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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: metlhead on October 16, 2023, 06:50:53 PM
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Cant believe we're not seeing any posts. Myself and Der Panz took two fellas out and had more bad shooting on easy birds than should be admitted. Great start to another season. Partner managed to drop this beauty BWT in eclipse. First I've ever seen in this area. Really strong numbers of birds already with good numbers to central Oregon coast seen also.
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Nice shoot on a mix of ducks and geese.
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Took the youngest out for seaducks on Saturday. He took his limit of 2 white-wing scoters. It was a fairly foggy morning.
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We shot 23 one the opener between 14 shooters in 3 blinds. Pretty slow, birds were flaring as they worked the decoys due to gunshots all over. Mostly hen shovelers with a couple hen gadwall, couple drake teals and one hen widge. Had a good time though.
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We had a hell of an opening weekend. Back to back days of 6 man limits, wigeon, woodducks and mallards. Best part was my dog had TPLO surgery in April and the recovery has been a slow process but he handled the weekend great and doesn't show any ill effects from all the work
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Booyah! That's what we need to hear. Way to get after it. Doin our best to enjoy the bounty we share.
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Took my son out for the weekend, on the opener I got a limit of ducks and 3 snipe. On Sunday, it was a limit of ducks and limit of snipe! Nothing like brushing off the dust with a snipe shoot
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Last three mornings as I walk out to feed the horses there have been a flock of 20 honkers that fly just over the shop. I think I am going to have to lean the sky buster up in the corner of the barn.
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My son & daughter did some jump shooting. They did pretty good. They set out decoys and got one mallard on a evening hunt. Jump shooting was more productive for them on opening weekend. I was looking for a big enough deer. I think they had more fun than I did.
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Scratched a green wing teal hen out of the kayak yesterday morning.
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Cant believe we're not seeing any posts. Myself and Der Panz took two fellas out and had more bad shooting on easy birds than should be admitted. Great start to another season. Partner managed to drop this beauty BWT in eclipse. First I've ever seen in this area. Really strong numbers of birds already with good numbers to central Oregon coast seen also.
Just imagine if those guys you brought out could actually shoot....especially that one on the end getting Panz all excited shooting at birds 100 yards off. :tup:
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122yds! Creedmore does everything
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Promised to take a coworker out for combo trip. Just getting in to waterfowling and both birds and coho were cooperative.
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My partner & I had a great morning on the prairie today. Shooting light opened @ 7:30 & we were loading the pickup @ 9:30
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Solo endeavor this morning. Stayed local again and witnessed really good numbers of birds. One other boat was hunting so it's good to see folks out
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Still trying to recover from my former hunting partner’s decision turning our friendship into the looks of a tire fire from some poor unknown excuse of his. I wish him always the best but he probably thinks differently about me so trying to find new spots but not looking good for me to get back anytime soon.
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My partner & I had a great morning on the prairie today. Shooting light opened @ 7:30 & we were loading the pickup @ 9:30
Isn't that a bluebill hen in the front towards the left?
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My partner & I had a great morning on the prairie today. Shooting light opened @ 7:30 & we were loading the pickup @ 9:30
Isn't that a bluebill hen in the front towards the left?
That member was posting from North Dakota, I believe, so scaup may be open there.
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My partner & I had a great morning on the prairie today. Shooting light opened @ 7:30 & we were loading the pickup @ 9:30
Isn't that a bluebill hen in the front towards the left?
I’m pretty sure it’s a Scaup. I’m in SE North Dakota, we’re allowed 1 in our bag limit.
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Gotcha good to know!
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Sporty conditions but lots of willing birds made for a quick shoot.
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Sporty conditions but lots of willing birds made for a quick shoot.
And shooting a 20 gauge. Love it!
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Switched back to my 20 about 3 years ago and all my 12s sit in the safe or gopher duty. Regular 3" #4s just cream the birds to 35yds. Most are only 25. Been shooting BOSS loads for late season but haven't really noticed a need for them much. They shoot wicked good to 50yds on paper which is better than I can do on the wing.
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And this is how a couple limits of ducks dissappear every week.
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Had a good day trip today worked through the rain and bagged a few birds early, once the rain quit it turned into a killer afternoon shoot! Gotta love it hard to beat a day like today!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231105/03b981d936a602c272ed31a69427d26d.jpg)
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Switched back to my 20 about 3 years ago and all my 12s sit in the safe or gopher duty. Regular 3" #4s just cream the birds to 35yds. Most are only 25. Been shooting BOSS loads for late season but haven't really noticed a need for them much. They shoot wicked good to 50yds on paper which is better than I can do on the wing.
I inherited my dad's Belgium Browning 20ga. I've been tempted to take it out for a duck hunt or two. I also have a Beretta Silver Pigeon that's been begging for a duck trip. I just haven't had the gumption to get em dirty and wet, they're such nice guns.
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We got out Friday & Saturday. Friday was a little slow, one gadwall, one drake mallard. We made plans to try a different spot Saturday morning. It turned out to be a great morning with a 3 man limit by 9am. Even got a pintail. It was a tremendous amount of fun with my son & Nephew. Sounded like everyone was having a good morning with lots of volleys in the distance. I want to tell you about the ammo I was shooting. When I was putting away sprinklers hoses in the back of the barn Thursday, I grabbed a basket full of dusty shotgun shells and took them in the house. I cleaned up each shell and found a good assortment of steel loads and a pair of my daughters socks when she was an infant. Wife musta got tired of looking at my ammo and tossed the shells in that basket and out to the barn close to 20 years ago. Only had one dud, good primer strike, no bang. I have ammo for a few hunts now!
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I've some 20s that'll never see the bottom ofmy duck boat or the coastal marshes. Got a never fail SXP for rough conditions and a 3020 Stoeger for shooting 'heavy' loads in other areas. I don't like cleaning guns
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Lots of birds have pushed into the area. We shot a 5 man on Friday, 5 man on Saturday and a 3 man this morning in quick order. The season is off to a good start.
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This weekend is looking real good. I get a daddy day with my youngest daughter coming home from college for the weekend. Gonna smash some limits in the morning then head to the Veteran's museum with dinner and a movie in town. Sending her home with a pile of marinaded duck strips and deer roasts. Life is good
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Gas prices have been dropping so expanded my scouting range a bit for new spots. Nothing found but don’t have a duck boat either and might have a marshy spot lined up but no birds on it or flying by either.
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Hope some veterans have some luck this weekend! Anyways found this interesting for us who always want to learn more about the history we come from. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_ouE7SRvF0Y&t=610s&pp=ygUPb3BlcmF0aW9ucyByb29t
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Life is grand. Good Lord split the storms to the north and south of us. Lotsa cooperative birds. Dad shot backup this morning.
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The bounty
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Went on a little scout yesterday and looked like the snows were here in a place I have never seen them before. Put the binoculars on them and the were seagulls 🤬
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The bounty
Great pic!!!!
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Dad shooted faster than Der Panz could bring em in. Lotsa birds out there folks. Get on it.
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Headed in
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Headed in
What kind of dog you got there? Looks like it loves water and to retrieve.
Haven't got out for waterfowl specifically yet but jump shot this teal last weekend while phesant hunting around potholes.
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Funny you ask. That sir is Wiredfire's Panzerfaust Jones, the ultra purpose Deutsche wirehair pointer! Does it all. Even ran down a coyote and killed it. Trees anything and 'nets' steelhead for me. My best buddy. Thanksgiving will be in Asotin chasin chukar
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Happy holidays, I remember this as my biggest weekend of waterfowl hunting back in the day. Only old memories now with no new hunting memories in sight NOT because of the lack of time unfortunately.
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I stepped out for an hour before the sun went down last night. A dozen pintails hovering at 20 yards meant I could only take 1 shot.
They sure are pretty birds.
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I went out thanksgiving morning and shot a limit of wigeon. Good to get the dog out
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I stepped out for an hour before the sun went down last night. A dozen pintails hovering at 20 yards meant I could only take 1 shot.
They sure are pretty birds.
That experience is worth it! Beautiful bird.
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Got a call from a buddy who was able to get some ag field access that held some good birds. Of course the day we get in there the birds decide that some of the other fields look a little better but we were still able to coax some our direction. Overall a fun day with the boys
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Smacked a 3 man limit
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Good to see some shooting this last weekend. I checked out the DU reports and they reported slower than normal for this time of year and one hunter was seriously wondering if global warming was real in so many words. 🤣
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DU reports seem to only focus on a straight line between NoDak and Arkansas with a general outlook of each coast as a whole. About as useful as a weather report saying winter will be cool. I drive quite a bit and have seen strong numbers since the opener. Goose numbers are ridiculous.
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Report this DU! 3 days of decent tides and quality weather is gonna be the demise of bunches for Der Panz and I. Got partners filling seats for some great banter. Get after em!
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Kinda quiet around here. Got out this morning for a real quick shoot near the house. Gonna be a great weekend with this weather moving in.
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Steady Saturday. I unfortunately lost two.
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That's a wrap for this week. Great blind banter made for a great compliment to an endless stream of birds.
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Hunting with Panz is always a treat. metlhead isn’t too bad either, I suppose
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That oldtimer was sehr busy for this morning's quikie
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Looks like some nice drake wigeon are moving in :chuckle:
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I’ll premise this by I have no idea what I am doing. I took my son Carson on his first duck hunt. We wrapped up in a blanket in a layout blind for two hours and we’re lucky enough to have a few come into the decoys I set.
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I’ll premise this by I have no idea what I am doing. I took my son Carson on his first duck hunt. We wrapped up in a blanket in a layout blind for two hours and we’re lucky enough to have a few come into the decoys I set.
The excited smile says it all. You obviously know what you are doing in the dad department., ducks or no ducks!
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Ringers! Great effort. Ifn you're ever in SW WA send a message. We'll get you guys on some birds
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I went out yesterday to try a spot I had wanted to hunt but hadn’t because you need a boat to get to it. Finally packed in a boat, got it inflated and made it to the spot about 1:30. I didn’t pack any decoys since this was more a trip to check the spot out and not so much to hunt but I packed my shotgun just in case. I had just got the boat hidden and to this little opening when the first few birds flew over. 3 minutes later and I had my limit of 7 wigeon. Pretty crazy
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We smacked a 4 man limit on Friday. Mostly mallards, 2 pintail, and a pair of drake green wings...Great time.
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If I knew how to shoot yesterday would have been a good day. Embarrassing that our shots to bird ratio was.
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If I knew how to shoot yesterday would have been a good day. Embarrassing that our shots to bird ratio was.
Same :chuckle: ours was about 40 shells for 6 birds and not because the shots were too far.
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You'll get it done. Real quick, not sure what that middle bird is. Hen bluebill? Watch the posting cuz limit is 2.
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We shot a 5 man on Friday and a 4 man today. Looking forward to the upcoming weather changes.
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7 ducks and a goose in about an hour Saturday morning. Fun hunt
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Mixed bag upriver. I need to break out the recipe book for fishy duck dishes. I’m leaning toward gumbo.
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Mixed bag upriver. I need to break out the recipe book for fishy duck dishes. I’m leaning toward gumbo.
For fishy ducks, the best recipe I found is to butcher them up, put into a crab pot, toss that pot into the ocean, collect crabs in said pots and eat those.
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Been fairly slow this year so far, definitely haven't shot as many birds as we normally do thus far. Last weekend a lot of the mallards were paired up already, which I thought was earlier than normal. We will see what this winter weather does for us!
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Beautiful day to finish the season. Best one since '22-'23! Panz says 8 months of farm life and fishin is fine.