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Quick Hunting area questions
ducks4days:
--- Quote from: lovetogrouse on October 16, 2024, 09:56:36 PM ---I second this. Lotta salty dogs on this forum. Besides, skybusters are more likely to ruin hunts than people scouting.
This is a really good resource for locations:
https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/locations
While I haven’t been to the spots you listed, I’ve hunted on the central coast a bit. One thing I can say is the water levels can change drastically throughout the season. One day you can walk in, three months later you have to kayak in. Unfortunately this means you have to check in on the spots pretty regularly or else pay attention to the rainfall totals and river levels.
What I would do is make a day of it, visit multiple spots, and mark blind locations on OnX.
As far as gear goes, you can do perfectly fine with six floating decoys.
I started hunting five years ago, and the single most important thing I’ve learned about duck hunting is that the biggest predictor of a good hunt is going to be the weather. If winds are >10mph, chances are you’re in for a good hunt.
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:yeah:
Burn hunting days with sunny warm weather and focus on scouting instead. Bring waders and a shotgun in case you get a chance to jump shoot, but dont bring much more than that. One day staying light on your feet and covering ground taking notes is worth 3-10 successful days with a full loadout.
hdshot:
--- Quote from: ducks4days on October 16, 2024, 05:32:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: hdshot on October 16, 2024, 05:24:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: metlhead on October 14, 2024, 03:17:46 PM ---I encourage new folks to come to this site and ask questions. If you don't wanna give up your handed down secrets, well that is fine. Haze someone for asking and yhey will go elsewhere. These small game threads are hardly alive as it is. Fresh conversation is welcoming and a great way to extend our sport out of the field.
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Unfortunately waterfowl places to hunt for the general public is currently in shrink-flation on steroids. Even my former hunting partner left me to rot on the general public hunting areas because of this problem I’ve shared about before. Can’t blame hunters being critical to protect spots and throw other hunters away like trash no matter how loyal and trusted. Just the way it is.
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Most of your comments across several boards have been about your former hunting partner, and their lack of moral character preventing you from getting out after it. Seems like quite a shame to let another person have that kind of power over you.
Let me know if you are ever on the the wet side and want to kill ducks, I'm sure I can find an open seat in the boat.
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Unfortunately can’t let that persons poor behavior disappear on page 189. I understand many frequently visit this site but many new people drop in and will never hear the story as he probably hopes. Also maybe some others now think better to keep than dump over questionable decisions are my main reasons. We will never know either way but according to federal statistics they claim there is not even a million waterfowl hunters in the USA.
ducks4days:
--- Quote from: hdshot on October 23, 2024, 05:13:25 PM ---
--- Quote from: ducks4days on October 16, 2024, 05:32:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: hdshot on October 16, 2024, 05:24:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: metlhead on October 14, 2024, 03:17:46 PM ---I encourage new folks to come to this site and ask questions. If you don't wanna give up your handed down secrets, well that is fine. Haze someone for asking and yhey will go elsewhere. These small game threads are hardly alive as it is. Fresh conversation is welcoming and a great way to extend our sport out of the field.
--- End quote ---
Unfortunately waterfowl places to hunt for the general public is currently in shrink-flation on steroids. Even my former hunting partner left me to rot on the general public hunting areas because of this problem I’ve shared about before. Can’t blame hunters being critical to protect spots and throw other hunters away like trash no matter how loyal and trusted. Just the way it is.
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Most of your comments across several boards have been about your former hunting partner, and their lack of moral character preventing you from getting out after it. Seems like quite a shame to let another person have that kind of power over you.
Let me know if you are ever on the the wet side and want to kill ducks, I'm sure I can find an open seat in the boat.
--- End quote ---
Unfortunately can’t let that persons poor behavior disappear on page 189. I understand many frequently visit this site but many new people drop in and will never hear the story as he probably hopes. Also maybe some others now think better to keep than dump over questionable decisions. We will never know either way but according to federal statistics they claim there is not even a million waterfowl hunters in the USA.
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That's fair. The open seat offer is still open.
hdshot:
--- Quote from: ducks4days on October 23, 2024, 05:32:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: hdshot on October 23, 2024, 05:13:25 PM ---
--- Quote from: ducks4days on October 16, 2024, 05:32:22 PM ---
--- Quote from: hdshot on October 16, 2024, 05:24:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: metlhead on October 14, 2024, 03:17:46 PM ---I encourage new folks to come to this site and ask questions. If you don't wanna give up your handed down secrets, well that is fine. Haze someone for asking and yhey will go elsewhere. These small game threads are hardly alive as it is. Fresh conversation is welcoming and a great way to extend our sport out of the field.
--- End quote ---
Unfortunately waterfowl places to hunt for the general public is currently in shrink-flation on steroids. Even my former hunting partner left me to rot on the general public hunting areas because of this problem I’ve shared about before. Can’t blame hunters being critical to protect spots and throw other hunters away like trash no matter how loyal and trusted. Just the way it is.
--- End quote ---
Most of your comments across several boards have been about your former hunting partner, and their lack of moral character preventing you from getting out after it. Seems like quite a shame to let another person have that kind of power over you.
Let me know if you are ever on the the wet side and want to kill ducks, I'm sure I can find an open seat in the boat.
--- End quote ---
Unfortunately can’t let that persons poor behavior disappear on page 189. I understand many frequently visit this site but many new people drop in and will never hear the story as he probably hopes. Also maybe some others now think better to keep than dump over questionable decisions. We will never know either way but according to federal statistics they claim there is not even a million waterfowl hunters in the USA.
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That's fair. The open seat offer is still open.
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Sounds good and thank you. 👍
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