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Headed East for Divers
« on: December 29, 2011, 11:34:38 AM »
Ok, so every year I head over to the east side once or twice to try and sctratch a Drake Rehead off my bucketlist, but I have never shot one.  Hunted the Wanapum last year and saw a bunch of redheads, but everytime we thought we had a good spot to set up, it turned out to be an off limits area.  I need some help.  My wife and I are planning on hunting Priest Rapids tomorrow, but if anyone has a better spot that they would be willing to share, then I would certainly appreciate a point in the right direction.  Send me a PM.  I can assure you I would never hunt anyones spot without permission.  Will be hunting Fri and Sat. 

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Re: Headed East for Divers
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2011, 11:45:51 AM »
seems to be alot of divers on the river..the only place i have shot redheads is down by cresent bar, :dunno: soo that could be a option cuz i know there are some down there

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Re: Headed East for Divers
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2011, 11:48:43 AM »
Priest rapids was pretty slow about 2 weeks ago, we did shoot our limits of scaup one day (lessers) but the rest of our ducks were bufflehead and goldeneye. Did see a few redheads flying with the scaup but not many at all

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Re: Headed East for Divers
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2011, 07:37:56 PM »
Priest rapids was pretty slow about 2 weeks ago, we did shoot our limits of scaup one day (lessers) but the rest of our ducks were bufflehead and goldeneye. Did see a few redheads flying with the scaup but not many at all
Dang that sounds like a good day! I have never seen a goldeneye or a redhead.  I have only harvested two Scaup in two years of waterfowling. 
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Re: Headed East for Divers
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2011, 11:57:59 PM »
Priest rapids was pretty slow about 2 weeks ago, we did shoot our limits of scaup one day (lessers) but the rest of our ducks were bufflehead and goldeneye. Did see a few redheads flying with the scaup but not many at all
Dang that sounds like a good day! I have never seen a goldeneye or a redhead.  I have only harvested two Scaup in two years of waterfowling.
haha well you arent missing much with the goldeneye, the drakes look cool but they are tougher than hell, probably the toughest duck to kill that I've ever hunted anyway. They are a bitch to clean (cant get the skin off the breasts) and they taste terrible.  :chuckle:

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Re: Headed East for Divers
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2012, 08:11:24 PM »
Priest rapids was pretty slow about 2 weeks ago, we did shoot our limits of scaup one day (lessers) but the rest of our ducks were bufflehead and goldeneye. Did see a few redheads flying with the scaup but not many at all
Dang that sounds like a good day! I have never seen a goldeneye or a redhead.  I have only harvested two Scaup in two years of waterfowling.
haha well you arent missing much with the goldeneye, the drakes look cool but they are tougher than hell, probably the toughest duck to kill that I've ever hunted anyway. They are a bitch to clean (cant get the skin off the breasts) and they taste terrible.  :chuckle:

I think they all taste terrible but I still eat  them because they are fun to shoot  :chuckle:
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Re: Headed East for Divers
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2012, 08:51:26 PM »
Priest rapids was pretty slow about 2 weeks ago, we did shoot our limits of scaup one day (lessers) but the rest of our ducks were bufflehead and goldeneye. Did see a few redheads flying with the scaup but not many at all
Dang that sounds like a good day! I have never seen a goldeneye or a redhead.  I have only harvested two Scaup in two years of waterfowling.
haha well you arent missing much with the goldeneye, the drakes look cool but they are tougher than hell, probably the toughest duck to kill that I've ever hunted anyway. They are a bitch to clean (cant get the skin off the breasts) and they taste terrible.  :chuckle:

I think they all taste terrible but I still eat  them because they are fun to shoot  :chuckle:
Oh I really like certain types of ducks. Teal, Redheads, Canvasback, wigeon, pintail, wood ducks, and gadwall are some of my favorites. Mallards, bootlips, ringnecks, ect are ok but I can't say that I really like them very much. Mergs, goldeneye, bufflehead are nasty.

 


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