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[2thDoc]

That doesnt change my mind that this state provides poor waterfowl hunting opportunity.

well then....leave.

you're wrong. you just are. so is anyone that says what you just said. its ok. much like people from hollywood, I dont expect you to actually leave.
but to continue to support something that is false makes no sense to me. it just takes a LOT of work to kill ducks here. it aint the ducks' fault.

[MolliesMaster]

it just takes a LOT of work to kill ducks here.

What do you think "poor waterfowl hunting opportunity" means?

I mean, dadgum, just when I think you can't get any more ridiculous.

[Buckin Bronco]

Opportunity: a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.

Please tell me how the state has created a set of circumstances that have prohibited me from duck hunting?

I know how I prohibit myself but it’s not because of the state.

[12341234]

Opportunity: a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.

Please tell me how the state has created a set of circumstances that have prohibited me from duck hunting?

I know how I prohibit myself but it’s not because of the state.

Killing off all the grass in the lakes and rivers would be one. Miss management of wmas would be another.

[willyworm]

I know hydrilla wreaked havoc in certain aspects of management of the Santee Cooperv lakes, but dadgum if the hunting wasn't good. That's when I cut my teeth on waterfowl hunting. Mallards, divers, wigeon, teal, everything under the sun was here. Then they declared war on it and hunting hasn't been the same since.

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[pluffmudder]

well then....leave.

you're wrong. you just are. so is anyone that says what you just said. its ok. much like people from hollywood, I dont expect you to actually leave.
but to continue to support something that is false makes no sense to me. it just takes a LOT of work to kill ducks here. it aint the ducks' fault.

No sir. Youre wrong. Getting your panties in a wad about me disagreeing with you also doesnt make you right. Waterfowl hunting here is trash. I know what good waterfowl hunting is and is not.

Also, telling me to leave is a stupid thing to suggest. My life decisions cant revolve around the quality of duck hunting where I live. If it could, I wouldnt be here obviously. That doesnt mean that I cant think waterfowl opportunity in SC sucks.

Also, no one is waiting around to be GIVEN a duck hunt. Yall are being difficult for no reason.

[Relentlous]

well then....leave.

you're wrong. you just are. so is anyone that says what you just said. its ok. much like people from hollywood, I dont expect you to actually leave.
but to continue to support something that is false makes no sense to me. it just takes a LOT of work to kill ducks here. it aint the ducks' fault.

I love hunting here. I’d rather than anywhere else because it isn’t always easy. It’s actually harder now that my boys are in tow. And by hard time mean listening to them argue with each other because everything is a competition with them. It’s exhausting honestly! I’m really to hard on them though. I got into it with my 9 year old on youth day because we had 5 pintails try to commit suicide on us 4 circles and gave them a 20-25 yard shot just wouldn’t sit. I had my oldest gun torn apart in my hands standing in the marsh all pissed off because his gun jammed . I told the kid kill that drake! He didn’t move on him and we were busted. Little prick looked at me and said “ He’s too far! I ain’t no sky buster!” I said son I saw him blink they don’t have to land first every time. I may have PG this story up a little I’m not proud of it. They are my best friends but I’ll never tell them that. I value my time with them but they know I take every thing we do serious and I never was one to hold their hand through. I’m not the dad that hooks the fish and passes the rod. I’m the one that says hook your own fish kid. But they are the most impressive 9 and 11 year old I’ve seen shooting birds and extremely cautious and safe. I can say I’m proud of that.

[2thDoc]

No sir. Youre wrong. Getting your panties in a wad about me disagreeing with you also doesnt make you right. Waterfowl hunting here is trash. I know what good waterfowl hunting is and is not.

Also, telling me to leave is a stupid thing to suggest. My life decisions cant revolve around the quality of duck hunting where I live. If it could, I wouldnt be here obviously. That doesnt mean that I cant think waterfowl opportunity in SC sucks.

Also, no one is waiting around to be GIVEN a duck hunt. Yall are being difficult for no reason.

i have no wadded panties.
you said "poor waterfowling opportunities"
I said "you're wrong" and I had proof.

Let's not pretend like that's me being pissed off. I was just posing an alternative hypothesis.

[Black Bart]

Ain't nothing wrong with any of that.

[Black Bart]

@Relentlous

[2thDoc]

No sir. Youre wrong. Getting your panties in a wad about me disagreeing with you also doesnt make you right. Waterfowl hunting here is trash. I know what good waterfowl hunting is and is not.

Also, telling me to leave is a stupid thing to suggest. My life decisions cant revolve around the quality of duck hunting where I live. If it could, I wouldnt be here obviously. That doesnt mean that I cant think waterfowl opportunity in SC sucks.

Also, no one is waiting around to be GIVEN a duck hunt. Yall are being difficult for no reason.

ugh. i;m not actually telling you to leave. you realize that, right?
I'm just telling you that ducks can be killed here with some work.

[darealdeal]

There are not a lot of ducks being posted in the opener thread…. Any of you guys from those private ponds with the live decoys not posting up done dead stuff?

[buckpro]

I love hunting here. I’d rather than anywhere else because it isn’t always easy. It’s actually harder now that my boys are in tow. And by hard time mean listening to them argue with each other because everything is a competition with them. It’s exhausting honestly! I’m really to hard on them though. I got into it with my 9 year old on youth day because we had 5 pintails try to commit suicide on us 4 circles and gave them a 20-25 yard shot just wouldn’t sit. I had my oldest gun torn apart in my hands standing in the marsh all pissed off because his gun jammed . I told the kid kill that drake! He didn’t move on him and we were busted. Little prick looked at me and said “ He’s too far! I ain’t no sky buster!” I said son I saw him blink they don’t have to land first every time. I may have PG this story up a little I’m not proud of it. They are my best friends but I’ll never tell them that. I value my time with them but they know I take every thing we do serious and I never was one to hold their hand through. I’m not the dad that hooks the fish and passes the rod. I’m the one that says hook your own fish kid. But they are the most impressive 9 and 11 year old I’ve seen shooting birds and extremely cautious and safe. I can say I’m proud of that.

Couldn't help but laugh at this because I could write the same story with maybe 5 words different. My 9 and 11 y/o have taken a few grown man ass chewing's over ducks. Have I been proud of it, no, usually regret it for a moment but it sure puts them back on track.

[Fish]

well then....leave.

you're wrong. you just are. so is anyone that says what you just said. its ok. much like people from hollywood, I dont expect you to actually leave.
but to continue to support something that is false makes no sense to me. it just takes a LOT of work to kill ducks here. it aint the ducks' fault.

You are full of shit.

[2thDoc]

not this time

[WhitewaterDuck]

I’ve lived in 3 states and duck hunted in 5 states other than SC. I was not in any of those states for the duck hunting. People in those states cared about duck hunting 1000x less than the folks in SC. The duck hunting in each of those states is at minimum 100x better than SC if your goal is killing anything other than woodies. Yes, my scientific methodology on this is a bit crude, but I’ll stick by it. That said, looking back, SC was my favorite place to chase ducks; turns out the challenge and the friends I was hunting with meant more to me than I realized. “Sucks” is very subjective, but y’all keep chunking knives…it’s quite entertaining.

[willyworm]

From my perspective, duck hunting in SC doesn't necessarily suck. What sucks is public access. Public lands in SC is what lacks. IF any of our refuges allow hunting it's on the worst parts of them. The Cat 2s are marginal at best. Our Cat 1s you might get a shot every 5 years.

The Santee Cooper lake system is virtually devoid of useful food sources to many ducks. It's just sad.

I cut my teeth hunting in the 90s when the hydrilla was prevalent. We killed ducks on the regular. Since they declared war, not so much. I'm content these days just shooting a few wood ducks. But damn if the good ole days don't remind me of what can be.

Just seems like if you have money and can afford to plant food, put water on said food to bring the birds in, you're the ones who will have birds. Aside from that you're fighting for the scraps.

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[Catdaddy]

The Santee Cooper lake system is virtually devoid of useful food sources to many ducks. It's just sad.

I cut my teeth hunting in the 90s when the hydrilla was prevalent. We killed ducks on the regular. Since they declared war, not so much.

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There is hydrilla from Jack's creek all the way to the locks on lake Moultrie. It is thick.

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[codeman216]

From my perspective, duck hunting in SC doesn't necessarily suck. What sucks is public access. Public lands in SC is what lacks. IF any of our refuges allow hunting it's on the worst parts of them. The Cat 2s are marginal at best. Our Cat 1s you might get a shot every 5 years.

The Santee Cooper lake system is virtually devoid of useful food sources to many ducks. It's just sad.

I cut my teeth hunting in the 90s when the hydrilla was prevalent. We killed ducks on the regular. Since they declared war, not so much. I'm content these days just shooting a few wood ducks. But damn if the good ole days don't remind me of what can be.

Just seems like if you have money and can afford to plant food, put water on said food to bring the birds in, you're the ones who will have birds. Aside from that you're fighting for the scraps.

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On the last part, those people are also managing for pressure, letting the birds rest more than shooting them or running boats through them. Any birds that do try to go anywhere on Santee get shot at 7 days a week or if they sit down somewhere somebody runs a boat through whether that be a duck hunter or a bass fisherman.


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[TXFowler]

There are not a lot of ducks being posted in the opener thread…. Any of you guys from those private ponds with the live decoys not posting up done dead stuff?

Nobody hardly posts anything on here anymore for fear that it will entice more hunters. I get it but that is a problem. We want to entice our kids to hunt, what’s the difference? 5 million hunters that know what they’re doing and have respect for the resource is better than 1/2 million that don’t know and don’t care. Every day, we’re losing thousands of acres to development that cannot be undone. Agriculture is going to the wayside and natural resources for the birds are seen as invasive. It’s a hard pill to swallow but until ALL of us change, NOTHING gets better.


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