snakeman4 Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 decided to venture out this morning and try a new spot i scouted the day before. It payed off quite well. Started out the morning with a pair of Woodies. 3 of them dropped perfectly into the hole in the centre of the decoy spread. 2 shots 2 birds. had a ton of geese flying all morning, but they were quite content on feeding on the nearby fields. I did luck out and was able to entice a small group of 4 birds to come into my decoys, i was able to drop the lead bird. I was very impressed with the full choke and #2 shot i was using, as i dropped the honker with no follow up shot needed. paddled out to grab my honker and i flared a big group of mallards coming in for a look. set back up, and had 2 more groups of mallards come drop in, dropping 1 drake in each group. all in all a great day on the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishingking Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 Congrats sounds like a good day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner-2 Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 Nice Wood ducks your lucky to get the woodies won't be long and they will be gone still a few around but lots of mallard around good job keep at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseslayer Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 Good stuff. I haven't hunted ducks in years. I have a Woodie and nice mallard in my rec room from years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verado Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 Looks like a great hunt. Congratulations. As a teenager, I started hunting ducks in the early sixties (back when every hunter's dream was to see a Canada goose which were almost non-existent then). I quickly learned I did not like eating ducks, possibly because I also shot a commorant not knowing what it was and tried to eat it as well. I've never hunted waterfowl since but stories like yours makes me think I should give it another try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted November 21, 2019 Report Share Posted November 21, 2019 On 11/15/2019 at 8:11 AM, verado said: Looks like a great hunt. Congratulations. As a teenager, I started hunting ducks in the early sixties (back when every hunter's dream was to see a Canada goose which were almost non-existent then). I quickly learned I did not like eating ducks, possibly because I also shot a commorant not knowing what it was and tried to eat it as well. I've never hunted waterfowl since but stories like yours makes me think I should give it another try. You have to be very selective about which species of duck you shoot, probably a Merganser back then, you only shoot one of them if you are smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verado Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 You're right Dave 524 it was a Merganser. Every time I see duck on the menu I think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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