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Post by chubwub on Nov 9, 2015 12:54:04 GMT -5
I like hearing the wings whistle when they buzz over your head, and enjoy it when the more educated ones circle your spread 3-4 times, get real silent trying to figure out if it's a trap, then finally take the bait... Ka-BLAM! Eeeeelimanation. Lack of education.
I don't understand bickering over who shot what. I also hate the people who HAVE to shoot their gun no matter what.
We had a person we hunt with who was whining about not being able to shoot birds because we like to be judicious with our shots, so they decided to ignore us and waste their 25 shell limit during the day while things were slow on iffy shots, and couldn't understand why we were just sitting there shaking our heads. They ended up knocking down one woodie but lost it in the grass because they shot it at like 65 yrds. Well of course, the evening finally came, and the birds came pouring in, and he had to sit there completely POed and pouting while we slaughtered the greenheads and limited out with 10 yard chip shots. Neither one of us would lend him a shell even though we had plenty to spare because ya know, 25 shell limit buddy, sorry we can't break the rules! LOLOLOLOLOL.
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Post by moose1am on Nov 18, 2015 10:25:08 GMT -5
That is as good as it gets, those honkers gliding in! We always tried to make sure we all shot at different birds but too many times they wouldn't come in exactly how we expect them to. At that point all bets are off and especially after the first shots rang out. I have all kinds of pictures stored around somewhere. Some of my favorite photos were when I was in college and went duck/goose hunting with my neighbor during Christmas Break. We went down to Hovey's Lake and did pretty good. He hunted all the time and was very good at calling. He was disciplined and would not shoot until the birds were almost landing in the decoys which helps in getting some birds. Too many people shoot too soon and or don't hide their faces.
I was driving around one day out at Blue Grass Fish and Wildlife Area (Otter Pit) and parked the car at the South end near the cannel and started to take pictures. I then noticed a waterfowl hunter across the lake on the south end of the Island. He was all dressed in Camo Clothing and was hard to see until he looked my way. His face was not covered and it stood out like a LIGHT BULB ON A DARK night. If only he could have seen himself from my point of view he would have known how easily he is to see without a camo netting or camo paint on his face. Ducks and Geese can see your uncovered white face looking up at them from a mile away. If you ever wondered why the waterfowl don't land close to your decoys and hunting position start to look in the mirror before you setup your spread and start hunting. If you wear eye glasses the reflections of light off the lens can also be seen from far away at certain angles. If you cover up the other parts of your body with expensive camo clothing don't forget the most important thing that needs to be hidden. You White Face.
This can be said for all types of hunting. Predators and deer can see your uncovered face. Maybe this is why November is NO SHAVE NOVEMBER. A beard on the face helps a little bit but you still need to cover the other sections of your face.
Now if it's foggy outside and visibility is low then this may not be necessary. My first duck hunt with my neighbor occurred in an open field with light rain and heavy fog. The ducks came into the slew before we could even get all the decoys setup and we didn't have any blind at all before the wood ducks arrived though the fog and started landing in the water. I'll never forget the sounds of their wings and they flew into the area. That was so cool. It was something I had never experienced before and I loved it. That got me hooked on waterfowl hunting. I wish I had one of them small boats (sneak boat) where I could float down the water and jump shoot some ducks on the small rivers or creeks. That would be so much fun IMHO.
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Post by chubwub on Nov 18, 2015 16:31:45 GMT -5
Oh yes, the white face and glasses are huge. I usually just go with the face mask, and keep my head down until my husband calls the shot. Usually don't have any issues, what I lose in reaction time is made up by having the birds 5-10 yards away, lol. This year I feel special because now he is making me call the shots. My husband usually does not wear a face mask, but he has a big bushy beard. We have issues with our companions refusing to keep their heads down and wanting to look at the birds circling. They also get too excited and will not sit still. I always have to grab their heads and shove them down and tell them to shut the hell up.
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Post by sakorifle on Nov 18, 2015 17:13:07 GMT -5
Oh yes, the white face and glasses are huge. I usually just go with the face mask, and keep my head down until my husband calls the shot. Usually don't have any issues, what I lose in reaction time is made up by having the birds 5-10 yards away, lol. This year I feel special because now he is making me call the shots. My husband usually does not wear a face mask, but he has a big bushy beard. We have issues with our companions refusing to keep their heads down and wanting to look at the birds circling. They also get too excited and will not sit still. I always have to grab their heads and shove them down and tell them to shut the hell up. Hehehehe I am visualizing it, shoving there head's down. Regards Billy lol |
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Post by moose1am on Nov 20, 2015 19:41:45 GMT -5
Oh yes, the white face and glasses are huge. I usually just go with the face mask, and keep my head down until my husband calls the shot. Usually don't have any issues, what I lose in reaction time is made up by having the birds 5-10 yards away, lol. This year I feel special because now he is making me call the shots. My husband usually does not wear a face mask, but he has a big bushy beard. We have issues with our companions refusing to keep their heads down and wanting to look at the birds circling. They also get too excited and will not sit still. I always have to grab their heads and shove them down and tell them to shut the hell up. Hehehehe I am visualizing it, shoving there head's down. Regards Billy lol Me too. I'm thinking that when you say companions you are talking about your kids? ): This makes me happy and feeling fortunate that my hunting partners were well versed before I met then by their father on how to hunt waterfowl.
The South section of Indiana Waterfowl late season is approaching soon and I just figured out how to download some free FoxPro sounds from the www.gofoxpro.com web site. And I finally figured out how to use the FoxPro Programmer and added these new sounds to my Shockwave and it's TX1000 remote. I even figured out how to make some new categories on the FX1000/shockwave. I was able to download and install about 15 to 20 new FREE Sounds from their web site today. I was fearful of doing this because the last time I fooled with the TX1000 I pushed the wrong button and deleted all the sounds off the TX1000. I was lucky in that it's possible to reload those sounds files or numbers from the Shockwave easily. So I got all my presets and sounds and categories back onto the TX1000. But it scared me and it took me a month or more before I was able to try to mess with these sounds files again. The new version of the FoxPro Sounds Programmer is easy to figure out even without reading the directions. Well I hope it was. Maybe I better recheck the TX1000 again and make sure that I got things right. he he. I'd hate to have to buy all those sounds again.
Oh and the reason for the above paragaraph is that some or a lot of those free new sounds are WATERFOWL Sounds. Like feeding mallards and the come back call for the mallard ducks. The feeding mallard sounds are hard for me to make on a duck call. But then I figured out that they also make these duck calls that just do the feeding mallard call by shaking the caller. So I didn't have to learn to do that with my mouth/tongue on the duck call which is where I find that hard to do. The tucka tucka tucka sounds are difficult for me to make on a regular duck call. It takes a lot of practice to learn how to do that feeding call IMHO. At least for me. Others' may learn to do that call easier than me.
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Post by chubwub on Nov 20, 2015 20:14:33 GMT -5
We have no children. This would be grown arse adults....they totally deserved it and repented their ways afterwards.
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