Waterfowl, let’s see them!

[JShane]

queue Waylon.

 

[corndog1]

 

[wihunter12]

Few pics from last week's trip

 

[Sask hunter]

 

[huntin24/7]

Snuck in one last shoot before the big freeze. It was an epic water shoot with ducks landing in the decoys 10 yards from shore. Even bring fussy and only shooting drakes it was a very short hunt.

 

[Nick87]

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It doesn't get any better than that. Greenheads in the snow.

 

[JShane]

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Outstanding photo of a great hunt.

 

[corndog1]

A fun hunt in the sun. Hope we get another cold spell to bring in more birds.

 

[MN_Bowhunter4]

Skunked for the second morning in a row. Just not much flying these last few days. Tough to beat this though.

 

[corndog1]

Three generations shooting the green this morning

 

[jrabq]

Season has started real slow but finally had a good morning. Weak cold front might have brought in a few new ducks, but there still weren't big numbers, they just decoyed well and I shot well.

 

[huntin24/7]

I found one small pocket of open water with birds in our area this last weekend and threw a few dekes out. I had the kids in my layout blind, but with little cover, my dog and youngest son spooked most of the flocks. Lol. Still had a great time and finally got a mature goldeneye that I’d been wanting for many years.

 

[Nick87]

I found one small pocket of open water with birds in our area this last weekend and threw a few dekes out. I had the kids in my layout blind, but with little cover, my dog and youngest son spooked most of the flocks. Lol. Still had a great time and finally got a mature goldeneye that I’d been wanting for many years. View attachment 301059

Good stuff.

 

[jrabq]

Very similar bag today, but with a Mexican duck drake, and I think the hen is also a Mexican duck or mallard hybrid. Most birds I've seen all year, decoyed a couple of flocks of mallards and several flocks of teal. No idea how long the hot streak will last, it often shuts off instantly.



I've showed pics like this before, highlighting the difference in speculum color for a mallard (violet-blue) vs Mexican duck (turquoise-ish, or blue-green). Very apparent on this duck as it looks like a pure specimen.

 

[Doublecluck]

Figured it was just another day of stupid Canadas and green heads until this little blessing came in. You got no idea how us southern boys in the north get excited over one of these. A hen too, what a day.

 

[Keep on]

Some days you just take what's flying.

 

[Sask hunter]

Some days you just take what's flying.
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They sure are pretty

 

[Letthemgrow]

Big range in sizes

 

[corndog1]

seeing fewer and fewer each day but I heard new birds starting to trickle in.

 

[smw110136]

Been goose hunting four times so far this fall and have killed two bands. One was a local honker (not too unusual), but the other was native of Canada.