FL Season Recap

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Robby Stubley

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My season in FL has come to an end once again, and as always, I miss it already. Despite a general lack of birds in my area, I still had some great hunts. I say it every year...I need to get better about taking pictures and documenting my time on the water...but here is a small taste of my season. I hope that these cooler temperatures push some new birds down for those of you who hunt the same areas and further south.
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I always look forward to the prospect of a "unique" hunt or bird each season...on one of the areas I hunt, I've killed 19 different species of waterfowl over the years, including specks several seasons ago and a WW scoter last year. This year, my "unique" bird wasn't rare, but he was unique to me. I'm not usually one to shoot ruddy ducks, but when this one decoyed, I couldn't pass him up.
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wow, great ruddy! I have never seen one with the white face patch this time of year!
 
I wish the ringers would come back to our area like they used too in the late 90's/early 2000's. Sure miss getting bombed by ringers doing 80mph.
 
Very nice variety of birds Robby. Nice to see the blackbellies. They're one of my favorite birds and I hope that their populations explode up here so that I can get into them from time to time.

Dani
 
Very nice variety of birds Robby. Nice to see the blackbellies. They're one of my favorite birds and I hope that their populations explode up here so that I can get into them from time to time.

Dani
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Dumb question...what is another name for the black bellies?
 
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Dani, they're there in good numbers now, and I suspect their population will grow exponentially in the next 3 years. I'm not great at documenting my season as I do a lot of my hunting alone, but I had a number of good BBWD hunts. The mature birds with older or no broods are the first to head south when the weather cools...what you're left with is what you see in those pictures: lots of late season, first-year birds.
 
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