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Duck hunting first on the first.
« on: January 01, 2016, 04:17:51 PM »
So i'm sure others have done this plenty of times, but this was a first for me. I was out duck hunting today and three birds came in flying super close together. I took a shot at the middle bird hoping I could drop it, and maybe injure one of the others and drop a second with my second shot. Well I took my shot and all three birds dropped. I got a triple  with one shot! That is probably a once in a life time for me, I doubt I'll ever be able to do that again!


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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2016, 07:02:30 PM »
 :tup:
Sweet! Nice shot.
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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2016, 07:05:59 PM »

:tup:
Sweet! Nice shot.

Pretty sure it was a lucky shot, but thanks.


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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2016, 07:30:17 PM »
Sweet, unless they are all pintails or hen mallards....  ;-)

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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2016, 07:35:36 PM »

Sweet, unless they are all pintails or hen mallards....  ;-)

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Ha! Wouldn't that be my luck, but that was not what the case. Thankfully


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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2016, 09:56:08 PM »
Good work sir! What were they if I may ask? I usually end up with three shells to one bird.... not three birds to one shell so I'm a little jealous  :)


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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2016, 08:50:06 AM »

Good work sir! What were they if I may ask? I usually end up with three shells to one bird.... not three birds to one shell so I'm a little jealous  :)

That's a first for me. I usually end up like you, emptying my gun for a bird, it was a lucky shot for sure! They were buffleheads.


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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2016, 06:00:35 PM »
That's pretty cool but with buffleheads it will happen again. Once I was hunting and a group came in and a drake was in the front and I told my buddies watch this. Shot the drake and said look how good I  am I only got the drake. They started to laugh because I didn't notice the three hens laying belly up behind him.


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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2016, 06:08:13 PM »
You aim for the middle and with the spread and shot string, you typically will drop more than your aiming at! 
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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2016, 06:26:20 PM »
It was a first for me, I've shot buffles before and gotten some doubles but not any triples. I hope you are right that it happens plenty more. Pretty fun to watch them all fold.


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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2016, 07:38:10 PM »
I always try to get 2 or 3 mergansers per shell.....   :rolleyes:   :chuckle:  Got five (3, 1, 1) with three shots last year, Amber fetched them all.   :tup:

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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2016, 07:52:04 PM »
Nice. Do you take many mergansers? I rarely shoot em.


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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2016, 08:28:32 PM »
Nice. Do you take many mergansers? I rarely shoot em.


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Where I'm hunting, it's about 50% of my take, good thing I know how to cook them so my family likes 'em.   :)

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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2016, 08:30:04 PM »
You must see a lot of them up there!


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Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2016, 08:31:59 PM »
I've seen flocks of over 500.   :yike:  I counted 92 as they swam past the dock we use two years ago.

 


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