2023 waterfowl.

[Okie4570]

 

[makeithappen]

Yeah, I'll duck hunt in some stupid weather, but never go full dumb. I learned that when i was younger.

 

[Dorkus]

Yeah, I'll duck hunt in some stupid weather, but never go full dumb. I learned that when i was younger.

I will go full dumb.

 

[Okie4570]

-8⁰ is the coldest we've ever duck hunted in. Makes for some great ice formations on the beard and stash lol

 

[Hangfire]

Back when I was younger and plum ate up with it I've gone out more than once and had to break thin ice to set the decoys out and had to keep my calls inside my parka to keep the reeds from freezing........either I've gotten smarter with age or turned into a wuss but there ain't no way I'd be sitting in a blind this morning.

Right now it's 27°....34 mph NW wind....light snow....with a windchill -10°.

 

[dlbleak]

Laid under white sheets in darn near blizzard conditions up by Salt Plains once. Got my first band that day.

 

[Dorkus]

I went this morning and got a banded goose. Not many ducks flying but geese were thick.

 

[dlbleak]

I went this morning and got a banded goose. Not many ducks flying but geese were thick.

This post needs pics!

 

[swampratt]

Before steel shot was mandatory we would go hunt/fish in Little City for 2 weeks in the cold winter.
That overflow pond would freeze up good.

After 2-3 days of no bath or shower I stripped down and broke through the ice and laid my ivory soap on the ice and began bathing in the waist deep water.

It did not seem all that bad compared to the results.
I bathed every day after that.

My face and hair gets very oily in a day and I have to wash.
I do not recall anyone else bathing. Just me and the Black Lab.

 

[Dorkus]

This post needs pics!

my photography skills are limited but here is the one that is banded.