2022-2023 Waterfowl Pics Thread

[JShane]

little bit tougher hunt today. Fewer birds in the swamp.

 

[phutch30]

 

[Wally Dog]

 

[Keep on]

Picking up this evening.
Shot half of a two man goose limit in the AP.

 

[glass eye]

 

[Matt Dworak]

 

[glass eye]

Today one of my hunters missed a 25 yard shot at a leucistic hen shoveler. That's going to haunt him the rest of his life.

 

[JShane]

OH how I know how he feels. Though not rare like that shoveler, I've now missed a drake pintail (last year) and a drake canvasback (today). In successive years. Understand, I've seen 6 pintails in 14 years of duck hunting, and roughly 15 canvasbacks. These three are my Consolation prize for my efforts

 

[TheGreek]

Southern IL duck tour! Like almost Kentucky southern IL. Hunting the same public land spot tomorrow and then a different one on Sunday. Hopefully more birds to come but I won’t hold my breath. I shoulda had a nice fat mallard drake as well today but I whiffed on the shot. Gorgeous day but not great duck weather. Too sunny and no wind. But there are some birds around. Some other blinds had better action. Hopefully I’ll be in one of those tomorrow.

 

[jrabq]

Today one of my hunters missed a 25 yard shot at a leucistic hen shoveler. That's going to haunt him the rest of his life.

While that's terrible, if I were to miss a leucistic duck I'd hope it would be a hen shoveler

 

[glass eye]

Cinnamon hen today.

 

[corndog1]

 

[TheGreek]

If you are only gonna kill a single duck all day, it sure helps if it’s banded. Much slower day overall with seemingly a lot less birds in the air and only this one interested in my blind. I about fell over when I picked him up and saw the band. Banded about 14 miles as the crow flies from where he was killed.

 

[Nick87]

If you are only gonna kill a single duck all day, it sure helps if it’s banded. Much slower day overall with seemingly a lot less birds in the air and only this one interested in my blind. I about fell over when I picked him up and saw the band. Banded about 14 miles as the crow flies from where he was killed.View attachment 259710View attachment 259713

Nice first one? Just saw the date that's good age bird.

 

[TheGreek]

Nice first one? Just saw the date that's good age bird.

Yup, was my first banded bird. And yeah, he was no spring chicken, that’s for sure.

 

[Nick87]

Yup, was my first banded bird. And yeah, he was no spring chicken, that’s for sure.

Seems like the older they are the closer you kill em to where they're banded at least in my experience.

 

[CorkyM]

Lots of beautiful photos

 

[jeff_gibbons]

Took a buddy on his first duck hunt today and his second duck ever was a banded spoony! Awesome.

 

[Deleted member 38069]

You bastards know the season is closed in Minnesota??

 

[seeth07]

All you people with bands this year suck. My season is all over with, over 150 fowl dropped, second year without a band. I just suck