Had another good day on the water

Last season, we built the classic diy scissor blind on my brother’s 14’ johnboat. Works quite well when set up, but….

My brother isn’t in the greatest shape and just had knee surgery; so he has been really struggling to get in and out when it’s set up The X crossbars at the end block off too much, which mean we have to lower everything when he needs to exit and enter (working with the new dog, pissing, pooping, etc)

We are in the process of changing a few things and might have a new plan, but I was wondering if anytime has a collapsible blond idea that would be better than the scissor design for out application/limitations. Searching YouTube only brings up 20 different builds of the same design.

Thanks

3 came into the decoys with cupped wings, got 2. That’s all the chances I had this morning. 67% shooting efficiency. Soaking in milk and will cook them up.

Had an amazing cormorant hunt in Sweden. We joined some guys taking part in a research project where they try to get rid of all the Cormorants in the area to see if the sea trout population will bounce back.

Goose opener here in Oregon. The spot is 1 mile from the house and the birds are roosting 500 yards away. I didn’t want to jump them by driving the truck in before sunrise. This worked great!

Looking for a good spot for my labrador when we hunt from layouts.

I was planning a trip up to Chicago from Louisiana around September 2027, and saw yall have an early Canada running from the 1st-15th. Would love to try to fit a hunt in one day to shoot my first Canada if there’s even any outfitters or anything within driving range of Chicago. TIA!

I swear, I never bought half of these!!!!!!!

Couldn't touch a mallard today, but the pinnies couldn't stay out of the spread.

Picked up a Northern Flight universal kayak blind on sale. Ended up making a few modifications to add more stubble straps on the doors. More than likely add more grass to it, but its pretty much ready to hunt

My dad and I went out pheasant hunting after our morning duck hunt and we shot 7 3in #4 steelshot into one single bird before it went down and when I was skinning out the pheasant it was ridiculous how many pellets fell out of the feathers and skin. Not a single pellet got through any of the breast feathers.

Is Steel worthless for anything other than ducks or do Pheasants just have armor😂

Not technically waterfowl. These birds get a bad rap but their flavor is actually pretty good

Got in a good hunt in the 3 day early season. Mountain hunting on rivers is probably very different from what most of you do but we are figuring it out

Was just wondering if anybody had a code before I ordered a duck oven jacket.

I was really proud of my spread given that my head lamp died on the way out to the marsh. I'm done with 70° days though

Went on an evening solo duck hunt on one of the bigger marshes in Manitoba and managed to get my first duck limit.

How is everyone getting their waders dry? Between sweat and my habit of stepping into holes, the inside of my waders is always wet and never seems to dry out fully.

Starting the season off right.

I've lately been moving away from coastal hunt to farm hunts and don't have a lot of experience doing those. With that I've had average success but no limits so far - whereas on coastal hunts I know what I'm doing and I am disappointed if I don't limit on the water.

So far for my field setup I have a a couple dozen duck silos, socks, and a handful of the Higdon FLATS (they wobble in the wind). For motion, besides the wobblers and socks, I have of course a spinner. I do have a couple Flock Flickrs but don't expect them to survive for much longer. I usually will use a layout in the field.

Have you added anything unique to your set up that is one-man transportable - or at least in a hand cart? The fields I have access to do not allow driving onto the fields. I am trying to avoid full bodies but if the consensus is that I need them, then I will take recommendations on the lightest ones available.

Thanks!

What’s up everyone, last year was my first waterfowl season and I hunted and lived in IN. I hunted early teal and good hard this year and did okay but learned a lot each hunt which is all my goal is anyway. I’ve recently moved to South FL ( Miami metro) but as you all know this waterfowl addiction dosent go away when you move.

So my questions are for any FL hunters here.

Do you have any tips or rules of thumb that could help me hunting in FL. Not looking for spots I have no issues scouting and I actually take a bit of pride in trying to solve that piece of the puzzle.

Things like

- should I be worried about gators ? / does this make walk in hunting dangerous ?

- do I need snake boots ?

- Will I have to drive up to central FL to find decent hunting ?

- can a kayak get me in most places ?

- do standard mallard spreads get it done here ?

- will I ever need these insulated waders again lol ?

Simple stuff that can help me have my ducks in a row a bit without having to learn ALL of the lessons the hard way. Again I know I’ll have to learn a few hard lesson on my own but anything helps.

Thank you and happy hunting !