mudhen Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 Cali just keeps rolling along until the 29th... mudhen - CA Quote
urodawg Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 I thought I would show everybody the decals I put on my truck today. Quote
tucker301 Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 mudhen, Am I seeing stovepiped Kent?! Quote
tucker301 Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 OH BOY!!! I bet I won't sleep a wink tonight! For weeks, we've been watching 500-600 honkers stream over our heads every AM on their way to feed at a turf farm (for which I did the website). I just got the call, and we're going to shoot them tomorrow morning! This is the first time they've been shot all year. There are about 15 shooters invited, the limit is five per shooter, and we'll be right where they were landing this morning. One pit blind and mucho laydowns. Quote
tucker301 Posted January 26, 2006 Posted January 26, 2006 I just checked the camera to make sure the batteries are fresh and everything's working well. Quote
tucker301 Posted January 26, 2006 Posted January 26, 2006 They've been going in there in groups ranging from 12 to 100. The flights I've seen have been beginning around 8:00 Am and continuing for about an hour or so. It should be a great time Quote
sbeIIfan Posted January 26, 2006 Posted January 26, 2006 Tuck, what loads and choke do you use? Quote
Webfoot Posted January 26, 2006 Posted January 26, 2006 Mudhen, Are those Green head gear full body mallards? Quote
tucker301 Posted January 27, 2006 Posted January 27, 2006 Well, It didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped, but still not too bad. We hunted a corn field bordered by a huge pond. The first flight was one of the biggest, with around 40 birds in it. It was early and grey, and they circled and began to slowly drop in. A skybuster rookie in the pit blind opened fire WAY too quickly and they flared up and out. We got one (the rookie missed). Should have had an easy dozen. The rookie was talked to, and we waited for the next group. Subsequent groups ranged from three to twenty birds, but none of them looked as though they wanted to settle in properly. I was thinking we'd be using laydowns, but we had some one man portables that were just put out yesterday, and I think they were spooking, just because the landscape looked changed to them. We got some decent shots, and we ended up with a dozen birds down. My buddy was going back with the dog and a boat to collect the rest that had drifted too far out into the huge pond for the dog to mark. The new blinds were left out, and they should be settled again in a few days. Four of these were at the hands of my SBEII. In fairness to the others, I've had much more goose shooting this year than they have, and my eye is right. Wallhanger, It's just two of us going this Saturday, so you're welcome to make the drive and join us. If you leave Friday after work and have good luck with the DC traffic, you should be here by the time we shove off. [ 01-26-2006, 07:25 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ] Quote
tucker301 Posted January 27, 2006 Posted January 27, 2006 Originally posted by sbeIIfan: Tuck, what loads and choke do you use? I was shooting 3" Win. X-pert Hi Velocity BB's through a Primos "Dead Zone Decoy" extended tube. Quote
JDAWG04 Posted January 28, 2006 Posted January 28, 2006 How do you like that choke tube , I was thinkin about getting the decoy and pass choke of of ebeay for my M1. Quote
sdkidaho Posted January 28, 2006 Posted January 28, 2006 What is the white'ish headed one? Still a Canadian, but younger? Or something else? Quote
nor'easter Posted January 28, 2006 Posted January 28, 2006 wow due to ridiculously warm temps the north east has been prouducing vary little waterfowl action. Quote
Remymag Posted January 28, 2006 Posted January 28, 2006 I didn't know new york was horth east.? Just kidding but today was a great sea duck day . Boothbay held plenty of ida's for us this morning. Seas were 5-8 feet ,rough tending when they tried to get away. Last saturday for Mainer's .Hope everyone enjoyed there season. Quote
tucker301 Posted January 29, 2006 Posted January 29, 2006 The whitish headed one appeared to be some sort of a mixed breed. He was big, with a large head and more orange colored feet than a typical Canada. Quote
tucker301 Posted January 29, 2006 Posted January 29, 2006 After all of that effort towards packing the boat, we ended up not going goose hunting after all. Instead, we loaded up my buddy's ARGO and headed for the bowels of a massive swamp. I didn't miss the geese at all [ 01-28-2006, 08:58 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ] Quote
mudhen Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Originally posted by Webfoot: Mudhen, Are those Green head gear full body mallards? Yes. They were still perfect after 100 straight days in the field - but our weather is pretty mild... mudhen - CA Quote
NateDog Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 I don't have any pics but did better this year than the past two or three years. I only went out on 10 or so trips. Shot a limit on two of the trips and shot two banded birds, one of which was so worn I could only read three numbers. I'm sending it back to Maryland to have them acid wash it. Shot a variety of birds - mallards, pintails, teal, and a few widgeon. The season just ended in California and I'll be heading down to Mexico in a couple of weeks to shoot the ones I missed! Quote
sdkidaho Posted February 2, 2006 Posted February 2, 2006 I could have guessed you'd be the guy to watch out for when someone was taking a leak. Quote
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