attention SW WA area duck hunters

[BOWHUNTER45]

I never said ( I ) never used 2 3/4 ....I said not many people do .... I used to always use 2 3/4 Many years back but I like a 3 " better...I have my own rule when duck hunting ...If I can not see their eyes I do not not waste shells or at least the white band on a greenheads neck ...Not much into sky busting just so I can hear my gun go bang bang bang 

[WSU]

Hmmmmm.....  I'm a big fan of the 3" Fiocci and I like the Federal blue box in 3" also. 

I like the idea but I'll have to think about it.  I use more on the order of 2 to 2-1/2 cases a year.  Not sure I want a 5 year suply on hand?  Or do I?   

I prefer the spagetti loads too    Do not hear of many using 2 3/4 shells with steel...unless your a very disciplined fowler who lets the birds get within 20 yrds or so 

Lots of places the hunter can only take 25 shells.  So no sky busting or go home early.

Reading some of these shell use stories per year has me confused.  When in school I hunted 3-4 days per week jumping ducks, pheasants, and hunting geese and never came close to shooting a case on the best years.  8 boxes 200 loads that's a lot of shooting in the Field.  Even 50% at the plate that's 100 birds.   

Jump shooting is entirely different that hunting in a group of over decoys.  Plenty of times that bird get shot by more than one person, birds get tougher to kill once they start flaring and are much harder to hit then when jump shooting, etc.  I did a lot of jump shooting in college and it was relatively easy to kill a bird at least one out of two shots.  Plenty of times getting a triple was easy.  Not so easy on decoying birds.

Also, plenty of people kill well over 100 birds a year....

[duckkillerclyde]

I personally killed over 250 and I'm a terrible shot.  If I have 1 kill for every 10 shells that I either gave away, dropped in water, let rust to garbage, and put through my shotgun, I'd be impressed.  I don't plan on shooting these all in one season.  more like two seasons.  and even if I did what's it to you?  I merely asked if anyone wanted to split a pallet of shells.  Why can't we leave it at that?

[Mathews Heli m]

Wow you are one lucky guy to get that much time off!! im jealous wish i was you! being 15 i have to go to school 250 birds means that you would have to limit out about 36 days 

[duckkillerclyde]

Wow you are one lucky guy to get that much time off!! im jealous wish i was you! being 15 i have to go to school 250 birds means that you would have to limit out about 36 days 

or shoot 3 or 4 every day for 70 days or so.

[hdshot]

I went through a case of ten gauge and two of 12. Can't hit em if ya don't shoot and I'm a 3" man myself.

For me it's bang, swat, and splash stone dead for each shot.  I get real frustrated with myself when I'm taking multiple shots per bird or cripples. 

I don't know or care about anyone here but my experience at the public refuge, some of the shots others try, makes me wonder if that was even legal.  But my attitude is hunt the way I was taught and let others do what they want, even if it means educating birds all morning long.     

[duckkillerclyde]

I went through a case of ten gauge and two of 12. Can't hit em if ya don't shoot and I'm a 3" man myself.

For me it's bang, swat, and splash stone dead for each shot.  I get real frustrated with myself when I'm taking multiple shots per bird or cripples. 

I don't know or care about anyone here but my experience at the public refuge, some of the shots others try, makes me wonder if that was even legal.  But my attitude is hunt the way I was taught and let others do what they want, even if it means educating birds all morning long.   

If you're worried about birds getting educated you're not doing it correctly.   Ducks live for up to and sometimes longer than 20 years.  What would be illegal about a hunter taking any shot as long as it was within a legal hunting area and within legal shooting time with legal equipment?   Get off your high horse and get back on a donkey.  You're not any better than anyone else on here.

[johnnyaustin44]

I went through a case of ten gauge and two of 12. Can't hit em if ya don't shoot and I'm a 3" man myself.

For me it's bang, swat, and splash stone dead for each shot.  I get real frustrated with myself when I'm taking multiple shots per bird or cripples. 

I don't know or care about anyone here but my experience at the public refuge, some of the shots others try, makes me wonder if that was even legal.  But my attitude is hunt the way I was taught and let others do what they want, even if it means educating birds all morning long.     

You must be one hell of a duck hunter. and here you were gonna give it up earlier this year. shame. there would probably be thousands more ducks around if you would just quit killing em all.

[hdshot]

Hmmmmm.....  I'm a big fan of the 3" Fiocci and I like the Federal blue box in 3" also. 

I like the idea but I'll have to think about it.  I use more on the order of 2 to 2-1/2 cases a year.  Not sure I want a 5 year suply on hand?  Or do I?   

I prefer the spagetti loads too    Do not hear of many using 2 3/4 shells with steel...unless your a very disciplined fowler who lets the birds get within 20 yrds or so 

Lots of places the hunter can only take 25 shells.  So no sky busting or go home early.

Reading some of these shell use stories per year has me confused.  When in school I hunted 3-4 days per week jumping ducks, pheasants, and hunting geese and never came close to shooting a case on the best years.  8 boxes 200 loads that's a lot of shooting in the Field.  Even 50% at the plate that's 100 birds.   

Jump shooting is entirely different that hunting in a group of over decoys.  Plenty of times that bird get shot by more than one person, birds get tougher to kill once they start flaring and are much harder to hit then when jump shooting, etc.  I did a lot of jump shooting in college and it was relatively easy to kill a bird at least one out of two shots.  Plenty of times getting a triple was easy.  Not so easy on decoying birds.

Also, plenty of people kill well over 100 birds a year....

Yes jumping ducks can be easy because the shots are about the same, they are always on the rise.  Also it seems most of the time there is just one good bird to pick out and by the time after the swing to the other target, the duck is almost gone.  The fun is when other ducks jump in the bead after the 1st shot while jumping water.  For decoys to get that scenario, is when a flock comes in the deks and letting the first one touch down and shoot the far duck or goose breast up and the ones in the deks jump into the bead as well. 

Decoying takes practise to hold and not move.  Lots is running through your mind do I or don't I.  Are the birds going to finish or are they going to bail.  Two are fluttering over the deks but is the flock of five out there going to follow them in?  Should we take the two that won't sit down before they bail or the five cupping our way should be given a chance to decoy as well?  My experience is take the the one or two that won't sit.  Then if a flock comes in and starts to swirl flare it gets hard picking out drakes with others in the blind shooting.  On a good day they decoy so you can jump them out of the deks as if they where in a ditch.         

[hdshot]

I went through a case of ten gauge and two of 12. Can't hit em if ya don't shoot and I'm a 3" man myself.

For me it's bang, swat, and splash stone dead for each shot.  I get real frustrated with myself when I'm taking multiple shots per bird or cripples. 

I don't know or care about anyone here but my experience at the public refuge, some of the shots others try, makes me wonder if that was even legal.  But my attitude is hunt the way I was taught and let others do what they want, even if it means educating birds all morning long.   

If you're worried about birds getting educated you're not doing it correctly.   Ducks live for up to and sometimes longer than 20 years.  What would be illegal about a hunter taking any shot as long as it was within a legal hunting area and within legal shooting time with legal equipment?   Get off your high horse and get back on a donkey.  You're not any better than anyone else on here.

Okay and thank you! Happy hunting!  The donkey is in bed and ready to ride!       

[Mathews Heli m]

Wow you are one lucky guy to get that much time off!! im jealous wish i was you! being 15 i have to go to school 250 birds means that you would have to limit out about 36 days 

or shoot 3 or 4 every day for 70 days or so.

EVEN BETTER!!! 70 days of duck hunting!!! now im really jeasous

[duckkillerclyde]

Wow you are one lucky guy to get that much time off!! im jealous wish i was you! being 15 i have to go to school 250 birds means that you would have to limit out about 36 days 

or shoot 3 or 4 every day for 70 days or so.

EVEN BETTER!!! 70 days of duck hunting!!! now im really jeasous

It's easy to do.  Hunt rich, live poor.

[Chesapeake]

I'm impressed, 2 cases a year, wow!
I would expect a guy shooting that much would get pretty good at it.

I average a duck every 3 shells most seasons, and I'm a poor shot. 2 cases would be 160 ducks or so for me.

I couldn't imagine eating that much duck.

[h2ofowlr]

If the winds cranking I'm out hunting ducks.  Try figuring out leads when it's 20- 30+ mph which is comon in the bay.  If your 2-6' lead at 30 yards isn't on, on your first shot it may be a miss and the following two are even worse.  You can burn through some shells.  The other shell eaters are snows.  Early season they decoy well, later in the season they become tall shots in many cases.  I practice all season and early season, I will shoot a case or two of inexpensive steel at 5 stand to get dialed in.

[johnnyaustin44]

If the winds cranking I'm out hunting ducks.  Try figuring out leads when it's 20- 30+ mph which is comon in the bay.  If your 2-6' lead at 30 yards isn't on, on your first shot it may be a miss and the following two are even worse.  You can burn through some shells.  The other shell eaters are snows.  Early season they decoy well, later in the season they become tall shots in many cases.  I practice all season and early season, I will shoot a case or two of inexpensive steel at 5 stand to get dialed in.

you been shooting marysville at all lately? Need to get out there and use up the last of my punch card.