Moosie
Grand poopa
Story at lunch ... MAybe a picture or two also <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">
DUCKS DOWN !!!!!! KABOOM... (PICS)
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Moosie
Grand poopa
With the weather coming in I needed to get out. Having no luck deer or elk "yet" something had to drop ~SMILE~.
I woke up to a bit of rain and thought “PERFECT”. It was my first trip out by myself to this new spot I got permission to hunt. I’ll have pics of the location later in the year. I drug ALL my Decoys out not knowing what I wanted to do Exactly. 3+ dozen Geese Decoys and 11 duck decoys.. One duck decoy got lost somewhere, I think A kid of mine took it.
Anyways, 2 trips out back and forth from the truck and I layed out 1 dozen Goose Magnums. I started laying out the duck spread and It was already legal shooting time. I had a hen Malard fly in and hover almost waiting for me to leave. Funny that I didn’t have my gun with me. I decided not to set up the other 2 dozen decoys and got back to the blind. 3 mins passed and the first greenhead that flew in got shot. I ran over and couldn’t catch it. I took a close shot and Needless to say I was a bit close. If you count the heads in the pictures it doesn’t add up to the # of bodies … OOPS !!!
Anyway, 8 mins to 8AM rolled around and I called the office. The secretary said she’d mark me on the board and I asked to get transferred to Dinger (ELK TURD). The first thing he said was .. “You’re goose hunting huh ?” I giggled and said.. “YAH, Kind-of, but also… HEY, HOLD on… HOLD ON…”
I dropped the phone and KABANG !!!!!!!! KABANG !!!!!... 2 ducks dropped. I ran out to get them having to shoot the 2nd one a second time. I grabbed the one and Ran back to the phone…. “HEY DINGER, I think this is a Wood duck” ~SMILE~
After he cussed at me for not inviting him, called me selfish, he said “GOOD LUCK”. I knew he was joking (About the name calling) and we hung up. It was 8:01 and no birds flew in until 8:21. then a lone mallard hen flew in…. I was looking through the Rangefinders getting some distances. I'm trying to figure the range of the birds dropping and the limits of my shooting. I just hear the SSSSSShhhhhhhhhhuush !!! It soared by me at mock 10 trying to flare out to land !!!! I dropped the rangefinders, caught my breath and BANG !!! Another duck hit’s the dust.
I picked up the Decoys at 8:35 or so and a lone hen flew in again.. I hunkered down and on her 2nd fly by I jumped up and “SURPRISE” !!!!!!
THEN it was quickly off to work so I can brag about shooting ducks.. And... YAH, a bit of work too
(NOt bad for a 1 hour morning eh ?)
Anyways.. Here is the pics I took. Here is my truck with the setup :
Here is all 5 ducks :
Here is the MALE wood duck :
Here is the pair of wood ducks :
I woke up to a bit of rain and thought “PERFECT”. It was my first trip out by myself to this new spot I got permission to hunt. I’ll have pics of the location later in the year. I drug ALL my Decoys out not knowing what I wanted to do Exactly. 3+ dozen Geese Decoys and 11 duck decoys.. One duck decoy got lost somewhere, I think A kid of mine took it.
Anyways, 2 trips out back and forth from the truck and I layed out 1 dozen Goose Magnums. I started laying out the duck spread and It was already legal shooting time. I had a hen Malard fly in and hover almost waiting for me to leave. Funny that I didn’t have my gun with me. I decided not to set up the other 2 dozen decoys and got back to the blind. 3 mins passed and the first greenhead that flew in got shot. I ran over and couldn’t catch it. I took a close shot and Needless to say I was a bit close. If you count the heads in the pictures it doesn’t add up to the # of bodies … OOPS !!!
Anyway, 8 mins to 8AM rolled around and I called the office. The secretary said she’d mark me on the board and I asked to get transferred to Dinger (ELK TURD). The first thing he said was .. “You’re goose hunting huh ?” I giggled and said.. “YAH, Kind-of, but also… HEY, HOLD on… HOLD ON…”
I dropped the phone and KABANG !!!!!!!! KABANG !!!!!... 2 ducks dropped. I ran out to get them having to shoot the 2nd one a second time. I grabbed the one and Ran back to the phone…. “HEY DINGER, I think this is a Wood duck” ~SMILE~
After he cussed at me for not inviting him, called me selfish, he said “GOOD LUCK”. I knew he was joking (About the name calling) and we hung up. It was 8:01 and no birds flew in until 8:21. then a lone mallard hen flew in…. I was looking through the Rangefinders getting some distances. I'm trying to figure the range of the birds dropping and the limits of my shooting. I just hear the SSSSSShhhhhhhhhhuush !!! It soared by me at mock 10 trying to flare out to land !!!! I dropped the rangefinders, caught my breath and BANG !!! Another duck hit’s the dust.
I picked up the Decoys at 8:35 or so and a lone hen flew in again.. I hunkered down and on her 2nd fly by I jumped up and “SURPRISE” !!!!!!
THEN it was quickly off to work so I can brag about shooting ducks.. And... YAH, a bit of work too
(NOt bad for a 1 hour morning eh ?)Anyways.. Here is the pics I took. Here is my truck with the setup :
Here is all 5 ducks :
Here is the MALE wood duck :
Here is the pair of wood ducks :
Wylee
New member
Hey congrats, nice ducks you got there, but one of them looks weird, almost like it doesn't have a head. Is that a halloween prop??? Looks like you have a nice pair of wood ducks to mount and then have taxidermied.
Looks like you have a nice pair of wood ducks to mount and then have taxidermied. Delw
Member
wood ducks are cool.. they make cool mounts...
Delw
Delw
Nut
New member
Congrats Moosie!
JB Florida
New member
WAY TA GO MOOSIE!!!!
BUT>>>>>>Where is the hunttalk hat?
BUT>>>>>>Where is the hunttalk hat?
Tom
New member
Great, you going to get the wood ducks mounted? Were they like Romeo and Juliet, you got one and the other circled and flew in on a love sick suicide mission and then you got it? I think I would be thinking about mounting them!
Moosie
Grand poopa
YAH.. . I'm mounting them. I'm looking to get a MALE and female from all the species that I can and about 1/2 dozen geese flying and landing in my living room. Jsut need to work on the GOOSE hunting part.. BUt as the weather moves in .... KABOOM !!! BABY !!
I got a good recipie today.. I might cook some up tonight... Jsut not the ones I'm mounting
WYLEE... YOU know it bud !!
DELW, Hopefully I'll soon find out !!
C.O. they are actually in GOOD shape. I examined them pretty closely. And I have a AWSOME bird Taxidermist. I might wait till later in the year to see if I can get one that has just a TAD bit more color.. BUt this one isn't bad !!
JB FL. , HUNTTALK.com hat is in the one where I'm with Elk turd or Wylee next week.
TOM, they were coming in and I smoked them both.. No time to circle round.... I shoot my rounds fast (NO jokes please )
I got a good recipie today.. I might cook some up tonight... Jsut not the ones I'm mounting
WYLEE... YOU know it bud !!
DELW, Hopefully I'll soon find out !!
C.O. they are actually in GOOD shape. I examined them pretty closely. And I have a AWSOME bird Taxidermist. I might wait till later in the year to see if I can get one that has just a TAD bit more color.. BUt this one isn't bad !!
JB FL. , HUNTTALK.com hat is in the one where I'm with Elk turd or Wylee next week.
TOM, they were coming in and I smoked them both.. No time to circle round.... I shoot my rounds fast (NO jokes please
)trophy_killer
Active member
Yahoo!! Congrats Moose-Man!! I see you have a wheel barrow in the back of your pickup, were you expectin to kill that many?? Wood ducks are totally cool like the other guys said and make great mounts.
Wood ducks are totally cool like the other guys said and make great mounts.Elkhunter
New member
That is pretty cool Moose Man. Congrats on a funfilled Idaho morning in the field.
Kaboom!!!!!!!
Kaboom!!!!!!!
Way to go Moosie.
It is always nice to slam some ducks for an hour or two in the morning and still make it to work. Way to go on the woodies, I don't see many of them around here. Sounds like you need to get a dog next (you get to keep the duck heads attached). My first couple of years I hunted without a dog and had a good time, but the hunts are even more fun with a good retriever.
It is always nice to slam some ducks for an hour or two in the morning and still make it to work. Way to go on the woodies, I don't see many of them around here. Sounds like you need to get a dog next (you get to keep the duck heads attached)
. My first couple of years I hunted without a dog and had a good time, but the hunts are even more fun with a good retriever.
Moosie
Grand poopa
MTmiller... Is that a pic from this year ?!?! YAH, A dog is good, but I like ruinning after the birds... Keeps me warm as the days get colder
C.O. I think I've just about got the bird thing worked out. Time will tell
C.O. I think I've just about got the bird thing worked out. Time will tell
Elkhunter
New member
Cool pic mtmiller
Actually I think the picture is from two years ago. I have had some pretty good hunting this season, but with the new job I am out of a scanner (borrowed from the office). Guess I will have to break down and spend some money.
Delw
Member
My sister in washington state does some great bird mounts.. she does it full time now..
Delw
Delw
dgibson
New member
Awesome story, Moosie! I had a one-liner but TK beat me to it.
