Any Waterfowl Hunters?

The "Duck Commander" Phil Robertson is coming to my town this weekend. We have a annual thing called the Sportsman's Banquet. Kinda like a kickoff to hunting season every year with a little church included. They give away lots of guns, gear etc. Can't wait to meet him.

 

Wanted to share some of the days rewards from Tennessee's Early wood duck/teal season. Saw a lot of teal this year more than in the past. Love these pretty creatures.

Also, after 12 seasons, I've finally got my first band. Some new lanyard jewelry.

 

Gettin' pumped! 3 weeks

 

ARGH... Gonna miss opening weekend in Washington, I have to go to England and drink large amounts of British Cider for work... Oh well, maybe I can shoot some english birds instead (birds are women in the UK).

 

Anyone have a suggestion for a good cheaper duck call they like? Not looking to spend a ton of money..

 

I just got a Duck commander duck picker, it was like 30 bucks, its not bad...

 

Buck Gardner Double Nasty 2 is good for around $30. It gets loud! I just bit the bullet on a RNT Alpha 2 which is about 4x that $$ and it sounds great but it drops off fast on the low end. That's fine though - I don't hunt timber so most of my calling is hail/feeder calls at high ducks. I'll eventually pick up a single reed to work the ducks up close.

 

so just checking in from AK, so pumped to hunt up here this year. growing up i used to hunt the Wister Unit at the Salton Sea Wildlife Refuge. i got all my deeks ready to go for this season, and i might even be getting a 14ft duck boat so i can hunt some of the islands off of kodiak. im ready to shoot, im not used to being able to hunt any where i want. the island of kodiak is pretty much all open. im used to hunting the public land or our private duck club.
if anyone is looking for some snow goose full bodies my buddy just started is own decoy company and is making some really top quality stuff

xmas came early

 

here are some pics:
wat i used to drive to go hunting in

wat it looked like every friday night getting ready to head off to Wister

pulling our trailer

i shoot a 3 1/2 nova pump, 3in fraunchii love those guns

 

some pics from the in-laws property in michigan.


the corn field next to the pond. did some phesant hunting when i was there on leave for Xmas

in-laws were supprised how well i could shoot. did the whole miss the shot next guys shoot, needless to say i ended up shooting most of these.... whack and snack

 

That's what I'm talking about! I can't use 1/4 of the decoys I have, but I sure love buying them!

 

Depends on what type of spot you are hunting. For flooded timber, stick to double reeds or reed and half. For >$20, Haydel's DR-85 is a nice raspy sound. I like the Echo Calls, too. I hunt with a "hybrid" it's an RNT wood mouth piece and and polymer reed insert with shaved double reed for loud raspy four timber/field.

My belief is, if you want to know what a duck sounds like and get a call to match, grab a really nice video or audio recording device and head to the closest refuge. Then go and find one that you think sounds like a bunch of ducks.

I've never really liked the Duck Commander series calls as they are tough to blow right. But I've loved his videos since they first came out and the family is genuine.

 

ya this is just what i have at my house my uncle has a tuff shed completely full of decoys. usually put out around 5 or 6 dozen snows and 3 dozen ducks

 

Just placed my order for the Duck Commander Fleece Lined Pullover for $35 on the Drake waterfowl website. Should be a good enough jacket for the first month in Montana. Pretty excited to see how it works.

There is a down jacket on there for $100, anyone suggest anything different for the later months in MT? (November, December)

 

This was from last Jan. Wont be long will be headin out again.

 

Lemme scrounge for the pic I took of my attic not too long ago...I have half of Cabelas up there.

 

ahahaha yep i knw how that is!!

 

Counting the days until the season starts.

I hunt geese though out the Colusa area in the Sacramento Valley, and I hunt ducks on a private pond right next to the Sacramento refuge on Norman road.

Cannot fucking wait.

 

Here's a little teaser...my go to dekes are all on Texas rigs hanging in the garage for easy access GHG Pintail, Widgeon, Teal, and Gadwall...I honestly don't even own any GHG mallards...a few G&H ones and some cheap Flambeau Storm Front cuz they were like $20 at Cabelas. What's funny is I waterfowl hunt MAYBE 10 times a year I'm one of those that just watches for someone that has land and birds, but no equipment...hello me my lease is too cheap to pass up, but as you can imagine, even with a limited number, it gets overhunted

 

thats more like it!!! thats wat our shed looks like at my uncles house except we have absolutely now space in for any more deeks