Attn: Waterfowl fanatics!

[Nick87]

But yah the mallards have poured in the last couple days but its been sunny and windless for the most part. I wish season ran about three three weeks later.

 

[Deleted member 38069]

Next year, I’m making my waterfowl season as long as I can. Start early goose in ND, in August to late season in Nebraska. The MN season ending in late November is just straight depressing.

 

[JShane]

Time to give a second thought to Florida. We close January 30th.

 

[Deleted member 38069]

Time to give a second thought to Florida. We close January 30th.

I mean no offense when I write this, Florida wouldn’t feel like duck hunting. I want mallards in snow! Florida has it’s draw but it’s not waterfowl.

 

[OntarioHunter]

Got out Saturday morning for the first time since deer season. Pretty slow but ended up with 3 shovelers. After looking in the gun safe that night, I decided to try and find more shells. Still looking this morning.

Yes, this was NOT the year for Hail Mary shots! I paid $30/box for 12 ga 3" Kent FastSteel #4 in Montana and those were apparently the only two boxes of steel in the state. I called everywhere from Kalispell to Bozeman to Anaconda to Glasgow and no one had anything. Finally an outdoors store in Lewistown pointed me to a little trading post out in the middle of nowhere. I took all they had on the shelf. Another fella at the refuge resorted to Mac's Prairie Wings. Had to take bismuth at $60/box. I'd go shoot trap reloads at sharpies on BMA before paying sixty bucks a box!

 

[JShane]

I mean no offense when I write this, Florida wouldn’t feel like duck hunting. I want mallards in snow! Florida has it’s draw but it’s not waterfowl.

I hear ya. mallards and snow are sure a bucket list item for me. So is extending my season by any means necessary.

 

[OntarioHunter]

Found my shot shell wad while breasting out a mallard tonight, quite the surprise...

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Jeezus! You should have let that one get out there a little further ... or rather a LOT further. Never heard of that before. Wait ... did your steel shot get wet and rust into a ball? Better check your shotgun barrel!

 

[glass eye]

I mean no offense when I write this, Florida wouldn’t feel like duck hunting. I want mallards in snow! Florida has it’s draw but it’s not waterfowl.

I like Florida duck hunting.

 

[glass eye]

"Mestizo"
Mexican/Mallard hybrid

 

[JShane]

I did tell @glass eye to do it again didn't I.

 

[JShane]

I like Florida duck hunting.
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Props on the fulvous. You were in south Florida on that hunt. Digging the kayak too.

 

[jrabq]

Time to give a second thought to Florida. We close January 30th.

Got you beat by one day, New Mexico now closes on Jan. 31, no matter what day of the week.

 

[JShane]

Got you beat by one day, ours now closes on Jan. 31, no matter what day of the week.

Thats good stuff.

 

[OntarioHunter]

I hear ya. mallards and snow are sure a bucket list item for me. So is extending my season by any means necessary.

You better put blue goose on that list. By far the prettiest of North American geese.

 

[Sask hunter]

One of my most memorable goose hunts

 

[WestKyHunt]

 

[OntarioHunter]

One of my most memorable goose hunts
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I knew you were something special ... but walking on water? Wow. Puts me to shame. And that's saying something! Actually ... says an awful lot.

 

[Sask hunter]

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I had a fox or dog or something steal a goose carcass from beside my garage before it could go to the coyote bait pile. Of course took it to the neighbours yard before devouring it before leaving the wings head and an embarrassing amount of feathers in his yard lol

 

[seeth07]

One of my most memorable goose hunts
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My spot for the am looks kinda similar! Went in this morning and broke it a bit open and tonight geese were already piling in. CANT WAIT FOR THE AM!!!!

 

[Doublecluck]

Hunting this field Monday