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Post by stillwatersniper on Jan 5, 2007 12:33:35 GMT -5
I wouldn't even waste my time if the only option I had was to ditch slip them. Where's the fun in that? I'd rather kill 10-20 over decoys than 70 while ditch slipping.
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 5, 2007 13:26:03 GMT -5
I just wanna hunt some!!!!!!! As long as it's legal, I don't care! LOL
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Post by jstalljon on Jan 5, 2007 13:44:46 GMT -5
I just wanna hunt some!!!!!!! As long as it's legal, I don't care! LOL I've met Travis, and "legal" exists on many levels and in many colors of grey! ;D  |
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 5, 2007 14:26:35 GMT -5
Jon........SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2007 14:31:58 GMT -5
I wouldn't even waste my time if the only option I had was to ditch slip them. Where's the fun in that? I'd rather kill 10-20 over decoys than 70 while ditch slipping. Go then. Don't forget the goggles. |
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 8, 2007 7:29:36 GMT -5
I go to Squaw Creek area every year. I have about 1000 wind socks and 200 shells. I use a 4 speaker system and a reed call. I know a guy there who is really good using his voice. It's a sight to see hundreds of geese work your decoys at the same time. We will be there the first week of March. I was there one year when the refuge was holding a over a millon snows. They are hard to decoy. Usally its the juvies and ross geese that get to close. But last year we shot more adult snows then anything else. We even had a pair of swans w/neck collars come over the blinds about 10' high. Always lots of speks around too, and they decoy well when you can't shoot them.
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Post by bschwein on Jan 9, 2007 13:30:30 GMT -5
I prefer the ditch method. Its a bunch of hard work sometimes but you sure can lay out the snows when you get on'em. You think setting out a couple of dozen candas around here and not have the birds show up is no fun, try setting out 600-1,000 snows and not have them show up. If they do show up there extremely hard to decoy.
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 12, 2007 23:52:39 GMT -5
It don't take that long to set decoys when there is 4 to 6 of you. For me it's the hunt and seeing the birds work, but to each their own. I just know of to many stories where swans, speks, and other waterfowl were (oops) shot by the ditch method. Last year there was a group of five hunters that were doing this by us. They had one good day of 50 birds and 2 bands. But for the week total, we killed more, minus the bands.
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Post by indianahick on Jan 13, 2007 12:29:16 GMT -5
Where is goose pond?
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Post by bschwein on Jan 15, 2007 13:27:03 GMT -5
Has anyone been getting reports from AK and MO about the snows. I'm chomping at the bit to go ;D
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Post by docquack on Jan 17, 2007 20:00:26 GMT -5
Guys,
I have never snuck them in a ditch but have heard stories.
I have however hunted them over de' coys off the Mississippi and I can tell you it was a blast!!
Watching them respond to those electronic callers is amazing.
If you have never done it, you owe it to yourself to go at least once.
One day we will read stories about how in the good old days we could hunt geese with unplugged guns, electronic callers, no limits
and no license (in some states).
The day is now, go get em boys!
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 17, 2007 22:31:49 GMT -5
I just put my time in from work. I will be hunting them for 10 days. I hope to have good south wind like I did last year.
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Post by indianahick on Jan 21, 2007 23:23:27 GMT -5
Where is goose pond. I have heard of little grassy and muskrat but not goose.
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