10-05-2003, 04:36 PM
It was a tough day for us. We set up about twenty dozen decoys, and sat and waited. Then we waited some more. Did a lot of waiting in fact.
In the end, after being in the marsh from 5:00 am - 7:45 pm. we had ten ducks to show for our efforts. Wigeon, mallard, and teal.
What a tough hunt. Several times we had geese locked up and coming to us, but a couple hundred yards out, they turned and landed out side us.
This has by far been my worst opener yet. Heck, even years ago when I sunk my first duck boat I had a better hunt than this years opener.
Speaking of duck boats, anyone noticed that everyone seems to have one these days? I remember back when we bought our first mudbuddy. It was the original frame and prop, they werent built high quality back then, but they werent as common back then. You would see one or two others is all.
These days everyone has a 25 hp mud engine, 16 ft duck boat, and of course the trendiest of trends, wingspinners.
Makes you wonder as our world of technology works its way into our hunting, will the ducks pick up on it all real quick? Will they learn to recognize boat blinds and wingspinners at a glance?
Makes me think its time to find a fresh new method, outside the trends we are growing toward, and see if it cant produce more birds, and a higher quality hunting expirience.
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In the end, after being in the marsh from 5:00 am - 7:45 pm. we had ten ducks to show for our efforts. Wigeon, mallard, and teal.
What a tough hunt. Several times we had geese locked up and coming to us, but a couple hundred yards out, they turned and landed out side us.
This has by far been my worst opener yet. Heck, even years ago when I sunk my first duck boat I had a better hunt than this years opener.
Speaking of duck boats, anyone noticed that everyone seems to have one these days? I remember back when we bought our first mudbuddy. It was the original frame and prop, they werent built high quality back then, but they werent as common back then. You would see one or two others is all.
These days everyone has a 25 hp mud engine, 16 ft duck boat, and of course the trendiest of trends, wingspinners.
Makes you wonder as our world of technology works its way into our hunting, will the ducks pick up on it all real quick? Will they learn to recognize boat blinds and wingspinners at a glance?
Makes me think its time to find a fresh new method, outside the trends we are growing toward, and see if it cant produce more birds, and a higher quality hunting expirience.
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