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My first Woodie
« on: November 02, 2015, 08:45:10 AM »
I was invited to play hookie Friday and join WWUSpud on a wood duck hunt and what a hunt it was... amazing! The #HoneyHole will forever be a secret but booooooya! (edit: There were 4 of us  :IBCOOL:)
« Last Edit: November 02, 2015, 09:18:57 AM by Netminder01 »

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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2015, 08:47:07 AM »
Nice  :tup:

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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2015, 08:48:16 AM »
nice looking drakes.  I hope you mounted some or have friends who tie flies.  Flank feathers on the drakes are very useful.  I saw drakes here in the late summer but by hunting season they were elsewhere.

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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2015, 08:50:42 AM »
I've never seen a pic quite like that...

Congrats!
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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2015, 08:53:00 AM »
nice looking drakes.  I hope you mounted some or have friends who tie flies.  Flank feathers on the drakes are very useful.  I saw drakes here in the late summer but by hunting season they were elsewhere.

We're each having a few mounted. Spud already has an idea but I need to do a bit of image searching on ideas.... have any suggestions for a good double mount (drake + hen)?

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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2015, 09:02:05 AM »
Looks like a good hunt.  It's been a few years since we were on a good woody hunt.
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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2015, 09:13:06 AM »
Looks like a good hunt.  It's been a few years since we were on a good woody hunt.

Fatty drake!

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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2015, 09:16:39 AM »
My god man! :o

Now that is putting the smackdown on those ducks. :tup:

Congrats.  Unbelievable. :brew:
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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2015, 09:20:54 AM »
Congrats on a great hunt!  One of these days I will get a damn wood duck.  Haven't been out duck hunting in quite a while, I need to try to get out this year.
RIP Colockumelk   :salute:

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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2015, 10:43:17 AM »
Nice hunt!  Those are great eating birds.  Probably my favorite.  I have a feeling I have a general idea where you were hunting.  Had a wood duck smack down myself a few years back...   All 5 of us got at least one mounted. Tons of fun.  Congrats

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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2015, 10:46:30 AM »
That looks like a northern New England inland limit!  Probably 90% of the ducks I shot my first few years hunting before moving west.
As long as we have the habitat, we can argue forever about who gets to kill what and when.  No habitat = no game.

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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2015, 01:25:12 PM »
One of the best waterfowl hunts I've been on.  At one point I couldn't load my gun fast enough. It was epic.
Great time with great people. 

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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2015, 01:46:20 PM »
Congrats guys. That looks like a good time, and you don't see pictures like that very often.
Solid work.
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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2015, 02:00:07 PM »
Never killed a wood duck, on my list of must do's someday! Beautiful bird, nice job guys.
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Re: My first Woodie
« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2015, 02:08:00 PM »
Ill never forget my first woodie, I was young, It scared the crap out of me
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