Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: vandeman17 on January 26, 2011, 12:07:19 PM
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I have a question for you guys out there. How much do you think jumpshooting a pond once and leaving effects the pond for the next few days? The reason I ask is I have a buddy who went out to one of our spots today and he was thinking about jumping a little pond that is close but decided not to since we are going to hunt it Saturday. Would it have made that big of a difference for that time span? If we were going to hunt it tomorrow I wouldn't jump it for sure but 3 days later... :dunno:
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Shoot em. 3 days is plenty of time. Think how many times you hunt 2-3 days in a row and get limits. New birds will replace the ones you shoot if there is food. :twocents:
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I think it would be fine. I use to jumpshoot a crick 3 times a week for about a month a few years back. Now when I go visit my sister I will jump shoot it 2-3 days in a row and get ducks everyday, but that's usually once or twice a year now.
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3 days is plenty of time for them to come back. especially if they don't have much pressure. I would say 2-3 days at a minimum is plenty anywhere.
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3 days is plenty of time. But hey might as well savor the pond until saturday for the both of you guys. I remember jumping a little pond one time in the morning and getting a couple quacks. Came back that same evening and dumped a couple more.
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So I guess my buddy "tried" to jump the pond I was talking about but ate sh#t when he got close and jumped about 200 ducks but no shots fired. Should be just fine come Saturday as long as nobody else hunts it between now and then.
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:chuckle: Wow nice one. Ya should be great come saturday as long as no one else hunts it.
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So I guess my buddy "tried" to jump the pond I was talking about but ate sh#t when he got close and jumped about 200 ducks but no shots fired. Should be just fine come Saturday as long as nobody else hunts it between now and then.
:chuckle: oh man that stinks. that happened to me about a month ago was putting the sneak on the qucks not watching where i was walking and boop MANDOWN!!! lol
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I wish I would have been there to see it. :chuckle: I remember a few years back I was hunting the spot he hunted this morning and we watched birds pile into the pond we are talking about. Another guy (pretty new to duck hunting) and I went over to jump it. When we got close there were hundreds of birds circling and a few hundred sitting on the pond. When we got close, we made a break for it and all hell broke loose and there were birds flying everywhere. I ended up dumping a few and a hollered down to him how many he got and he said "I didn't even shoot" :bash: I couldn't believe it but I guess he got so excited that he forgot to take the safety off, thought his gun had jammed and ended up jacking three full shells on the ground. :DOH: We still joke about it to this day. He has done things like that on numerous occasions too.