Winter is here. Who’s hunting?
- Thread starter Carl
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A little trip to Ark to kickoff the Christmas Holidays.
That sucks. I hate seeing it and I hate not harvesting meat off my kill.
Wyatt Russo
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Yes although the salt marsh ducks of Long Island are not quite the most delicious table fare, I hate seeing them go to waste. The seagulls benefit I guess lol
Had a 30 degree warm up overnight and no wind. Took what I could get. Not a hen shooter, but the more I stare at my hen decoys, the more I realize they need so much more work. Went ahead and pulled the trigger on one this morning. She was a nasally old hen. She’ll eat, but I still felt guilty pulling the trigger on her. Haven’t seen a pin in over a month, so this was a pleasant surprise. Likely headed to the taxi with a woodduck this off season.
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Been mentoring a young man a couple years. His family owns a good amount of farming property but they had some mallard and wigeon using a small pothole. Hes in college now and back home for winter break but the youngest is catching the bug and a helluva shot. Dad still not overly comfortable with him going without him. So dad tagged along as well. Was quite an enjoyable evening hunt. A few short of limits but that’s ok. I absolutely love watching the next generation getting sick with the disease of waterfowl.
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Good Job Bill always nice to see a hunter taka youngster out and show him there is much more to it than sitting around on a computer or cell phone. GOOD FOR YOU! and thank You sir
These kiddos are living right. In a lot of ways, I am envious of how they are growing up and wish I was raised the way they are being raised. I had already been hunting these farms for a few years, and then when the oldest asked if he could tag along. It wasnt even a hesitation. We started showing him the ropes around 16 years of age. Hes caught on real quick, and now hes teaching what he knows to his youngest brother. His brother called Friday night and asked if I would come hunt with them on sunday instead of going elsewhere and hunting by myself. He said he wanted to see good dog work. Mind you.... hes still quite a young man. I think only a year or two into middle school, so I most certainly couldnt say no. I couldnt promise good dog work, as my little goober is still learning herself, but I made sure to save my sunday for the boys. i didnt have high hopes, i figured a few mallard and to root on a young mans shooting. No, I was pleasantly surprised on the action we had in that little hole and I was even more surprised how good the young man shot. Still just shooting a 20" 20ga pump, but he put the screws to some birds. Of course he loved the dog work and I even let him send her on a few retrieves and let him heel her to his side and send her on a blind back. He grinned ear to ear, and i bet I will have another teenager tagging along in the very near future.
Just arrived in my favorite little WI town after a 13+ hour drive. Time for Hamms and goose killing, if im lucky. 
Steven
No pics, didn't happen.
No pics, didn't happen.
Wyatt Russo
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Couldn’t upload the picture of the end result… ended up with a 3/3 man limit of geese (24 birds) consisting of 4 leg bands and our 1 Brant a piece. All triple banded, mine which is in the picture was from Iceland the other 2 from New Jersey, one of which had a gps transmitter on its back.
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Goose are likely a bust. No clouds and bitter cold.
noweil Mike
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Yesterday 21⁰ high temperature, 16 mph nw wind. Birds decoyed very well right in front of an A frame in a field with nowhere to hide.
Pics make it real. Hunting has been tough. Luckily we get to change it up and drive back home through snowmageddon tomorrow.
Neal Haarberg
Active member
Been getting out but having a pretty slow season... However I will be huting in Texas this week. hopefully there will be more birds down there then there have been in Oregon.
jode hillman
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Craig, that's pretty cool. Got a Teal earlier in the year that was banded in North Carolina. That was definitely a first for me. Shooting one north of where it was bandedAnother one for the lanyard. Actually saw the band as I put the gun up with a pair of blacks backpedaling at 15 yards. Always a nice surprise.
Five year old bird banded on the Chesapeake Bay, pretty sure the first bird I've killed north of where it was banded.
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Our season closes tomorrow. Tough one for me. Was sick in our early season when the teal and woodies were around in my favorite pothole. Thanksgiving-Christmas trips on the salt and tidal rivers were slow. The usual Christmas-end of season madness on the salt was tough with wind, rain, lousy tides and work, and then hard cold that shut down most of my spots with ice. Scratched out a few birds here and there, but overall very slow. Wouldn't have missed a minute of it.