Way to go Okie and Porter!
Not waterfowl, but I'll throw this pic in anyway. Took my daughter on her first duck hunt wither her as the shooter. She was hitting doves consistently in September, so I figured ducks over decoys would go ok............except for they didn't want to decoy. They just wanted to follow these cranes all over the place. Cranes took off when we pulled up, were gone for 30 minutes then came back, landed way north of us, ducks stayed with them. She got a few decent pass shots at ducks, smacked the first one but it never fell. That's hunting, we'll try again after we thaw out! 15 degrees and 2 degree wind chill 
Looks like you guys had a blast, congrats on the specks. I'm gonna hit the river in the morning, hopefully I get a chance at a few giants!
Thank you BH. Best part of the hunt was bringing a friend that killed his first peckerbelly today. He's going to put it on the wall. The look on his face was priceless the first time he heard one cackle and swing towards the dekes.
I killed a Ross that's going on my wall as well. I've killed a lot of them, but the amount of warts on this one makes him look like an STD factory. My kind of bird!
I killed a Ross that's going on my wall as well. I've killed a lot of them, but the amount of warts on this one makes him look like an STD factory. My kind of bird!
I took my son out for his first duck hunt yesterday morning at Lexington WMA. All day long all we saw were about 10 ringnecks and that's about it. Missed twice. I thought yesterday would have been a good one, but I guess I don't know much about duck hunting.
I did manage to blow a quail into a cloud of feathers (oops).
Regardless, the boy says he now loves duck hunting. I just need to become more experienced and find better places to go so we don't strike out everytime!
I do find it interesting that I've never seen a mallard down there. I do see teal, ringnecks, and occasionally widgeon.
Good luck to everyone the rest of the season!
I did manage to blow a quail into a cloud of feathers (oops).
Regardless, the boy says he now loves duck hunting. I just need to become more experienced and find better places to go so we don't strike out everytime!
I do find it interesting that I've never seen a mallard down there. I do see teal, ringnecks, and occasionally widgeon.
Good luck to everyone the rest of the season!
Good luck meatGrinder, I hunt public land and strike out quite often, scout and find the birds and they might come in, as long as the sky busters aren't close to you!
