ZHalsey
New member
Hello all, this is the first "forum" of any kind I have joined and I think I gave the wrong impression by my first post and wanted to take a minute to REDO and introduce myself.
My name is Zach and I grew up hunting and fishing on the east end of Long Island, mostly Southampton and Water Mill. I discovered waterfowl hunting through observing hunters on my family's property coming and going in the winter months during my youth. A combination of curiosity, my love for the outdoors, and finding an old 12 gauge shotgun in one of our barns sent me chasing the birds.
I have to give a special thanks to the Geminski family for always offering their blind, knowledge, and experience to me from the first time I wandered down to their blind during a goose hunt, to just last week when Chris pointed me to this forum where I was able to find my first duck boat.
For the past 4 years I have been making the 4 am drive from Huntington to Southampton to hunt my family's property during duck season. I have been missing out on the best weather days (snow) because my fiance is not fond of me making the trip in inclimate weather (you have to pick your battles folks). This sparked my interest in starting to hunt out of a duck boat as it would allow me to hunt locally and give me the flexibility to hunt in the mornings before work. I have been boating for longer than I have been hunting, so I figure duck hunting from a boat is going to be a great way to stay on the water year round, while increasing the areas available for me to hunt.
I landed a great little boat through this website, 13 foot MarshHawk and am currently setting it up for this season (lights, gas tank, fresh paint, all the bells and whistles). I plan on taking her out to scout out locations to hunt in the oyster bay area over the next few weeks. during high and low tide to get an idea of where I can set up based upon different weather conditions.
Where I grew up hunting, all the blinds and spots are regulated by the town. There are no areas which are open to the public, if you have a spot, it is yours. The idea of being able to go out on a boat and set up along a marsh is new to me, and I was simply looking for places to avoid. I have already spoken with the local municipalities and NYSDEC regarding the areas I plan to hunt, and I was simply looking for a bit of local insight as to the areas which are best left alone. Apologies if I came off the wrong way on my previous post, like I said I am new to this and I believe I was misunderstood.
Regards,
Zach
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My name is Zach and I grew up hunting and fishing on the east end of Long Island, mostly Southampton and Water Mill. I discovered waterfowl hunting through observing hunters on my family's property coming and going in the winter months during my youth. A combination of curiosity, my love for the outdoors, and finding an old 12 gauge shotgun in one of our barns sent me chasing the birds.
I have to give a special thanks to the Geminski family for always offering their blind, knowledge, and experience to me from the first time I wandered down to their blind during a goose hunt, to just last week when Chris pointed me to this forum where I was able to find my first duck boat.
For the past 4 years I have been making the 4 am drive from Huntington to Southampton to hunt my family's property during duck season. I have been missing out on the best weather days (snow) because my fiance is not fond of me making the trip in inclimate weather (you have to pick your battles folks). This sparked my interest in starting to hunt out of a duck boat as it would allow me to hunt locally and give me the flexibility to hunt in the mornings before work. I have been boating for longer than I have been hunting, so I figure duck hunting from a boat is going to be a great way to stay on the water year round, while increasing the areas available for me to hunt.
I landed a great little boat through this website, 13 foot MarshHawk and am currently setting it up for this season (lights, gas tank, fresh paint, all the bells and whistles). I plan on taking her out to scout out locations to hunt in the oyster bay area over the next few weeks. during high and low tide to get an idea of where I can set up based upon different weather conditions.
Where I grew up hunting, all the blinds and spots are regulated by the town. There are no areas which are open to the public, if you have a spot, it is yours. The idea of being able to go out on a boat and set up along a marsh is new to me, and I was simply looking for places to avoid. I have already spoken with the local municipalities and NYSDEC regarding the areas I plan to hunt, and I was simply looking for a bit of local insight as to the areas which are best left alone. Apologies if I came off the wrong way on my previous post, like I said I am new to this and I believe I was misunderstood.
Regards,
Zach
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Did you see the picture of the marsh hawk attached to the beginning of the post? I'm curious if the boat migrated from the west coast to the east coast or vice versa. 