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What kind of tips are you looking for? Boat selection? Call selection? Gun selection? Decoy selection? There are entire books written on duck hunting tips.
Quote from: Kola16 on October 13, 2021, 05:55:14 PMWhat kind of tips are you looking for? Boat selection? Call selection? Gun selection? Decoy selection? There are entire books written on duck hunting tips.So I've already got roughly 5 dozen decoys (varying brands), which I've read is decent amount. My plan is to do ground blind, so no boat needed. I'm not sure how to exactly go about scouting spots to go. I know there are some wildlife refuges I can try to get into, but those are hunting pretty heavily. Not looking for any 'holes' or anything. Just tips on how to find my own 'hole' down the road...
I've mentioned in the past, if you do not have plenty of private lands to jump around, a boat is your most valuable piece of equipment when comes to getting good hunts with lots of birds.
Just gotta get out there and hunt, you'll have bad days, but then all of a sudden you'll reflect on all of your hunting and everything will make sense after a while and you'll realize you have been hunting your own hole
Quote from: tpksunshine on October 13, 2021, 08:45:46 PMQuote from: Kola16 on October 13, 2021, 05:55:14 PMWhat kind of tips are you looking for? Boat selection? Call selection? Gun selection? Decoy selection? There are entire books written on duck hunting tips.So I've already got roughly 5 dozen decoys (varying brands), which I've read is decent amount. My plan is to do ground blind, so no boat needed. I'm not sure how to exactly go about scouting spots to go. I know there are some wildlife refuges I can try to get into, but those are hunting pretty heavily. Not looking for any 'holes' or anything. Just tips on how to find my own 'hole' down the road...You'll want a good set of insulated waders. Have fun!
My plan is to do ground blind, so no boat needed.
Quote from: tpksunshine on October 13, 2021, 08:45:46 PMMy plan is to do ground blind, so no boat needed. Once you have your blind built, walk a couple hundred yards away in multiple directions and see what it looks like from a distance. Ideally, you shouldn't be able to tell it's there. If you can see it, you can be sure the birds will.
Quote from: CedarPants on October 14, 2021, 09:03:03 AMQuote from: tpksunshine on October 13, 2021, 08:45:46 PMMy plan is to do ground blind, so no boat needed. Once you have your blind built, walk a couple hundred yards away in multiple directions and see what it looks like from a distance. Ideally, you shouldn't be able to tell it's there. If you can see it, you can be sure the birds will.Thanks for the tip. I'll have to employ that method this year. Been skunked a few times in the past. Any tips on how to 'dress' blinds on refuges'? Not allowed to use 'live' grass. Do I pack something in, or hope to grab dead stuff around the current blind?
Quote from: tpksunshine on October 14, 2021, 09:06:49 AMQuote from: CedarPants on October 14, 2021, 09:03:03 AMQuote from: tpksunshine on October 13, 2021, 08:45:46 PMMy plan is to do ground blind, so no boat needed. Once you have your blind built, walk a couple hundred yards away in multiple directions and see what it looks like from a distance. Ideally, you shouldn't be able to tell it's there. If you can see it, you can be sure the birds will.Thanks for the tip. I'll have to employ that method this year. Been skunked a few times in the past. Any tips on how to 'dress' blinds on refuges'? Not allowed to use 'live' grass. Do I pack something in, or hope to grab dead stuff around the current blind?Whatever is near your blind will look most natural