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    Default My last season in California

    Hey guys. I haven't been posting pics much this duck season but now that the season is over for me here's a collection of pics. The wigeon were insanely thick this year with flocks of several hundred to several thousand taking up residence in some of the areas that I hunt regularly. The tournament fishing season kept me out of commission with respect to duck hunting until Christmas break got here. That's when my 15 year old step son flew out from South Carolina and gave me some motivation to hit the marsh. As always the pirogues were the key to our hunting success and we hid them in the same small natural brush blinds that many of you have seen in my pics from the past. We mashed them pretty good all season with only one hunt that didn't yield a limit. I made 10 hunts this year and we managed to put 90 birds on the water. Finished up the year yesterday with my wife for another 14 birds including the first canvasbacks of the season. The ponds I hunt were VERY shallow this year and the cans just wouldn't come into them until the recent rains brought the levels up.

    The highlight of my season was hunting with my 15 year old who for an entire week kept joking that we were going to shoot a Eurasian wigeon and it actually happened! First bird of the morning shooting my new Beretta A300 Outlander and it turned out to be a Eurasian drake! Definitely one for the wall!

























    It'll be back to good ole South Carolina duck hunting next season as the Coast Guard is sending me home to Charleston for the next two years. I'm just hoping the boat they are sending me too will actually be in home port during the season so I have a chance to get out a few times.
    Last edited by Ring King; 01-25-2018 at 05:55 PM.
    Living in Moncks Corner but looking forward to moving back to the West Coast in 2020 where there are more ducks and less duck hunters!! LOL

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    Awesome!

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    Looks like some great hunts! Beautiful birds.

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    Awesome hunts.

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    Nice birds. What are the water depths that you notice canvasbacks start to work the ponds more?
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    Good stuff as always RK! Congrats on the Eurasian!
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    That's awesome as can be!
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    Good stuff Ring King. What few ducks we have in SC are happy you are in Cali.

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    as always- Awesome- I know you will hate to leave the hunting and fishing out there but come on home to Pimlico and shoot some coots

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    Good stuff Rk! Question.....do you have a trick for stabilizing a pirogue for hunting? One that doesn’t have spud holes.....


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    Awesome

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    You've got one life. Blaze on!

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    Quote Originally Posted by FBT View Post
    Good stuff Rk! Question.....do you have a trick for stabilizing a pirogue for hunting? One that doesn’t have spud holes.....


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    Work well done!!

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    Ring King I would have to say that since I have been on this site, you have probably consistently had the best pictures and stories on here. Very nice.

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    Very nice!
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    Wow!

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    right the hell on!
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    Great job!!


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    Nice Very Nice
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