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Title: My first Woodie
Post by: Netminder01 on November 02, 2015, 08:45:10 AM
I was invited to play hookie Friday and join WWUSpud on a wood duck hunt and what a hunt it was... amazing! The #HoneyHole will forever be a secret but booooooya! (edit: There were 4 of us  :IBCOOL:)
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: CP on November 02, 2015, 08:47:07 AM
Nice  :tup:
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: Bill W on November 02, 2015, 08:48:16 AM
nice looking drakes.  I hope you mounted some or have friends who tie flies.  Flank feathers on the drakes are very useful.  I saw drakes here in the late summer but by hunting season they were elsewhere.
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: Gringo31 on November 02, 2015, 08:50:42 AM
I've never seen a pic quite like that...

Congrats!
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: Netminder01 on November 02, 2015, 08:53:00 AM
nice looking drakes.  I hope you mounted some or have friends who tie flies.  Flank feathers on the drakes are very useful.  I saw drakes here in the late summer but by hunting season they were elsewhere.

We're each having a few mounted. Spud already has an idea but I need to do a bit of image searching on ideas.... have any suggestions for a good double mount (drake + hen)?
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: h2ofowlr on November 02, 2015, 09:02:05 AM
Looks like a good hunt.  It's been a few years since we were on a good woody hunt.
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: Netminder01 on November 02, 2015, 09:13:06 AM
Looks like a good hunt.  It's been a few years since we were on a good woody hunt.

Fatty drake!
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: Curly on November 02, 2015, 09:16:39 AM
My god man! :o

Now that is putting the smackdown on those ducks. :tup:

Congrats.  Unbelievable. :brew:
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: bearhunter99 on November 02, 2015, 09:20:54 AM
Congrats on a great hunt!  One of these days I will get a damn wood duck.  Haven't been out duck hunting in quite a while, I need to try to get out this year.
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: ducksdogsdownriggers on November 02, 2015, 10:43:17 AM
Nice hunt!  Those are great eating birds.  Probably my favorite.  I have a feeling I have a general idea where you were hunting.  Had a wood duck smack down myself a few years back...   All 5 of us got at least one mounted. Tons of fun.  Congrats
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on November 02, 2015, 10:46:30 AM
That looks like a northern New England inland limit!  Probably 90% of the ducks I shot my first few years hunting before moving west.
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: Spuddieselwwu on November 02, 2015, 01:25:12 PM
One of the best waterfowl hunts I've been on.  At one point I couldn't load my gun fast enough. It was epic.
Great time with great people. 
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: jackelope on November 02, 2015, 01:46:20 PM
Congrats guys. That looks like a good time, and you don't see pictures like that very often.
Solid work.
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: trophyhunt on November 02, 2015, 02:00:07 PM
Never killed a wood duck, on my list of must do's someday! Beautiful bird, nice job guys.
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: JJB11B on November 02, 2015, 02:08:00 PM
Ill never forget my first woodie, I was young, It scared the crap out of me
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: mburrows on November 04, 2015, 02:43:39 PM
Thats awesome!
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: Broker on November 08, 2015, 07:07:29 AM
I was invited to play hookie Friday and join WWUSpud on a wood duck hunt and what a hunt it was... amazing! The #HoneyHole will forever be a secret but booooooya! (edit: There were 4 of us  :IBCOOL:)
  it's only a secret because we pick up our spent hulls.  Whoever was shooting the 7 shot needs work on their security clearance. 
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: huntindoc on November 25, 2015, 05:47:50 PM
Just curious, not critical in any way.  What do you do with them?  Woodies are about the best eating duck I've had, but I cannot imagine cooking up that many and being able to gut them.  You jerk or sausage them?
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 25, 2015, 05:52:34 PM
Goodness gracious that a lot of woodies!  :tup: :drool:

Nicely done fellas.
Title: Re: My first Woodie
Post by: Netminder01 on November 27, 2015, 07:59:17 AM
Just curious, not critical in any way.  What do you do with them?  Woodies are about the best eating duck I've had, but I cannot imagine cooking up that many and being able to gut them.  You jerk or sausage them?

I attempted to make duck tacos but they didn't turn out as I expected. Normally I breast out all my ducks and make chipotle jerky.
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