And probably has trouble in airportsDuck Engr wrote:Wow he is very lucky. Very similar thing happened to a friend while goose hunting back in college. He went to get the jon boat and laid his gun down in the boat, dog jumped in the boat, stepped on the gun, went off, BBs thru the boat transom and into his right butt cheek. He survived only because they were hunting close to civilization and we have a good friend who’s an Emt that they were able to get on the phone quickly for short term advice before they met the ambulance at the boat ramp. He still has steel shot working its way down his leg. He pops a steel shot pimple now and then.
BGkirk wrote:I saw that as well. Looks great, need that paint scheme on some of the older flambeau pintail drakes that sit up high with a slender neck.
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Ducaholic wrote:I have had days where we pulled spinners put them back out and pulled them again and never got birds to finish. And I have had days that no matter what we did the ducks just piled up right where we wanted them.
Guess what I am saying is what we might think is the obvious issue may not be the issue at all. But if you don't try something different you will never know for sure.
Darren wrote:Ducaholic wrote:I have had days where we pulled spinners put them back out and pulled them again and never got birds to finish. And I have had days that no matter what we did the ducks just piled up right where we wanted them.
Guess what I am saying is what we might think is the obvious issue may not be the issue at all. But if you don't try something different you will never know for sure.
Many swear by spinners for grays, I'd rather not have them based on my experiences. Many in my area report grays darn near trying to land on them, just hasn't been my observation more often than not.
Rick wrote:We don't see nearly as many of them as some of you folks do, but I tend to think grays the most likely of big ducks to touch their toes and kamikaze into a spinner too quickly for me to get it shut off without slow-rolling it in the birds' face. Doesn't mean some aren't a pain to finish with or without the whirligig.
No kidding. When I do go hunt public where it is predominantly grays, I’ve started going as far as only using Gray duck decoys with coots also and as recent as last year bought the newer gadwall mojo which is really dark and if I can get the wings to ever stop facing down I’m confident in leaving it out, however I will shut it off as soon as I feel they can see the spread.Darren wrote:Rick wrote:We don't see nearly as many of them as some of you folks do, but I tend to think grays the most likely of big ducks to touch their toes and kamikaze into a spinner too quickly for me to get it shut off without slow-rolling it in the birds' face. Doesn't mean some aren't a pain to finish with or without the whirligig.
I get plenty of chances a season to watch them work into what I know to be LIVE GRAYS dabbling in a hole........and they still go round and round.
BGkirk wrote:Why the snipped tails?
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Duck Engr wrote:Where I hunt there are two types of gadwall. The 6:30 am gadwall behaves much like Rick described. The 9 am gadwall behaves like Darren is describing. Have had some early ones nearly take my hat off trying to get in but the mid morning birds have caused me to lose my hair and religion.
Duck Engr wrote:Where I hunt there are two types of gadwall. The 6:30 am gadwall behaves much like Rick described. The 9 am gadwall behaves like Darren is describing. Have had some early ones nearly take my hat off trying to get in but the mid morning birds have caused me to lose my hair and religion.
Darren wrote:Duck Engr wrote:Where I hunt there are two types of gadwall. The 6:30 am gadwall behaves much like Rick described. The 9 am gadwall behaves like Darren is describing. Have had some early ones nearly take my hat off trying to get in but the mid morning birds have caused me to lose my hair and religion.
One other interesting observation I've had with early morning grays is..........if a single gray comes in really early in the morning, just dives on in without hesitation, I've found that 9 times out of 10 or better it's a hen. Again, only when really early morning glow after LST and has to be a solo bird committing without coaxing of any kind. First noted this in 2008 and sure enough has proven itself time and time again since.
Darren wrote:Duck Engr wrote:Where I hunt there are two types of gadwall. The 6:30 am gadwall behaves much like Rick described. The 9 am gadwall behaves like Darren is describing. Have had some early ones nearly take my hat off trying to get in but the mid morning birds have caused me to lose my hair and religion.
The popular opinion is "big ducks fly late" in my circles of SE La, but on the lease the first birds in for the morning, even dark early, are usually grays. I'm all for shooting the greenwings but plenty of times when we've had limits and were out really early, it was mostly, if not entirely grays. I think the (mostly mudboat) hunter pressure in the dark bumps them from overnight areas when they come in to set up so when LST arrives, they've already been up and about and are looking to put down in what appears a quieter place with what appears a raft of undisturbed birds.
Ducaholic wrote:Darren wrote:Duck Engr wrote:Where I hunt there are two types of gadwall. The 6:30 am gadwall behaves much like Rick described. The 9 am gadwall behaves like Darren is describing. Have had some early ones nearly take my hat off trying to get in but the mid morning birds have caused me to lose my hair and religion.
The popular opinion is "big ducks fly late" in my circles of SE La, but on the lease the first birds in for the morning, even dark early, are usually grays. I'm all for shooting the greenwings but plenty of times when we've had limits and were out really early, it was mostly, if not entirely grays. I think the (mostly mudboat) hunter pressure in the dark bumps them from overnight areas when they come in to set up so when LST arrives, they've already been up and about and are looking to put down in what appears a quieter place with what appears a raft of undisturbed birds.
I'm not a marsh hunter but 90% of my banner days hunting cypress lakes have begun with greys doing it right at daylight.
Ducaholic wrote:It's always better when 5 or 6 lay on the water after the first LST 9 round volley.
Duck Engr wrote:Darren wrote:Duck Engr wrote:Where I hunt there are two types of gadwall. The 6:30 am gadwall behaves much like Rick described. The 9 am gadwall behaves like Darren is describing. Have had some early ones nearly take my hat off trying to get in but the mid morning birds have caused me to lose my hair and religion.
One other interesting observation I've had with early morning grays is..........if a single gray comes in really early in the morning, just dives on in without hesitation, I've found that 9 times out of 10 or better it's a hen. Again, only when really early morning glow after LST and has to be a solo bird committing without coaxing of any kind. First noted this in 2008 and sure enough has proven itself time and time again since.
Very interesting. I don’t kill enough of them to notice a trend like that; but I’ll be sure to pay attention this year.
Fri. 1/17/2020
SE La public marsh
Cousin Kyle & I with Harry
60's, ENE wind 10-20+, cloudy to partly sunny and back
Headed out to Kyle's honey hole which is actually one of my teal season holes........but I didn't know it had regular season grays as he's been killing. Sure enough, lone single in the dekes off the bat and occasional ops sporadically thereafter
Rick wrote:But, speaking of grays, I may have shot the last ones I ever will for our table season before last. Had a play hunt pair of first light grays that reminded me of their "gagwall" nickname when I cleaned them. Reminded me of why I quit shooting them at Pecan Island my first season down here.
Y'all ever get stinkers?
Rick wrote:But, speaking of grays, I may have shot the last ones I ever will for our table season before last. Had a play hunt pair of first light grays that reminded me of their "gagwall" nickname when I cleaned them. Reminded me of why I quit shooting them at Pecan Island my first season down here.
Y'all ever get stinkers?
Whooping cranes are omnivores, meaning they eat both plant and animal material and they aren't picky, eating most anything they can catch or find! However, it's rare that we get a close up view of them eating something big enough to identify. Several weeks ago we were lucky to capture a series of photos of male, L13-16 catching and eating a young cottonmouth!
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