Some duckboat member hunts.

Tom Modin

Tom Modin

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last season I had the pleasure of hunting with Brandon Y, Tim S and Jim W. Met several others on that hunt such as Pat G, Dave L, Andrew M, and Dave R. Due to last minute circumstances that hunt was not repeated this year.

Pete R came into town last week to shoot deer in a neighboring state. He had some down time where he was not deer shooting and we worked out a schedule to hunt. Initially I had two days of duck hunting private areas owned by friends of mine.

Day one was with Mark Schupp, we hunted a timber hole of his. Not much bird action but the action we got was first class, mallards coming through timber and hitting the water. Definitely not something Pete gets to do in Conn.

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I have a local pond that I have exclusive rights to hunt on and a couple weeks ago it started loading up with loafing geese. I cancelled the trip I had planned to the Truman lake area for Pete and I. I watched the pond several times weekly and had an idea where we needed to hunt. Of course some rain last week filled up the cover area around the pond making layout blind hunting impossible but we set up in a light cover area on the lip of the pond and waited. It did not take long before ducks and geese worked the spread. After a couple passes and birds down we adjusted to where they wanted to be and it became ugly.

Always a pleasure to hunt with those I have met off of this board. Not one person has ever been blood lusty just to shoot ducks. It is always about the experience of new places, carved decoys and laughter.

I do think Pete is ready to move to Missouri now.

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Why is it in all the conversations we have ever had you never mentioned flooded timber before?

Glad to hear you guys had a good time.
 
Why is it in all the conversations we have ever had you never mentioned flooded timber before?

Glad to hear you guys had a good time.
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dependent on rain levels, river levels and who you know there is flooded timber all over the state. Not a lot of traditional hardwood bottoms flooded (unless a certain river crests at 42') but a lot of willow and other bottom ground timber holes.
 
Finely returned home on Sunday from a great time in the midwest. We have been deer hunting in Kansas going on 11 years and truly love the people and the hunting. This year due to my buddy having to go back home on Sunday for work and then planning on returning Wednesday I had some free time and gave Tom a call. After asking if he was going to be off work and if he wanted to get together and carve or paint he said he would give me a call back. In a matter of 10 minutes he called back and said he had lined up two hunts and I was set. Tom not only set up the hunts but supply me with every think I needed (gun,shells,waders, and a layout blind), he wouldn't even let me buy supper for him and his girls. I only hope I can repay him sometime when he comes out east. Hunting with Tom and Mark was great, and that one flock of birds coming down though the timber was something I will never forget. The goose hunt the next day with Tom ,Chris, and Bob was just as great. With us setting up with Chris and I as the shooters. Once it was shooting time it was non stop action with birds working great and me shooting horrible. I was fine just watching the geese and ducks come in. Chris noting that I didn't shoot or let a goose land gave me a nick name, so from then on I was " PETA Pete". It was just as amazing as the duck hunt and a memory that I will never forget. All the people that I have met off this site have been great people and Tom is number one. Thanks again Tom for setting up and taking the time away from your family to take me out hunting. I will never forget the memories and good times.
Thanks again
PETA Pete
 
Finely returned home on Sunday from a great time in the midwest. We have been deer hunting in Kansas going on 11 years and truly love the people and the hunting. This year due to my buddy having to go back home on Sunday for work and then planning on returning Wednesday I had some free time and gave Tom a call. After asking if he was going to be off work and if he wanted to get together and carve or paint he said he would give me a call back. In a matter of 10 minutes he called back and said he had lined up two hunts and I was set. Tom not only set up the hunts but supply me with every think I needed (gun,shells,waders, and a layout blind), he wouldn't even let me buy supper for him and his girls. I only hope I can repay him sometime when he comes out east. Hunting with Tom and Mark was great, and that one flock of birds coming down though the timber was something I will never forget. The goose hunt the next day with Tom ,Chris, and Bob was just as great. With us setting up with Chris and I as the shooters. Once it was shooting time it was non stop action with birds working great and me shooting horrible. I was fine just watching the geese and ducks come in. Chris noting that I didn't shoot or let a goose land gave me a nick name, so from then on I was " PETA Pete". It was just as amazing as the duck hunt and a memory that I will never forget. All the people that I have met off this site have been great people and Tom is number one. Thanks again Tom for setting up and taking the time away from your family to take me out hunting. I will never forget the memories and good times.
Thanks again
PETA Pete
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Sounds like a great time, especially being able to meet up with a couple great guys like that!

Got any pics of KS deer to share?
 
I do have a picture and will try and get it uploaded or have Chris do it. I tagged out the first morning, the last of six bucks that came up the hill that morning.
 
I do have a picture and will try and get it uploaded or have Chris do it. I tagged out the first morning, the last of six bucks that came up the hill that morning.
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Please do! I haven't hunted deer in KS, but I've seen some monsters bird hunting there. I always laugh thinking about when I was hunting Lesser Prairie Chickens there I talked to the bio and he suggested that I hunt the lek area south of "the tree". On the prairies "the tree" wasn't hard to find, since it was the only tree for miles - but man the poor tree was rubbed to hell by the bucks.

I loved how the deer started to ooze out of the prairie at dusk - well past legal.
 
We hunt about 1 1/2 hours south of Kansas City in a small town of Mound City. We hunt a private farm of about 3000 acres and this was the 11th year of hunting deer in Kansas. We love the
people and the hunting in the Midwest and are looking forward to spending 2 or 3 months there when and if I retire. It was the first morning of the hunt and after sitting for a hour without seeing anything on a fogy grey day i saw a little basket rack six and then another little buck. That was the start of one of the best mornings of deer hunting of my life. After the two little bucks milled around and left a 8 pt showed up. Long tines and good mass but no spread and I let him walk. I called my buddy to tell him I just past on a good buck when I saw more deer down about 100 yards away. I could see that they are bucks and give a grunt or two and one starts walking up. Well it is a 10 pt. with tall tines (about 12"g2s)and good mass but again no spread, only about 14". So after trying to decide if I should shoot or not I let him pass. I think if it was latter in the week I would have shot. So now I call my buddy and when I am telling him that i think I might have just fu__up and let a great buck pass I see some more deer coming up the hill. Well it was 3 more bucks and after all said and done the last one that walked by was the one in the pictures. It was just so nice to see the deer so close (bow range) and so relaxed. It is always a great time if we get a deer or not and this year was even better because I got to hunt and spend time with Tom and some of his friends. All thanks to carving and this site.
Pete
 
That is a dandy, Pete. The good news has to be that his gene pool is alive and well in the area you hunt. I would imagine you are already thinking about next year's hunt!
Al
 
We hunt about 1 1/2 hours south of Kansas City in a small town of Mound City. We hunt a private farm of about 3000 acres and this was the 11th year of hunting deer in Kansas. We love the
people and the hunting in the Midwest and are looking forward to spending 2 or 3 months there when and if I retire. It was the first morning of the hunt and after sitting for a hour without seeing anything on a fogy grey day i saw a little basket rack six and then another little buck. That was the start of one of the best mornings of deer hunting of my life. After the two little bucks milled around and left a 8 pt showed up. Long tines and good mass but no spread and I let him walk. I called my buddy to tell him I just past on a good buck when I saw more deer down about 100 yards away. I could see that they are bucks and give a grunt or two and one starts walking up. Well it is a 10 pt. with tall tines (about 12"g2s)and good mass but again no spread, only about 14". So after trying to decide if I should shoot or not I let him pass. I think if it was latter in the week I would have shot. So now I call my buddy and when I am telling him that i think I might have just fu__up and let a great buck pass I see some more deer coming up the hill. Well it was 3 more bucks and after all said and done the last one that walked by was the one in the pictures. It was just so nice to see the deer so close (bow range) and so relaxed. It is always a great time if we get a deer or not and this year was even better because I got to hunt and spend time with Tom and some of his friends. All thanks to carving and this site.
Pete
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Sounds like a great piece of land you guys have access to and that sounds like quite a day. Thanks for the putting the pic up Chris!
 
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