I Shoot Hens

[TheSkyBuster]

I'm a Hen Killer.     The only way i can sleep at night is to remind myself I'm hunting for meat.  "you can't eat the feathers" right?  don't they all taste the same?  Meat in the freezer is what it's all about.  The majority of my birds get shredded and squished into pepperoni ("duckeroni").  Some get cooked whole into fancy duck dishes that are decent at best, but thats usually the birds from the first hunt of the season, after that it's into the freezer till spring, because the cajun or peking duck breasts we had the other night just weren't all that good and duckeroni is awesome........ plus a stick goes really good with my morning coffee. 
  Yesterday at first light I doubled on greenheads, and then they turned into hens when they hit the mud. That will change your attitude on picking out birds real quick.  A couple days ago I dropped a greenhead that didn't have a green head, in my defense it was still a drake.  Maybe I should have my eyes checked?  Mom always said I'd go blind!  She may have been right.  Maybe the geese are to blame?  who can tell the difference between boy and girl geese?  nothing wrong with shooting those hens.  Why not shoot the lady Mallards? oh yeah because the limits 2,  but then why do they taste just as good?  Ah well,  the hunting is just starting to get hot and my freezer is just starting to fill up. 









Widgeon





Still don't know if this is a female, I just like the picture because it was good retrieve.

[Stilly bay]

good job. if its legal shoot it. no shame in that.

[BOWHUNTER45]

SkyBuster...what I seen today , its going to be one hell of a fowl season in the valley ...I need to go this year and burn some powder  Good job !

[h2ofowlr]

Since your the sky buster you might as well shoot hens to!    

[Kola16]

Since your the sky buster you might as well shoot hens to!    

  Good one!

[wraithen]

Its ok I shoot air!

[TheSkyBuster]

Its ok I shoot air!

Happens to the best of us. 

Since your the sky buster you might as well shoot hens to!    

 

[Blacktail135]

SkyBuster...what I seen today , its going to be one hell of a fowl season in the valley ...I need to go this year and burn some powder   Good job !

 A FOUL season in the valley for sure 'cause there is very few ducks here as compared to the eastside!

[SquirrelHunter]

MURDERER
I got two nice shoveler hens yesterday. Meat is meat the way i look at it.

[TheSkyBuster]

I Did it again,  I shot a Hen and a Drake Mallard this morning and the dog retrieved 2 hens.     Maybe it's the dogs fault?

Pictures later 

[Kola16]

I shot a Hen and a Drake Mallard this morning and the dog retrieved 2 hens.   

[NW-GSP]

I also shoot hens. Nothing wrong with it. I also will not pass on a doe deer. I am a meat hunter.

[Cougar125]

If it flies, it'll end up in the freezer.  That's the way I look at it.  Have yet to get my bull sprig for the wall (I have a few trophies I want), but the hens are in the freezer waiting to be turned into duckaroni.

[Fishnclifff]

MURDERER
I got two nice shoveler hens yesterday. Meat is meat the way i look at it.

Except I got 3. I just cooked them up and, guess what?
They tasted like a duck. Who knew?

[h2ofowlr]

MURDERER
I got two nice shoveler hens yesterday. Meat is meat the way i look at it.

Just remember that they don't all taste the same.  So, picking and choose can be a wise choice at times.   

[singleshot12]

"I Shoot Drakes" and usually end up shooting a hen or two by accident anyways usually due to dawn or dusk light conditions. So you guys who shoot two hens intentionally first and try to get 5 more drakes be careful cuz chit happens

[Fishnclifff]

MURDERER
I got two nice shoveler hens yesterday. Meat is meat the way i look at it.

Just remember that they don't all taste the same.  So, picking and choose can be a wise choice at times.   

Soak em in orange juice or pineapple juice and they all taste the same.

[Kola16]

"I Shoot Drakes" and usually end up shooting a hen or two by accident anyways usually due to dawn or dusk light conditions. So you guys who shoot two hens intentionally first and try to get 5 more drakes be careful cuz chit happens

  Good point 

[TheSkyBuster]

Slow day today, shot a pair of hens right off the bat then only had a widgeon and a greenhead come close enough to I.D.     2 suzies in the blind right off the bat definitely changes my shooting, I was in the close range mindset when 1000 snow geese tried to land on me then flaired 30-40 yards up and I didn't shoot.    No geese for me.

[BiggLuke]

Well, the limit is 2 for a reason. I agree. Brown feathers taste just as good as Green ones.