pintails, mallards and some geese

[bagmNtagm]

hunted out in Grays Harbor yesterday had lots of ducks in the early a.m., then a bit later in the day the geese finally showed up . had one big flock come in and we took 4 big canada's from that flock, then we had an even bigger flock of canada's circle us a few times and we working really hard with our calls and had them very low too and they then went to circle one more time and a couple of jerks sky busted em on the outside of our land and just bearly hit a few geese but not enough to take them down. we were still happy with the amount of birds in general, i only got a mallard drake and 1 canada and thats enough to make some good old bacon wrapped duck skewers so im more than happy

[boneaddict]

Nice!

[Jim Sr.]

You must have been hunting on Johns property down by Freinds L., right?

[BigGoonTuna]

sounds a lot better than i've been doing out on the bay...there hasn't been anything but buffleheads flying for the past month or so...

[bagmNtagm]

Yes sir that would be my uncle john and aunt megans house

[JJB11B]

Looks like a fun day!

[carpsniperg2]

Congrats looks like a nice mix of birds

[seth30]

Congrats on the great hunt!

[h2ofowlr]

It looks like you guys got a nice bag. 

[hntrspud]

Great Job! Those are some pretty birds!

[Jim Sr.]

PM Sent. 

[bagmNtagm]

im sorry to any of the other hunters i offended by making the comment (jerks sky busting) if offend you in any way please go ahead and say so, id be willing to apoligize in person if i have to for my big mouthing

[eggster]

im sorry to any of the other hunters i offended by making the comment (jerks sky busting) if offend you in any way please go ahead and say so, id be willing to apoligize in person if i have to for my big mouthing

Since youre the biggest "sky buster" around.

[JBar]

 

[Fowlweather25]

I'm not shy! I can't stand sky busters! Learn how to get em close or don't shoot! To many crippled unretrieved birds damn it!

[CP]

I hear a lot of skybuster bad mouthing.  It usually goes something like this:

Birds are circling into the decoys, they’re wary but they’re getting closer, …. closer …. almost there!  Then boom, boom, boom , someone shoots and they flare off, never to be seen again. 

The shots weren’t real close by but close enough to scare the birds.  No way of telling what the shooters were shooting at or how far their targets were from them, or if they actually killed some birds, but it is usually assumed that they were skybusting.  After all they ruined your opportunity didn’t they? 

But then when you shoot, whose birds are you scaring away?

If you’re dropping birds it isn’t skybusting!  If they don’t drop, they might be out of range, or you might have just missed.

I’ve missed birds before.  I’ve even shot at birds that were out of range on occasion.  I bet that everyone on this board has as well.

[Fowlweather25]

I'm talk in about people that shoot at birds that they likely won't kill or are out of range, where you can actually see it happen in a neighboring blind! And yeah it bs! And no I don't do it! If it's not in range I dont shoot! Period! I may miss or make a wounding shot, but at least I'll be able to finish the bird and get my dog on it! Sky busting is for people that don't know how to hunt waterfowl ethically in my opinion! That's like people taking 100 yard shots at big game with a bow! Will your arrow travel that far? Yes, will it make an effective kill shot? Prob not most of the the time!

[seth30]

Thats where  proper mentorship is a must.  Some of these guys that do nothing than skybust probaly dont know any better, and unfortunaly they meet each other on Skybuster.com, and then in turn teach there children the same ethics.  I dont think I have ever once hunted public land and not have had to deal with that.  Its very annoying, and I have had to move spots several times.  It sucks yes, but it sure beats sitting at home on the couch.