The 2008-2009 Waterfowl Photo Thread

[duckht183]

I'll be putting up some picts of some California ducks tomorrow. Finally were startin to get some storms movin through here

[tucker301]

It was about 16 degrees this morning with little wind, but I made the most of it.

 

Gadwalls and a Greenhead!

 

[kafasi]

[tucker301]

We went out for a quick hunt this AM.

I hope Santa brings my buddy a decoy bag this year.

That used feed bag kind of stands out.

 

[WillieP]

Nice tucker! Love those ringnecks, Ive yet to kill one, I shot my first greenwing monday and I have not loaded all my pics to photo bucket yet.

[tucker301]

We have ringnecks in vast abundance here.

We shoot them when nothing else is happening.

I could take you to a spot any morning and you'd limit out or run of shells in the first hour.

I shot into a flock the other day and knocked down two with one shot.

Got a three for one water swat the day before.

[sdkidaho]

One of the gadwall drakes was a beautiful specimen and I probably should have saved him to mount.

 

 

That one on the right under the trigger guard sure looks like a dandy!

[tucker301]

Yessir.

That's the one that almost got sent to the taxidermist.

[duckht183]

I guided a buddy of mine out yesterday and we finished with:

1 teal

1 redhead

2 gadwall

[fishmax2]

Jeez no waterfowl pics yet??? Give me a bit to dig a bunch out

[jraducks]

Kinda new to the site, but hunt alot!

 

Buck and ducks

 

[jraducks]

 

Me with a few more mallards

[jraducks]

Buck's two Christmas afternoon ducks!

[jraducks]

Jake and Buck

 

Fun day of hunting, then shooting

[jraducks]

[jraducks]

Buck with teal

 

Buck and Geese

[jraducks]

Me with some geese..Killed 1205 in 2.5 days in Arkansas (Conservation order Feb 08)

 

[jraducks]

 

Buck and Bandit

[tucker301]

It's not just a big pile of ducks that makes a great hunt.

Didn't get but one ringneck on this outing, but it was still way better than sleeping in!

 

[jraducks]

You are correct friend! It's not about the ducks so much to me as it is watching the excitement in that dogs eye or taking a kid hunting for the first time. Heck some of my best hunts this year we didn't kill anything or one or two ducks. It's the friends your with and God allowing me one more beautiful sunrise to witness. I have been on hunts this year where my little brother killed his first deer and a very close family friends nephew killed his first duck with me. I laughed more on those two hunts than any with my "serious" hunting buddies. Heck I think I was more excited than both of the youngsters! I am only 22 years old but I remember like it was yesterday the folks who spent time with me making sure I enjoyed the outdoors. My dad was a big shooter but not a big hunter so others took me and taught me. I got a chance to take my dad and brother this year and that is a trip I will never forget. It's not about the killing! It's about the little things that happen on each hunt that make it worth going. Not gonna say I don't like having a strap full when we leave though

[tucker301]

I find myself hunting the divers more this year.

Here's today's sunrise on Gaston Lake and my first ever bluebill.

He buzzed the decoys and made a loop behind the blind. Looped back around out front and slid to a stop just in front of the coot decoy in the sunrise picture.

 

 

[tucker301]

One more of the Scaup.

[WillieP]

Good job tucker that is a beautiful duck, we had an awesome hunt this morning near the Ohio river, ended up with 12 mallards.

[jraducks]

A few pictures my buddy took of my dog for me the other day.

 

 

 

 

[jraducks]