Hey all, as the season comes to a close I now finally have some time to share some of the highlights This past month I had the pleasure of hosting a new found friend who reached out via Instagram, @Kicks_ChokeTubes funny how life works and as i can recall an earlier thread that mentioned the "Social Media" age of hunting. Joel a southerner from South Carolina media director & co-owner of Kicks Choke Tubes was on the chase for the 41! After years of accomplishments he wanted an Atlantic Brant to cross off species #40 on his list!
Joel, arrived to Long Island on the 13th of January with his pup Mate and we headed out on the saltmarsh in my newly refurbished 14' TDB SeaClass. The winds were steady 10-15 but the fog was immense, thankfully we did have a high tide that allowed us to get into a spot i had scouted the days prior. It wasn't long when our first flock of brant approached the rig Joel rang out his first shots with excitement and picked out a nice single for himself followed up by me and we had out limit by 8:00AM! Awesome experience for him and a nice retrieve by his pup. We stuck around till around noon to our reward of 2 black duck & a single goose!
The following day (Sunday) after enjoying some nice NY pizza and munching on our BEC (Bacon Egg & Cheese Bagel Sandwiches) LI is known for.. the fog had remained in the morning with a flood tide, with the TDB having a higher profile then our typical sneakboats I scouted out a location with some higher brush that i knew the brant would frequent in their flyway. Lucky for us upon our arrival the brant were in by the hundreds! We set up a rig of about 15-20 and were joined in by a friend with his Banks boat a 17' freedom that tucked along side us.
It again wasn't long until we came into some nice approaching flocks, one of which had a brant that seemed to be singled out among the flock, before i could realize a shot rang out on the final approach and Joel was able to bag himself a surprise of a lifetime a triple-banded brant! He was truly ecstatic and made it a lifetime memory. His second brant on the second day, what a way to end the trip!
Here's a video clip of the hunt! :
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2Feg5wLS82/?igsh=aGVlcmVicWkzd2Ju
It was a hunt he will never forget & I was glad to be apart of it!
Till next season!
Joel, arrived to Long Island on the 13th of January with his pup Mate and we headed out on the saltmarsh in my newly refurbished 14' TDB SeaClass. The winds were steady 10-15 but the fog was immense, thankfully we did have a high tide that allowed us to get into a spot i had scouted the days prior. It wasn't long when our first flock of brant approached the rig Joel rang out his first shots with excitement and picked out a nice single for himself followed up by me and we had out limit by 8:00AM! Awesome experience for him and a nice retrieve by his pup. We stuck around till around noon to our reward of 2 black duck & a single goose!
The following day (Sunday) after enjoying some nice NY pizza and munching on our BEC (Bacon Egg & Cheese Bagel Sandwiches) LI is known for.. the fog had remained in the morning with a flood tide, with the TDB having a higher profile then our typical sneakboats I scouted out a location with some higher brush that i knew the brant would frequent in their flyway. Lucky for us upon our arrival the brant were in by the hundreds! We set up a rig of about 15-20 and were joined in by a friend with his Banks boat a 17' freedom that tucked along side us.
It again wasn't long until we came into some nice approaching flocks, one of which had a brant that seemed to be singled out among the flock, before i could realize a shot rang out on the final approach and Joel was able to bag himself a surprise of a lifetime a triple-banded brant! He was truly ecstatic and made it a lifetime memory. His second brant on the second day, what a way to end the trip!
Here's a video clip of the hunt! :
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2Feg5wLS82/?igsh=aGVlcmVicWkzd2Ju
It was a hunt he will never forget & I was glad to be apart of it!
Till next season!
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