Carolina duck hunters

**Duckhunter1648** · 11-02-2009, 06:53 PM

I dont think im the best. i kill ducks every year but have never been a rubberhead. i stay away from the crowds and call my ducks into the decoys! i take pride in what i hunt not what i kill!!!!

**turfgrass** · 11-02-2009, 07:11 PM

lack of punctuation may result in a run-on sentence

**cajunwannabe** · 11-02-2009, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by Sportin' Woodies

in my experience, those who use the word "rubberhead" are "rubberheads"

You don't say.....do tell.

**BRR** · 11-02-2009, 09:29 PM

97% of south carolina "duck hunters" couldn't call a wild mallard if there life depended on it. In most duck hunting stories you will hear from the young frat boy duck hunter, you will hear the line, man we had some ducks working but they wouldn't quite commit so we had to shoot or the guys next to us would have. When duck hunting became "cool" the quality of the hunters went down and so did the hunting.

**ndbrown213** · 11-02-2009, 09:36 PM

I am in that 97% but the difference with me is I do it on my own property. I can learn without affecting another hunter's hunting experience.

**BOGSTER** · 11-02-2009, 09:40 PM

If you hunt in areas with little traffic or during the week you dont have to worry about other folks so much.

**beanhunter** · 11-02-2009, 10:03 PM

people who know me know I go to the extreme. I watch birds not jump them, put in countless hours of scouting, planting and blind building. There are some people who learned the right way and those who didn't. the ones that know are in an elite group, but my knowledge and experience is not going to be divulged across the net or to some kid who likes to blow more smoke with his mouth than with the end of his gun. killing ducks in sc isn't impossible but the few who are consistent put in the work.

**mohill** · 11-03-2009, 08:32 AM

Beanhunter: Sounds like you work hard at it and want to protect your spots from dumbasses, but how do you expect younger generations to learn the ways of the sport if you don't teach them. I am not saying give them your spot by any means, but ethics of duck hunting could definitely be taught without giving up coordinates of your spot. My feeling is that if you(not you in particular, but everyone who complains) have a problem with dumbass hunters who go in their daddy's boat boat and have no clue what to do, then you(not you in particular again) should try and spread knowledge to prevent this.

Just my thoughts.

**BigToad** · 11-03-2009, 09:34 AM

Where's my shirt???? Been through this topic enough times to make it seem pointless. We are all greedy bastards and aint gonna help another hunter do anything..... Stop lying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Moatsy** · 11-03-2009, 09:58 AM

True... but besides that, there's so much bullshit on the "hunting" shows it is very difficult to teach anyone anything other than that crap.

**buckpro** · 11-03-2009, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by mohill

Beanhunter: Sounds like you work hard at it and want to protect your spots from dumbasses, but how do you expect younger generations to learn the ways of the sport if you don't teach them. I am not saying give them your spot by any means, but ethics of duck hunting could definitely be taught without giving up coordinates of your spot. My feeling is that if you(not you in particular, but everyone who complains) have a problem with dumbass hunters who go in their daddy's boat boat and have no clue what to do, then you(not you in particular again) should try and spread knowledge to prevent this.

Just my thoughts.

I gave up on helping dumbasses when i pulled up to the landing to pick my dad up last year a HOUR before shooting light(we were hunting a private pond) and there are two groups at the landing putting in. I speak accordingly, they ask were i'm from. Told them "here" and one group is from charlotte and the other is from 96.
Then one guy says something like, "i heard there are alot of birds around here, especially in the ponds, are those pond up river or down river"
That right there cut off my willingness to help. I sent him up river.

**beanhunter** · 11-03-2009, 04:36 PM

Over the past couple years I have introduced duck hunting to several newcomers to the sport. I have taught them pretty well I think and will continue to do so .i just like to pick and choose who I take that wants to get involved in the sport.

**BOGSTER** · 11-03-2009, 06:27 PM

buckpro, why were you picking someone up at a public landing for a private hunt?

**BRR** · 11-03-2009, 07:15 PM

Most of the young people duck hunting in south carolina need more than help, they need to be taken out behind the woodshed to get a good beating.

**SC Mocker1313** · 11-17-2009, 09:45 AM

haha if that's what you're thinking, you definitely need to step back. the only reason those smart birds get killed is bc of the dumbass rubberhead (that set up 50 yards down wind from you, 10 minutes after surise) spooked them your way....