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Any Waterfowl Hunters?

Discussion in 'Guns & Hunting' started by ShadesOfGrey, Oct 3, 2011.

  1. Oct 16, 2011 at 8:23 PM
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    crazyengineer

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    does this count?

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    anyways, hunt some with my grandfather and step dad, i like rifles better though...
     
  2. Oct 16, 2011 at 8:25 PM
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    ^hahah man i used to love that game!
     
  3. Oct 16, 2011 at 9:03 PM
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    i brought it with me to college...with the original NES, unfortunately, the zapper gun doesnt work on flatscreens....
     
  4. Oct 16, 2011 at 9:05 PM
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    :eek:...wtf???

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  5. Oct 17, 2011 at 10:56 AM
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    Got to love that old NES game. I still have it sitting around at home.
     
  6. Oct 29, 2011 at 10:47 PM
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  7. Oct 29, 2011 at 10:51 PM
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    SurfInferno Dont be stupid, its not smart.

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    what type of earplugs to you use when hunting duck/quail/ect?
     
  8. Oct 30, 2011 at 1:32 PM
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    None for me with ducks unless I'm shooting right next to someone. Usually we're spread out in thick standing corn with long-barreled shotguns, a stocking cap and maybe a parka hood over the ears. If I need plugs when hunting, I opt for the harder rubber type with a lanyard. That way I can put them in or take them out quickly.
     
  9. Oct 30, 2011 at 5:09 PM
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    SurfInferno Dont be stupid, its not smart.

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    i didn't wear any when i went quail hunting for a few hunts because i only fired like once or twice and this last time i went i fired like 20-25 times and my ears were ringing after 2 hrs. so i invested in these
    http://www.earplugstore.com/aosinranplug.html
    they claim you can still hear the birds chirping and running around without destroying your hearing, hopefully true
     
  10. Dec 17, 2011 at 2:56 PM
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    I love some good duck hunting. Tops deer hunting easily. I shoot a Remington Model 1100 12 ga and pull a 15ft flat bottom with 25hp Evinrude. Anyone from Mississippi hunt the Pearl River?
     
  11. Dec 17, 2011 at 3:18 PM
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    so how is every ones season going?
     
  12. Dec 17, 2011 at 4:53 PM
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    Hasnt been horrible. Havent gotten one yet this season. The dang weather changes down south is killing everyone. Yesterday me and a buddy got on a few ducks but didnt have any luck with them. How about you?
     
  13. Dec 17, 2011 at 4:55 PM
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    cant complain about this season, we have been hunting in the same are for around 3 years and this is our first year we actually do good...we were starting to give up on the area and this spot gave us hope....just reached the 200 mark this morning

    my gun has never shot so many shells in one season, im impressed
     
  14. Dec 17, 2011 at 5:01 PM
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    Nice man! What kind of gun are you shooting and what are you hunting? Woodies, Mallards, teal, ect?
     
  15. Dec 17, 2011 at 5:52 PM
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    Terribly. We have an electronic draw system for the 2 areas I visit, and I haven't drawn once. The 2 times I've been were bright, sunny days early in the season. Best hunting was 2 weeks ago - the ducks are mostly gone now. This season has been a couple weeks longer than last though. Freeze-up was early December last year and the waters are still open this year, 2 weeks later.
     
  16. Dec 18, 2011 at 9:40 AM
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    me and my dad both shoot browning BPS w/3.5" chambers and my brother shoots a browing silver w/ 3.5" chamber

    we hunt what ever flys by lol, so far on the season we have killed a variety of birds....pintail, mallards, teal, speckled belly geese, gray ducks, widgeon, redheads and we even bagged a Cinnamon teal this morning! :eek::D

    very rare bird in this area...almost never see one down this far, very surprised when i picked it up off the water

    we have woodies around but we can never get them close enough to shoot :cool:









    we also killed many spoonies this year....
     
  17. Dec 18, 2011 at 9:41 AM
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    sorry to hear that :(

    i find that when we hunt the day before the cold fronts and the actual cold front as its moving through the area....we do amazing, the birds love to fly in nasty weather around here.
     
  18. Dec 18, 2011 at 10:09 AM
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    Yep, agreed. They come up off the reservations and on sunny days they just fly away. On the nasty days, they want to puddle jump and tend to decoy a lot better.
     
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    Plan on hitting the duck hole hard this week. Set my decoys up for twitching so hopefully them ripples with do the trick.
     

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