Tips for duck/goose hunting.

[gasman]

Anyone willing to share there tips or tacktics for duck hunting?
Personally I am new to duck hunting. This will be my second season and have learned much but know there is much more to learn.

What tips would you share with others?
Not places to hunt, but how too or what not to do......

Like; dek. set up....when to call... how to call.....kind of calls work best for what ducks.... how to set up a dek. pattern........which deks. to use.......how far to place the deks. from your blind/boat, etc....best tool to break ice......chokes to use for what distance....wind direction set up....etc.....

You get the idea........

[bowNarrow]

im on my second year as well but i learned  that if the birds are already coming at you DONT call....its scares them away

[3nails]

 The best tip I could ever give would be to scout the day before, find where at least a couple hundred ducks are working an area, secure permission and be there set-up before light.

[fast60eddie]

$60.00 Sunday the 23rd at cabelas  But I'm gonna give thesse cats achance

http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/spo/2640634080.html   

[270Shooter]

This will really only be my third full season but I have learned a ton from hunting with my buddy and killed over a hundred ducks last year.

1. From what I have seen dekes don't matter as much as people think as long as they are visible to the birds froma long distance. Yes its good to have more variety but I honestly don't think its that big of a deal if you just have mallards and pins or whatever. Although it seems the teal like to land right next to your teal deoys if you have them. We always put them in a little bunch. We always leave an open area for the birds to hopefully focus on landing in as they commit, dont know if this really makes that much difference or not though.

2. Can't help you with calling because i suck at it 

3. Scouting is probably the most important thing there is, find where the ducks want to be, simple as that.

4. As far as chokes and shells it really depends on your shooting ability and what your gun likes. Personally I am not that great of a shot (I'll admit it) but I like to shoot my IC and 3's or 4's for the most part. If we know the shots will be longer I'll pack some 2's and BB's. But thats from my gun, a benelli M2, yours may be different. And I think this combo is good to 40 yards. Pass shooting, which i never really do, i'll use the modified.

 Theres a lot more things too i cant really think of at the moment

[seth30]

wait until you can see the colors clearly, that means they are close enough to shoot.

[AWS]

Spend as much time at the range shooting Skeet and 5 Stand from the low position so you can learn to hit crossing, high overhead and incoming shots.  Skip trap you don't get many shots at a duck going straight away, save that for the pheasant hunters.

Wait until they are close enough to tell a hen mallard from a hen widgeon.

AWS

[h2ofowlr]

Don't be that guy that shows up right at shooting time and give the next group some space.  Don't set up on them.  Calling for an hour straight won't help you land ducks.

[seth30]

Don't be that guy that shows up right at shooting time and give the next group some space.  Don't set up on them.  Calling for an hour straight won't help you land ducks.

:yeah:x100 I have had many days ruined on FIR Island by those types

[Turkeyman]

Be on the X and you will kill birds. Scout,Scout,Scout

[D-Rock425]

$60.00 Sunday the 23rd at cabelas  But I'm gonna give thesse cats achance

http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/spo/2640634080.html   

I was thinking about that too.

[BurleyDog]

Waterfowl hunting is my obsession.

Here's my best advice.

1) birds have really keen eyesight and can pick out movement from far far away. Don't move. Don't follow their flight with your head - learn to look with your eyes moving and not your head.

2) learn from each hunt. enjoy the hunt but at the end question what you did right and wrong and then adapt.

Good luck! You'll never stop learning.

[full choke]

I'll second what some have said: Don't show up right at shooting time and start wandering around looking for a spot to set up. And most importantly- don't set up too close to some one else. Give them at least two hundred yards. It is always best to have the wind at your back. Sometimes you can bend that rule, but more times than not you can't!

[dannysdaddy]

I say just start hunting and you will learn.  nothings gonna work everywhere so you need to learn what works where you are out.  my biggest advice if your not real good a calling is to be carefull.  if the birds are in your direction dont call.

[gasman]

All good advise giys keep hem comming......