Reafer
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Post by Reafer on Sept 27, 2015 12:00:19 GMT -5
I was reading the reports from the most northerly states. Most said the migration is starting to trickle down. A lot of them had opening weekend this Saturday. I'm getting anxious lol
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Post by budd on Sept 27, 2015 19:04:31 GMT -5
Most opening days the gun fire across the road wakes me but not this year. My sons group did manage 42 ducks however.
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Post by featherduster on Sept 28, 2015 5:40:33 GMT -5
Just got home from Canada by way of Michigan didn't see enough ducks to make a sandwich.
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Reafer
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Post by Reafer on Sept 30, 2015 7:51:48 GMT -5
I have learned to not entirely trust these reports. I have seen kids from my area post on this site that we are covered up in ducks when just the opposite is the case.
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Post by budd on Sept 30, 2015 8:50:12 GMT -5
Just got our first good freeze up here, dog's had ice on their water bowl last two mornings. I'm a hour south of the Canadian border. They should be heading your way soon.
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Post by chubwub on Sept 30, 2015 15:56:59 GMT -5
It's like deer hunting. You won't kill anything unless you go outside. I've come to learn that migratory birds seem to do a lot of this migratin thing. One day may be horrible and then the next day you're making it rain feathers.
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Post by sakorifle on Oct 1, 2015 6:58:14 GMT -5
It's like deer hunting. You won't kill anything unless you go outside. I've come to learn that migratory birds seem to do a lot of this migratin thing. One day may be horrible and then the next day you're making it rain feathers. mmmm shooting sitters, raining feathers. We need to talk young lady, lol hehehehehhe some girl eh? have a good season Billy |
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Post by chubwub on Oct 1, 2015 14:42:28 GMT -5
It's like deer hunting. You won't kill anything unless you go outside. I've come to learn that migratory birds seem to do a lot of this migratin thing. One day may be horrible and then the next day you're making it rain feathers. mmmm shooting sitters, raining feathers. We need to talk young lady, lol hehehehehhe some girl eh? have a good season Billy A duck on the water is worth two in the air. I don't want to be the dummy who shoots a wood duck during teal season, lol. ;-) |
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Post by sakorifle on Oct 1, 2015 18:03:40 GMT -5
I have had to look up wood duck, they are pretty things, seemingly there are odd ones are in Cornwall and Scotland and there is a feral population in Dublin Ireland.
Are you saying you have different seasons for different ducks?
Over here if ducks are in season then ducks are in season regardless what they call themselves, lol.
Lot easier idea.
I'm probably going to the pond on Saturday night to see if I have a flight coming in.
Last week I counted forty five in, but the two folk I invited to shoot could not come last weekend so I left them
Until this week, hope I have not lost them lol.
All mallard,
Regards
Billy
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Post by chubwub on Oct 1, 2015 19:27:51 GMT -5
Oh yes billy. We have an early season for canada geese and teal but nothing else, then a regular season for waterfowl, a late goose season and a conservation season for snow geese. Depending on the year they will change limits of how many of each waterfowl species you are allowed per day for example I can take 4 mallards but no more than 2 can be hens. Then my other 2 ducks must be something else like wood duck (no more than 3 total) black duck (only 1) or teal (6 total) but no more than any combination of 6 ducks total.
Other states have different bag limits.
Do you guys have bag limits for your waterfowl?
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Post by sakorifle on Oct 2, 2015 4:01:54 GMT -5
greetings chubwub
This may suprise you but there is no bag limits for anything over here waterfowl deer or any other thing in season.
We set our own bag limits, for instance on saturday night there will be two guns and myself with the dog at the pond, they will be told they can take six duck, thats two each for the oven, enough for any oven in my opinion. lol
some species such as canada geeses have no close season and can be shot all year round, likewise with wild boar that are appearing in the uk.
foxes have no season.
Grey squirrels are another that comes to mind, no season,
Red squirrels are protected all the time.
Barnacle geeses have year round protection, as do (unfortunatley) goosanders, herons are protected, all birds of prey are protected.
I think it is a lot simpler game rules here but horrendous firearms rules.
I would invite you over to shoot tomorrow night but it is rather a long way to come for two duck, go on then i will throw a buck roe deer in as well. lol
Oh we feed the inland ponds(baiting i suppose) its the way us brits do it.
regards
straight barrels
Billy
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Post by sakorifle on Oct 2, 2015 4:25:09 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hCTUmMnO40You may of seen this already chubwub but this is the scottish borders on geese, its were i live. he is probably thirty miles from me, thats all. notice in scotland they can use lead because they are not shooting over water, here in england we have to use steel for all waterfowl regardless of where they are so four miles up the road i can shoot waterfowl with lead and a roe deer with a 222 in my garden it has to be steel and for deer a 243, lol thats the way it is though regards Billy
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Post by duff on Oct 2, 2015 6:09:49 GMT -5
Looks like a fun place to goose hunt! The fangs on the little bitty deer are terrifying!
I would love to vacation over there so if I do can I go goose hunting with you?
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Post by sakorifle on Oct 3, 2015 13:43:12 GMT -5
of course you are more than welcome to have a go over here.
Had to cancel tonights duck flighting the fog came down it would of been quackers to of tried to hit ducks in that fog.
regards
Billy
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