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Title: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Revwrangler on January 01, 2016, 04:17:51 PM
So i'm sure others have done this plenty of times, but this was a first for me. I was out duck hunting today and three birds came in flying super close together. I took a shot at the middle bird hoping I could drop it, and maybe injure one of the others and drop a second with my second shot. Well I took my shot and all three birds dropped. I got a triple  with one shot! That is probably a once in a life time for me, I doubt I'll ever be able to do that again!


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Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Lucky1 on January 01, 2016, 07:02:30 PM
 :tup:
Sweet! Nice shot.
Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Revwrangler on January 01, 2016, 07:05:59 PM

:tup:
Sweet! Nice shot.

Pretty sure it was a lucky shot, but thanks.


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Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: lokidog on January 01, 2016, 07:30:17 PM
Sweet, unless they are all pintails or hen mallards....  ;-)

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Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Revwrangler on January 01, 2016, 07:35:36 PM

Sweet, unless they are all pintails or hen mallards....  ;-)

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Ha! Wouldn't that be my luck, but that was not what the case. Thankfully


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Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Stinkyrat on January 01, 2016, 09:56:08 PM
Good work sir! What were they if I may ask? I usually end up with three shells to one bird.... not three birds to one shell so I'm a little jealous  :)

Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Revwrangler on January 02, 2016, 08:50:06 AM

Good work sir! What were they if I may ask? I usually end up with three shells to one bird.... not three birds to one shell so I'm a little jealous  :)

That's a first for me. I usually end up like you, emptying my gun for a bird, it was a lucky shot for sure! They were buffleheads.


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Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: EWUeagles on January 02, 2016, 06:00:35 PM
That's pretty cool but with buffleheads it will happen again. Once I was hunting and a group came in and a drake was in the front and I told my buddies watch this. Shot the drake and said look how good I  am I only got the drake. They started to laugh because I didn't notice the three hens laying belly up behind him.


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Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: h2ofowlr on January 02, 2016, 06:08:13 PM
You aim for the middle and with the spread and shot string, you typically will drop more than your aiming at! 
Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Revwrangler on January 02, 2016, 06:26:20 PM
It was a first for me, I've shot buffles before and gotten some doubles but not any triples. I hope you are right that it happens plenty more. Pretty fun to watch them all fold.


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Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: lokidog on January 02, 2016, 07:38:10 PM
I always try to get 2 or 3 mergansers per shell.....   :rolleyes:   :chuckle:  Got five (3, 1, 1) with three shots last year, Amber fetched them all.   :tup:
Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Revwrangler on January 02, 2016, 07:52:04 PM
Nice. Do you take many mergansers? I rarely shoot em.


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Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: lokidog on January 02, 2016, 08:28:32 PM
Nice. Do you take many mergansers? I rarely shoot em.


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Where I'm hunting, it's about 50% of my take, good thing I know how to cook them so my family likes 'em.   :)
Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Revwrangler on January 02, 2016, 08:30:04 PM
You must see a lot of them up there!


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Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: lokidog on January 02, 2016, 08:31:59 PM
I've seen flocks of over 500.   :yike:  I counted 92 as they swam past the dock we use two years ago.
Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: sakoshooter on January 03, 2016, 10:50:14 AM
Congrats.
About 10 yrs ago I picked out a drake GW Teal in a bunch of about a dozen and with one shot of #6 Hevi Shot ended up with 4 drakes. Even my dog looked at me funny, LOL.
Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Revwrangler on January 03, 2016, 03:15:52 PM

Congrats.
About 10 yrs ago I picked out a drake GW Teal in a bunch of about a dozen and with one shot of #6 Hevi Shot ended up with 4 drakes. Even my dog looked at me funny, LOL.

That's awesome!


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Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Stein on January 04, 2016, 09:20:37 AM
Good work sir! What were they if I may ask? I usually end up with three shells to one bird.... not three birds to one shell so I'm a little jealous  :)

That's about my average as well.  I would still be standing there with my jaw in the mud if I dropped three with one shot.
Title: Re: Duck hunting first on the first.
Post by: Revwrangler on January 04, 2016, 02:26:12 PM

Good work sir! What were they if I may ask? I usually end up with three shells to one bird.... not three birds to one shell so I'm a little jealous  :)

That's about my average as well.  I would still be standing there with my jaw in the mud if I dropped three with one shot.

That was kind of my reaction. I just sat there staring until I heard my dog whining for me to tell her to go get them.


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