South Zone Ducks

[Batsto]

Woodies and a few Mallards. Great morning! It was cold. Avery our new Spaniel Squad member did a nice job this morning. 

[DarthWaderTroj]

I need to change out my shells. I'm pretty sure they are blanks because no way I am shooting this bad. Lol

[Codaboy]

See a lot of birds this morning. The pattern master anaconda laying the smackdown on um.

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[tpr1921]

Nice hunt.

[Batsto]

13 hours ago, Codaboy said:

See a lot of birds this morning. The pattern master anaconda laying the smackdown on um.

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Great spot! Beautiful!!! Makes you feel alive. We had a terrific sunset yesterday. 

[RHolbrook609]

Had a great opener Saturday, need to dial in my shooting a bit but all together an awesome day. Lots of woodies and a pair of black ducks. We wound up dropping 7 but only was able to retrieve 5. 4 woodies and 1 black duck out in the pines. 

[DarthWaderTroj]

I feel like this is me hunting ducks this year. After hours of not seeing any ducks I reach down to drink my coffee when 2 wood ducks come screaming out from behind me at Mach 2 and are out of range before I can fire a shot.

[mazzgolf]

We watched just as many beavers this morning as we did ducks.

Me and a buddy and his dog walked to a spot I found last year that was loaded with wood ducks. I get to a trail that used to be just ankle deep with water, and it's hip deep now.  Huh, weird, I thought. Where'd all the water come from? We get closer to the spot and we hear loud thumping on the water - beaver telling us we are trespassing and to go away. I look around and I see all the work these guys put into this spot over the past year making a little slice of heaven for themselves. Lots of small tree stumps and plenty of debris damming up the water.

We saw 4 wood ducks and probably that many beavers this morning lol

I was telling my friend, "This is why I love hunting. Even though we aren't seeing any ducks, how many people can say they heard beavers chomping on wood before daybreak and watching them swim and splash?" So it wasn't a totally lost morning. Beavers are cool creatures.

[Batsto]

14 hours ago, mazzgolf said:

We watched just as many beavers this morning as we did ducks.

Me and a buddy and his dog walked to a spot I found last year that was loaded with wood ducks. I get to a trail that used to be just ankle deep with water, and it's hip deep now.  Huh, weird, I thought. Where'd all the water come from? We get closer to the spot and we hear loud thumping on the water - beaver telling us we are trespassing and to go away. I look around and I see all the work these guys put into this spot over the past year making a little slice of heaven for themselves. Lots of small tree stumps and plenty of debris damming up the water.

We saw 4 wood ducks and probably that many beavers this morning lol

I was telling my friend, "This is why I love hunting. Even though we aren't seeing any ducks, how many people can say they heard beavers chomping on wood before daybreak and watching them swim and splash?" So it wasn't a totally lost morning. Beavers are cool creatures.

We also hunt a flooded timber area. My old basketball ankles find the hike in entertaining. Beavers are amazing engineers. Woodies love those beaver ponds. Our problem is sneaking in with minimal noise. 

Edited October 27, 2022 by Batsto

[jerseyducker]

Nice set up- good hunt

 

[hunterbob1]

Nice anyone going November

[Batsto]

6 hours ago, hunterbob1 said:

Nice anyone going November

Went out yesterday. Black Ducks back in Piney Bogs. 

[RHolbrook609]

Thanksgiving morning in the pines…. Lots of ducks flying. 

[JD48]

12 minutes ago, RHolbrook609 said:

Thanksgiving morning in the pines…. Lots of ducks flying. 

Nice going

[rgw]

Looks like a fun hunt, congratulations