Where to go to shoot a can?

[Tealer]

I have been lucky this year as far as cans go. I think I have shoot one on all but 1 of my diver hunts. I will give you a hint, the Columbia from the mouth to just shy of Canada has cans!

Wow thanks, That pretty much narrows it down to several thousands of miles. Thanks for rubbing it in. 

Honestly I drive down the river from Portland to Kennewick to hunt with a buddy. All along the way I see cans. I have shot a couple in the Lewis and Clark area too. I have buddies that shoot them well above the tri cities. I thought at the start of the season they were hard to come by, theis year I see them everywhere! All I can say is to pick up a box of can decoys and find some diver water, and give it a go.

[jbeaumont21]

I have been lucky this year as far as cans go. I think I have shoot one on all but 1 of my diver hunts. I will give you a hint, the Columbia from the mouth to just shy of Canada has cans!

Wow thanks, That pretty much narrows it down to several thousands of miles. Thanks for rubbing it in. 

Honestly I drive down the river from Portland to Kennewick to hunt with a buddy. All along the way I see cans. I have shot a couple in the Lewis and Clark area too. I have buddies that shoot them well above the tri cities. I thought at the start of the season they were hard to come by, theis year I see them everywhere! All I can say is to pick up a box of can decoys and find some diver water, and give it a go.

Thanks, yeah I have pretty much decided that I need to drive east to increase the chances.  I have a dozen can decoys that I always put out with my string of blue bills but have yet to see any.  We hunt out around the white tail refuge island in WA which is just NE of the Lewis & Clark refuge most of the time so maybe we aren't close enough to the mouth of the Columbia.  I see tons of blue bills, buffle heads, golden eyes, scoters and ring necks but have yet to see a can come by.  It's strange that there aren't as many cans and red heads out here like there are on the east side.  Seems like great habitat and nice deep water for them, but I guess not.  I know they like a type of celery plant that must grow more abundantly out east.

[vandeman17]

Funny thing is that my buddy actually shot a real nice can this morning. We were talking about the three species we hadn't killed this year and they were a pintail, a bufflehead and a canvasback. Crazy thing and we got one of all three on our last hunt. Go figure!