quackmaster4

Probably 1/2 Muscovy duck. They're a common barnyard duck with marking similar to a mallard.

I was told that you had to use a "muzzleloader" friendly scope because the recoil is different than a centerfire rifle. I happen to think that's a load of............stuff. I have had a plain old Tasco world class on my OMEGA for three years now. It always shoots good, and has put a doe in the freezer every year.

I wish I would have seen this earlier. I've killed a bunch (14 so far) with the .22 mag this season, some of them were real nice ones. Too late to measure or take pics; they're all in the freezer. I'm about done with squirrels for the season, ducks and geese come back in this coming Saturday. Good luck to all, and maybe I can get on a team for next season.

Good luck. Are you hunting alone or do you have somebody to help you figure things out. Learning alone is tough.

You had every right to take them, and the owner would really have to be clueless to not know you have them. Decoys are expensive, but I'm guessing he doesn't want to face you and admit he was trespassing.

I live in town too. I just put all the bones and fat scraps in a couple garbage bags and put them out with the trash.

First, you have to hunt where the birds wanna be, so set up where you see them when you are scouting. This might sound obvious, but ALOT of guys don' seem to get it; just because you wanna hunt a certain spot doesn't make the birds wanna go there. Figure out why the birds are where you see them. I've had some success calling woodies, but they respond better to movement. I usually rig up a jerk cord to one decoy and use it among the rest. It works. You may be blowing the call right, but you might not be blowing it at the right times, or perhaps your cadence is off, or there may be another problem you might not be aware of. Do you have any experienced hunters you could get an honest opinion from? There's a heavily hunted spot on the river not too far from me. The birds roost on some ponds where no hunting is allowed and fly out to feed in the mornings. These birds get shot at almost every morning as they leave the ponds, and guys hunt the river all the time, calling at every duck that comes in sight of them. These birds fly AWAY from loud calling. I've had considerable success hunting a puddle about 100yds off the river. I'll put out 4 or 5 decoys; one of them rigged to a cord, and only blow some low single quacks when birds come near. Once again, it works. Good luck.

I have a Browning 10ga semi I'd like to sell. I paid over $1100 for this gun new three years ago and have fired less than a box of shells thru it. This is like new, it's not even broken in yet! It's MOBU with the Dura-touch finish, and it has a 26" barrel. I have a Patternmaster choke to go with it, and it also comes with a lead-only full choke, and two Comp-N-chokes; improved and modified. I'll also include a MOSG floating gun case, also brand new. Thats over $150 worth of extras. The reason I'm selling is that alot of places I hunt are far from the road, and the gun is kinda heavy to lug along with decoys and stuff, so I usually carry my 12, plus my time I have to turkey hunt has fallen off. I'd really like to get $850 plus shipping for it, but will listen to reasonable offers. I'd be very interested in any custom flintlocks as a trade, or maybe a good quality factory flinter and some cash. Not really interested in any calls or decoys except fullbody mallards. Thanks for looking. John

I was feeding wire thru some conduit at work, and a co-worker said to me (not thinking) "Sure I'll hold it for ya if you promise not to poke me in the eye with it."

Look it up. It is absolutely, positively illegal to use your vehicle to locate game, then get out and hunt it. It's called roadhunting, and whether or not "alot of people do", it's illegal, at least here in PA! I have no doubt that at least once in your life you have broken a claybird at some outrageous distance. That has nothing to do with hunting live birds. Have you no idea how many birds (besides the ones that dropped) you hit with shot and escaped only to become crippled or die later? That makes us ALL look like idiots. In all honesty, I'm guessing that you merely overestimated the range. Surely, no ethical hunter approves of taking 80 yard shots with a shotgun at ANY game, especially a bird like snows which have a tendency to bunch up.

The same to you and yours, and to all who read.

I was hunting the spring turkey season a couple years ago, high on a ridge more than a 1/2 mile or so from any water. Had a couple woodies land in a tree, then fly down and feed on the ground maybe 40 to 50 yards away. I guess they were finding acorns as there were still some around. My buddy still makes fun of me calling in woodies while we were hunting gobblers.

I prefer to fill a doe tag in October during the early muzzleloader season. That way I'm taking one that probably hasn't been bred yet. Why have a buck waste the energy on one only to have it get killed later? That said, I'll still try for one in the late muzzleloader season after Christmas if I still have a tag. I don't have a problem taking a smaller doe or a button buck then because I feel they are less likely than a mature, bred doe to make it till spring.

My two best hunting partners are my son..... and my best buddy Kevin.

He tried it on the Refuge and they shot him down. Not only is he lying to get people to send him stuff, but he's SELLING some of the stuff some good-hearted folks have sent. He's going by max and another name on duckhuntingchat.