2022-2023 Waterfowl Pics Thread

[JShane]

ill see your banded pintail and raise you drake woodies. Yeah I know you still win.

 

[SO7mm]

Great photo and some nice looking birds. I'm a little surprised a the neoprene waders in that part of the country. I gave up on them a long time ago here because of sweat.

 

[JShane]

Next pair is breathable I'm just wearing these out first and it's taking a while to get there.

 

[Nick87]

Next pair is breathable I'm just wearing these out first and it's taking a while to get there.

Give them to me for 15 min ill have them leaking like a boat on the three stooges.

 

[Irrelevant]

Give them to me for 15 min ill have them leaking like a boat on the three stooges.

I've never had a pair of waders, any kind or price, that didn't leak. And hiking into spots is SOOO much better is breathables. Though I've also gone to putting my waders in my decoy bag for the hike in. The boots always suck so bad for my skinny feet.

 

[NoBadP17]

This is our floating blind in a flooded island on the Sacramento/San Juaquin delta. It's public water and for being just on the edge of the SF bay area we're very fortunate to have it. A combination of hugely reduced rice crops in the Sacramento valley and favorable weather have helped us have a great year so far with more weather in the forecast. Three man limit today with the first banded Pintail any of us have gotten. At least a five year old bird from the report.
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I know Frank's Tract when I see it.....

 

[Moserkr]

Fun mixed bag today. 3 guys, 4 hours. 9 teal, 1 widgeon, 1 bull sprig, 7 spoonies, 5 snows.

 

[Nick87]

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Fun mixed bag today. 3 guys, 4 hours. 9 teal, 1 widgeon, 1 bull sprig, 7 spoonies, 5 snows.

Green wings are underrated.

 

[Moserkr]

Green wings are underrated.

Absolutely!! Young friends showed me a new trick on them today. Pluck and cut off the breast and leg, but keep them attached together with skin and fat. Have some plans for them…. We were all stoked to shoot the teal, its one of my favorite birds, and theirs too.

Snows and spoons will be made into sausage.

 

[Nick87]

Snows and spoons will be made into sausage.

Who's the poor bastard that gets the sausage ? Lol

 

[SO7mm]

I know Frank's Tract when I see it.....

Not quite.

 

[Moserkr]

Whoa the poor bastard that gets the sausage ? Lol

So the young friends are ages 14 and 17. Boys to me but they are already young men and the older one is a bigger than me lol. They have a great recipe and make some amazing sausage out of them. Im picky with ducks - wont eat a snow or spoon ever normally, but shoot them to even the population out. We ate a bunch of last years sausage during bow season on the mtn this year. So the poor bastards… are us.

 

[WildWill]

Got a couple hours to myself yesterday morning managed to get a few gady's down.

 

[WildWill]

Took a little walk on my property mid day. I have a 5-6 acre reservoir and 2 small stock ponds. There were a few ducks on the reservoir but it's near impossible to sneak up on way to open especially with how low it currently is. But managed to jump shoot this loner of the stock pond right behind the house.

 

[Nick87]

Its been a good season. We managed 10 hunts on this field. Too bad the videos wont load
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Jesus H! I was just looking at that picture a little more (this time with my pants around my waste) look at how many drakes are in there.

 

[Mica Man]

Couple good days hunting birds with my brother in law. One day to see the old year out. And the other to see the new year in.

 

[WestKyHunt]

 

[glass eye]

A double retrieve.

 

[7mm08mo]

Good day with my 3 sons.

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Bomber of a hunt the other day!
Matt