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  1. jrabq

    Anyone know this Nick?

    Looking over some old photos and this one made me laugh, again. From 2007 during archery elk season in southern CO, near a a relatively popular campsite. Nick's friends went to a lot of trouble razing him, but maybe he deserved it.
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    DU article -- Cheeseheads expload!

    Saw an article about the Minnesota portion of the prairie pothole region in the latest issue of Ducks Unlimited. The map was rather funny looking, the entire state of Wisconsin just vanished! Sort of hard to think it was an innocent mistake, given Minnesota was the focus of the article. What do...
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    Women can be funny sometimes.

    Not ha-ha funny, more like they don't make sense. She actually said "Why did you need another boat?". There's only 7 at the camp, and one is my brother's so that doesn't count. And just 6 more at the house, how is this an issue? [Correction, there's actually 7 at my house]
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    "Domestic" mallard?

    If you hunt waterfowl you might get asked to participate in a parts collection program where you send in a wing of every duck you shoot. After the season they will send you a summary, this year it had one surprise, saying I shot a "domestic" mallard :) . I dug up the photo from that day, I'm...
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    Walleye in New Mexico

    Can be good late April thru early June when I can catch them in relatively shallow water on crankbaits. This year has started out a bit slow but the quality has been better than average. May 3, only 2 walleye and a bass but caught my personal best; 27" and 5-3/4 lbs. Walleye cheeks from...
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    Some after season waterfowl pics.

    Was mostly wasting time in southern NM, ended up taking some pictures, some have seen these but thought I'd share. Just using a point-and-shoot, but it does have a 30x optical zoom. Then the photos were cropped about 50%. Would have been nice to have real camera.
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    Long tough day, good finish (long story)

    Saturday, Jan. 29, 3 days left in duck season 2021-22. With season winding down I'll post a wordy/detailed hunt report. River has been slow lately, so I went to the "pintail" spot, which is a much longer drive, then requires a 30+ minute paddle. Main goal was actually mallards, I needed 4...
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    Oh, what a beautiful mornin'

    Oh, what a beautiful day, Big flocks of mallards and pin-tails, Every thing's goin' my way. Even better, I'm in New Mexico, not Oklahoma. Actually, the morning started out sorta sucky, overcast with a light drizzle, not your typical New Mexico weather. There were a few ducks around, shot 1...
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    Yay, my family is not going to starve this winter!

    It was looking bleak in September, my Utah elk hunt was a bust. The freezer was nearly empty, a few ducks and a goose from last year, half a turkey, one antelope roast, a few pounds of mixed ground meat, and some fish. My daughter kept asking for elk meat. My role as provider for the family...
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    Mixed pair of "mallards"

    Opening day in south zone of New Mexico was frustrating due to poor shooting and some mental glitches (becoming more frequent with age), but got this interesting combo. Last year I shot a banded Mexican duck drake and several greenheads, today I shot a banded mallard drake and a Mexican duck...
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    Fun times on the Texas coast

    It's been a family tradition since I was a kid to rent a beach house on Galveston Island in the summer. About 20 years ago I learned that when the conditions are right you can catch speckled trout by just wade fishing in the surf, and they will often hit topwater, which is my favorite kind of...
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    Facebook is trying to get me killed 😠

    Either she or my wife would do it. How does the Facebook algorithm decide she might be someone I know? I assure you I haven't been looking up Gym memberships 😅
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    Shot a Mexican Bandit!

    Well, actually a banded Mexican..........duck. 😁 Had a good day obviously, was trying to shoot drakes only but the fog (unusual here) made it tough. 3rd duck was out of a flock of about 8 mallards, i thought I shot a greenhead going mostly on relative size. When it hit the dirt 10 yards away I...
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    Finally finding some birds

    It's been probably the slowest mid- and late-duck-season I've had in the last 25 years, at least at my #1 and #2 spots. Several days I was only seeing 5 or 6 ducks a trip at my #1 spot, very discouraging. Not unusual to have a few slow days here and there in January, but this slump has been...
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    Is this a trophy caliber Norway?

    Trophy or not, he was a wily old rat. Took several tries before "Victor" got it done. I would have let him walk if he had not set up house in my attic.😠
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    Damn it's hot, but fishing has been good!

    The monsoon has been absent and we just had a stretch of 100+ degree heat in NM, miserable. Despite the heat fishing has been surprisingly good at my favorite lake. I normally don't do much fishing in July, but our idiot governor had most of the lakes shut down in May so I got a late start (we...
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    Surprise in the fog!

    We don't get much fog around here, and it usually results in a lousy hunt. So I was not happy this morning when I got to the foggy river, it was not in the forecast. Really wasn't expecting anything until the fog lifted and I was not being particularly vigilant. So it was dumb luck that I...
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    Mixed bag of ducks

    Haven't shot a pintail all year so went to the "pintail" spot which is a much further drive. Got the pintail and a mallard early, then was hoping to fill out limit on greenheads. But mallards were sparse, got one more, waited a couple more hours, then filled out limit on whatever came by...
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    I knew her time was near....

    …..but I can't believe she's gone. My best friend Ziba died yesterday, Thanksgiving Day. She got out of her bed and then fell over, unable to walk but holding her head up. After a while she started having seizures and I got her moved downstairs in preparation for the next step. The phone...
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    NM Bass/Walleye limit

    Normally May is the best month in New Mexico for the type of fishing I like to do, but it was mostly mediocre this year. Perhaps it was the cooler weather, or extended runoff, but early to mid-June was actually much better for me, here's a pic from last week where I got the bass & walleye limit...
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