornadoes in December. Stay alert please. They say this one is tracking towards Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Tim just got back from a pheasant hunt in Kansas with 3 other guys. Here is Maverick with one of his birds. He is out of Chip and Sonora.
Allan
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MIKE-SID said:
If age is the prerequisite to determine bad behavior in the marsh, then guilty as implied.
Please send me the GPS coordinates to your favorite duck hunting haunts> I promise to forward them to these folks so that you can 'interact' with them when they set-up twenty yards away from your spread... . downwind. This has hapened multiple times even when we put a spotlight on them. At the end of the flght opu can then share notes with them on how many times 'ya got ta pull the trigger LOL, LOL'