Attn: Waterfowl fanatics!

[Nick87]

Gonna post this over on the meme thread but thought it should go here as well.

 

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

Yeah, spinners are frustrating. By January the birds have seen them so many times they have figured out the game. I'm trying to think of a way to hide mine a bit so the birds just get a little flash but not that obvious stationary look they normally get. And I think they flare birds even when turned off. But to hide mine I'd have to put it in the treeline which may not look realistic. Although maybe they don't see that enough to be suspicious?

Or maybe try the flock a flicker which is a little more subtle and random? Idk, not sure I want to deal with electronic stuff anymore.

We've noticed they flare birds here too. Can't use them until Dec 1 and by Christmas they've seen every spinner from WA, OR and nor cal before they get our way. Going to work that jerk string

 

[WestKyHunt]

I would maybe hold onto one spinner. That first 20 to30 minutes of legal shooting they payoff. Especially for wood ducks. Just my .02 I put them out and thirty minutes in or so I pull em.

I've tried this tactic and it didn't seem to make much of a difference

Sounds far fetched maybe ask if you can hunt em. You might be surprised. Your already not hunting there so you wont be out anything if they say no.

It's more of they're next to roads or there are no shooting lanes.
Now closer to the Mississippi it might be different but they aren't on the public over there very much and all the private has duck clubs on it.
I'm sure there are some somewhere that you might could get permission but it'd be a once and done hunt.

Canada's just don't make it down into my part of the state much anymore. In the 80's and before that is all there was (with almost no ducks to speak of).
Flyways change over time, and so does opportunity

 

[Nick87]

Worth a watch

 

[Deleted member 38069]

Worth a watch

Not a great year to hope for a drake pintail!

 

[Deleted member 38069]

Just found out C&S calls are made 20 miles from me. So I’m trying their calls this fall.

 

[Nemont]

I am praying for snow after a dry winter and a very bad drought. Snow is the greatest equalizer for field hunting mallards and geese.

 

[Nick87]

I am praying for snow after a dry winter and a very bad drought. Snow is the greatest equalizer for field hunting mallards and geese.

There is nothing better than hunting them in a snow storm imo. We usually dont see snow til Thanksgiving at the earliest mid december is the norm. 2 years ago we got pounded out of nowhere on Halloween. It was lights out hunting in that storm. See if you can spot the band.

 

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

Anyone have any experience with higdon pulsator or battleship decoys? Thinking of adding one to get more movement in the spread but have seen mixed reviews

 

[Nick87]

The splasher/pulsator is ok if it's shallow small water. The mojo pulsators are garbage. Wont make much movement but will make the water move a little around it. If it were me I'd save the money. Jerk rig is cheaper and makes more movement. If I could just keep the dog out of it.

 

[Nick87]

Lots of hens in that pic but visibility was horrible and everyone was excited.

 

[Deleted member 38069]

Lots of hens in that pic but visibility was horrible and everyone was excited.

You guys cleaned up

 

[WestKyHunt]

Lots of hens in that pic but visibility was horrible and everyone was excited.

Lady killers, the bunch of ya!

Looks like a great shoot. Wish we had field hunt like that here

 

[Nick87]

Lady killers, the bunch of ya!

Looks like a great shoot. Wish we had field hunt like that here

That was a big water hunt actually.

 

[WestKyHunt]

That was a big water hunt actually.

Oh, noice

 

[JShane]

That was a big water hunt @nick87 says, bunch of hens in the bag @nick87 says. May you get a warming trend and alligators migrate north.

 

[Nick87]

That was a big water hunt @nick87 says, bunch of hens in the bag @nick87 says. May you get a warming trend and alligators migrate north.

All three boys got a an ar-15 for christmas last year. Were ready.

 

[JShane]

In light of the spirit of this thread, with the word out of the nesting grounds beginning to leak out that this may be a down year. How might that change your plans for trying anything new? @BoomerUSAF my apologies if this is a derailment.

 

[WestKyHunt]

In light of the spirit of this thread, with the word out of the nesting grounds beginning to leak out that this may be a down year. How might that change your plans for trying anything new? @BoomerUSAF my apologies if this is a derailment.

I'd say it has changed mine quite a bit.
My buddy and I were planning to buy IL licenses and hunting the southern part of the state on the weekends. Now I don't think it will be worth spending the money.
I waste enough dough hunting KY!

 

[Nick87]

In light of the spirit of this thread, with the word out of the nesting grounds beginning to leak out that this may be a down year. How might that change your plans for trying anything new? @BoomerUSAF my apologies if this is a derailment.

Wont change nothing for me.