johnc wrote:Gonna have to get proficient on a speck call
You can have the most realistic spread in the world,but if you cant call them correctly it will not happen unless,
1---it is fogged up and they are low to begin with
2---they are strongly using the field and just coming anyway
3---maybe in an abnormally hard wind and they are just low
People are onto Bunkie now,got proficient callers around,which makes non proficient callers stick out that much more
I have lived the change,seen it,what used too work wont now---that should motivate change
Darren wrote:Blustery day birds in the rice, mostly pintails
johnc wrote:As far as decoys,purposely do what "they" aren't or say "won't" work---I am not "supposed" to kill specks over 120 snow decoys OR 60 speck decoys that are "way" too many especially late season---ok that's good,do your thing and i'll do mine
johnc wrote:Sounds like you are doing ok with the call then,if you are consistently getting positive reaction
As far as grass,make it too where people that don't know or used too what it takes,,complain because they cant see,,then you have enough
As far as decoys,purposely do what "they" aren't or say "won't" work---I am not "supposed" to kill specks over 120 snow decoys OR 60 speck decoys that are "way" too many especially late season---ok that's good,do your thing and i'll do mine
I do think duck decoys may start to be an issue---easy fix for me,i just wont use any---pintails are coming too the white anyway
aunt betty wrote:To get the bill color on a speck right you pretty much have to take a fresh-killed dead one into the paint store and challenge them to "match" it.
Rick wrote:
Aside from painting them on a blue goose mold and the one dead bill, I was impressed with the Higdon pic. (Would have to take a live speck to the store to match it, as they go orange PDQ once dead.)
Have used a few Tanglefree floaters w/my FBs in the marsh the past couple or three seasons, and they've held up pretty well to being left in the sun - and none have leaked. When I tried GHG a few years back, most leaked the first season.
Rick wrote:Late season pic?
Darren wrote:Having hunted with Erik Rue's crew a few times, I know well the practice of hiding so well you can't see out. Don't advise going with them if you're under 6 ft, shooting can be tough from their blinds. Rick's handy work with a speck hide I got to see one time was similar, and very effective.
Darren wrote:Rick wrote:Late season pic?
Jan 22
Rick wrote: And if you drop to a dozen or two, well...good luck.
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