"This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." John 15:12
"Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord." Hebrews 12:14
You can shoot them if you want... it doesn't bother me. It's not hunting though. Others can maybe lie to themselves, but I'm not buying it. I'm fully against in every aspect though of releasing ducks.
People can sit in a tame pond all they want, entertain customers, take pics, and post them on social media.. but we are different. I will die on that hill.
- "My dad used to tell me that nothing good happens when you take your AR to an out of town riot. Or maybe it was that nothing good happens after 1:00 in the morning. I can't remember any more." - Wob
- "Any thought of romance went out the window when I saw the Ohio plates" - Squirrel Master
Any late bloomers, or has everybody been doing this for a long time?
- "My dad used to tell me that nothing good happens when you take your AR to an out of town riot. Or maybe it was that nothing good happens after 1:00 in the morning. I can't remember any more." - Wob
- "Any thought of romance went out the window when I saw the Ohio plates" - Squirrel Master
Watched my 2 year old black lab stick his head under water 4-5 times at least chasing a diving summer duck who came in feet down this morning. It made me smile to see him stick with it.
Also according to Ramsey Russell you can duck hunt year round as well so don’t send more idiots to the golf course please
It wasn't my choice. Some neuron misfired in my brain when I killed my second duck, a blue-winged teal. I even felt it - like a tiny rubberband snapped. I felt a neuron pop when I saw a sophomore in high school when I was a junior - that was 1980...I'm still with her. I just made her a venison stew. Love at first sight is real. I felt the same thing when Stafford Feigen brought a Browning Superposed to a Christmas eve deer drive. It's not religious...it's very biological but life changing.
Ephesians 2 : 8-9
Charles Barkley: Nobody doesn't like meat.
Man and other animals were first vegetarians; then Noah and his sons were given permission to eat meat: “every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you” Genesis 9:3
"A man may not care for golf and still be human, but the man who does not like to see, hunt, photograph or otherwise outwit birds or animals is hardly normal. He is supercivilized, and I for one do not know how to deal with him." Aldo Leopold
Duck hunting combines so many of the things that I like into one package. Boats, water, dogs, guns, brand new days coming to life, stories, and the overall challenge of trying to outwit a pretty smart creature.
I can also duck hunt with people or without. Matters not to me…
Much rather hunt with people.
Mallards and blacks are the finest game on the planet.
I'm talking about the ducks bart.
Here's what great about ducks. We anticipate. We anticipate weather patterns elsewhere. We anticipate what those weather patterns will do for our local area. We anticipate local weather. We anticipate ducks doing certain thing with local weather and tides. Then we go forth with extremely high anticipation.
In the negative temps east for 2000 miles. Snow piled up high.
I anticipated a certain spot will be magic at 2pm. Called in an extra buddy because I knew I was right.
Here's the result. The absolute perfect 3 man limit in 2 hours with us taking turns shooting. This is why we love duck hunting.
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Disgusting
It is the anticipation, the tease of a pintail flirting with you while never knowing if it is the last pass.
Either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.
If I had to sum it up in a word it would be "lust".
Anticipation contemplates a result.
I can't count how many times I blamed too much anticipation on a bust.
DILLIGAF
Many thing scoring the touchdown is what makes the game of football. It is not.
Third down is what makes you watch it.
Either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.
I'm an extrovert.. the social aspect is one of my favorite parts. I can be working a flock of mallards or teal or wigeon and be talking to the fella next to me between notes.
In between flocks we can have full on conversations and I don't have to be concerned with what detergent I washed my clothes in. And when they arrive feet down cupped up, that's what is all about. Taking a pintail on public water is a helluva accomplishment. I just love being on the water.
The boat ride, the prep the evening before, it's all part of the hunt.
I've virtually given up deer hunting. Nothing else moves the needle like the ducks.
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Delta in a nutshell: Breeding grounds + small wetlands + big blocks of grass cover + predator removal + nesting structures + enough money to do the job= plenty of ducks to keep everyone smiling!
"For those that will fight for it...FREEDOM...has a flavor the protected shall never know."
-L/Cpl Edwin L. "Tim" Craft
Give yourself some credit and at least call it a little smokie
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