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Moe and I hunted this morning...


I had a really fun extended weekend with that little dog...

Had three cranes fly over this morning while we were hunting, made me think of you PorkChop, they were mighty high it took me a while to find them... They are noisy...

5 stand wrote:Moe and I hunted this morning...

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I had a really fun extended weekend with that little dog...

Nice little mess of bobs!

Duck Engr wrote:

5 stand wrote:Moe and I hunted this morning...

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I had a really fun extended weekend with that little dog...

Nice little mess of bobs!

Thank you Buddy... Like I said it sure was fun to mess with these little bumblebees...

I think Moe is depressed he hasn't left the pen, and the gates open...

Lol is he back to waterfowl hunting reality?

Duck Engr wrote:Lol is he back to waterfowl hunting reality?

Yes he is, I guess I didn't clarify that was our last day, I'm not very good at this posting... We are looking forward to our next trip back, probably the 26th... We stay in a real small town and there's not many places to eat, they seem to close the doors for any reason especially around the holidays, and I don't blame them... I have a little bit of work to do tomorrow, Trigger and I will try the ducks Thursday, no scouting so we're going to rely on good luck...

Trigger and I hunted this morning...
3 mallards, 1 gadwall...

I’d say some luck (and skill) was on your side this morning!

Nice hunt and great pic!!!!!

Thank you, Trigger and I plan on giving them a go in the morning...

Sweet Bob White's I'd love to shoot a couple of those once in my lifetime. Where is this 5 ? It can't be Penna..

don novicki wrote:Sweet Bob White's I'd love to shoot a couple of those once in my lifetime. Where is this 5 ? It can't be Penna..

Don, those are Oklahoma Bob White's if you were closer we would go hunt them, I couldn't guarantee you we'd kill any, but I could guarantee you we would do a lot of walking following a speckledy dog with boots on...

Trigger and I hunted this morning...
Temperature: 57 when we arrived, 67 when we left, HOT
4 mallards

reverse migration. We might as well pack it up down here.

Rick wrote:reverse migration. We might as well pack it up down here.

After scouting yesterday, I'm going to cautiously say we have some new birds?
But wouldn't have a clue which direction they came from...

Trigger and I are going to give them a go in the morning, we'll see how these so-called new birds act?

The birds that I've been killing are within 15 minutes after legal shooting time, (I call it shooting them in the dark) hence the brown... Hunted till 11:00 yesterday thinking I would get that last one (wrong)... Scouted afterwards and it made for a long day... But I do have birds to play with and that's a good thing, I just don't know how to kill them...

5 stand wrote:

Rick wrote:reverse migration. We might as well pack it up down here.

After scouting yesterday, I'm going to cautiously say we have some new birds?
But wouldn't have a clue which direction they came from...

Trigger and I are going to give them a go in the morning, we'll see how these so-called new birds act?

The birds that I've been killing are within 15 minutes after legal shooting time, (I call it shooting them in the dark) hence the brown... Hunted till 11:00 yesterday thinking I would get that last one (wrong)... Scouted afterwards and it made for a long day... But I do have birds to play with and that's a good thing, I just don't know how to kill them...

North south east or west, you’ll take em! Maybe some Christmas calendar migrators.

Duck Engr wrote:

5 stand wrote:

Rick wrote:reverse migration. We might as well pack it up down here.

After scouting yesterday, I'm going to cautiously say we have some new birds?
But wouldn't have a clue which direction they came from...

Trigger and I are going to give them a go in the morning, we'll see how these so-called new birds act?

The birds that I've been killing are within 15 minutes after legal shooting time, (I call it shooting them in the dark) hence the brown... Hunted till 11:00 yesterday thinking I would get that last one (wrong)... Scouted afterwards and it made for a long day... But I do have birds to play with and that's a good thing, I just don't know how to kill them...

North south east or west, you’ll take em! Maybe some Christmas calendar migrators.

Christmas ducks, I like that...

It's rained here most of the day and I went out to the truck to get the thermos for in the morning... Checked the rain gauge while I was out there and have received 2 in... Kind of sort of looked at the radar and most of Louisiana received some rain today, hopefully it's filling those marshes, and if we get the right kind of weather ducks will be heading farther south...



I probably won't have time in the morning before I leave, so Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas!!

I got up this morning made coffee and fed the dogs, looked at the weather like I always do and the wind was really strong and wrong, and I have a Long boat Ride to this spot... So I pulled the plug on today's hunt, Trigger and I will try them in the morning...

Trigger and I hunted this morning...
5 gadwall, 1 blue bill...

Chilly this morning, felt like duck hunting weather...

5 stand wrote:I got up this morning made coffee and fed the dogs, looked at the weather like I always do and the wind was really strong and wrong, and I have a Long boat Ride to this spot... So I pulled the plug on today's hunt, Trigger and I will try them in the morning...

Seasoned move there. Years ago I was hunting with Olly down on the coast. 20 degrees and a north wind whipping that had the delta waters white capping. I had the feeling I should’ve pulled the plug but I didn’t have a reverse gear then. We came around out from the sheltered launch area and the water was so low that I was hitting bottom in places I never fathomed I would. About a half mile into our journey prop hit a sand bar and killed the engine right as we took a breaker over the bow, then another. Thankfully, the motor cranked back up, I flipped on the bilge, and we headed back to the ramp. I was back in bed before sunrise. Lesson learned.

5 stand wrote:Trigger and I hunted this morning...
5 gadwall, 1 blue bill...

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Chilly this morning, felt like duck hunting weather...

That’ll do!

Duck Engr wrote:

5 stand wrote:I got up this morning made coffee and fed the dogs, looked at the weather like I always do and the wind was really strong and wrong, and I have a Long boat Ride to this spot... So I pulled the plug on today's hunt, Trigger and I will try them in the morning...

Seasoned move there. Years ago I was hunting with Olly down on the coast. 20 degrees and a north wind whipping that had the delta waters white capping. I had the feeling I should’ve pulled the plug but I didn’t have a reverse gear then. We came around out from the sheltered launch area and the water was so low that I was hitting bottom in places I never fathomed I would. About a half mile into our journey prop hit a sand bar and killed the engine right as we took a breaker of the bow, then another. Thankfully, the motor cranked back up, I flipped on the bilge, and we headed back to the ramp. I was back in bed before sunrise. Lesson learned.

There is a closer ramp that I could have used, but you have to get the gate attendant up at 6:00 a.m. sometimes? Just didn't feel right bothering them on Christmas morning...

Made the trek this morning, the wind was strong but not wrong, we were wet by the time we got there, and even wetter by the time we got back to the ramp... No scouting...

Trigger and I hunted this morning...
6 Gadwall

Full fledged reverse migration! Mallards have left!

Nice couple of solo hunts!

Thank you, Darren