Sat brant pictures

Scott Farris

Scott Farris

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Saturday was spent with Dave Morton, Wendell Avery, & Wendell's 40+ yr hunting buddy Dave T. We were on Narragansett Bay hoping for a mixed bag of divers, blacks, wigeon and brant. We headed out on the 7 mile run into the dark with expectations of snow moving in after noon. Seas were calm and the run fairly effortless. We set up with all hand carved decoys including my new brant decoys. The weather was probably too nice, as most of the ducks gave us way too close a look and kept moving on to the real rafts of birds. We did knock down a couple of blacks and buffies. Sunrise was a couple of hours short of high tide and it took till noon for the tide to drop enough for the brant to start flying. But when they did they were incredible. After taking my two I started taking pictures of some of the flights with my point and shoot camera. I've linked a album of some 30 shoots taken that day. Part of the series includes a single brant inspecting my brant decoys. We eventually made too much noise and it left but not in any panic. Of course we had all limited out on brant by then so it was totally safe sitting in the decoys. We called it a day by 2 pm and actually hit the road in the snow by 3:15pm and the normal two hour trip ended up taking over four. Fortunately a hot pheasant stew awaited my arrival.

Enjoy the photos even though they are just a point and shoot. Far as I can figure just pick a pic & magnify it and you end up in a slide show. I haven't figured out how to start it from the fist pic in the album but once in the show the pictures are at least in the right order.

Scott
 
Very nice pictures, Scott. That looked to be a great hunt. Since I do not know, I need to ask. Is there a call just for brant? Do you use one?
Al
 
Thanks for another great hunt Scott. Glad you made it back through the storm. And thanks for the use of your Benelli. My o/u was a single shot that day. Actually, your Benelli was the only gun that functioned properly. Great pics of the brant flying over the b&w's too.
 
Al, Haydel makes a brant all. I use it. I have turned flocks with them. It is just another tool. I also wave black goose flags at them and use the call with the flags to finish them. Flags seem to work the best. Dave
 
Looks like you all had a nice day on the marsh.
Do you hunt with the boat that far off the marsh?
What boat is under that camo in looks great?
 
I didn't know that there was an actual Brant call. Thanks Dave for that bit of info.

Al, I use a Canada goose call and make a short trill sound with my tongue, kind of like rolling an R in Spanish class. Short little blrrp sounds. I have also just done it vocally. Both have been successful. They seem to be rather inquisitive birds, especially in smaller flocks.

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Reedy Creek also makes a Brant call. Works well and they are cheap.
You do need to master the spanish rolling "R" sound and finish up with an sliding up note "blerrrrrt" at the end. At least that how I get them turned around.


I know Rob Grecco from this board carries the Reedy Creek Brant calls in his shop. Give him a call if your looking for one. I'm sure he would ship them out.
 
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Guys i use a regular mallrd call , to blow it bounce your tongue off the roof of your mouth by blowing air between your roof of your mouth and tongue . works well for us Scott it was a good time Wendall it was great to meet your buddy as well .


Dave M
 
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