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.

Sorry guys, but I strongly disagree. Not only is driving around looking for game ILLEGAL here in PA, but taking an 80 yard shot is extremely unethical. The sad part is, the guy actually got lucky enough to hit something (not to mention the ones that got hit with stray shot and flew off to die later), so he'll probably continue to do it. In my opinion, the way NOT to hunt geese!

Not a problem here. Mine don't call unless they want something.

Too many times to count. The worst was a quick afternoon hunt for deer in a new place a couple years ago. Dozed off, woke up later and it was DARK! No light, no nothin. Took awhile to get out, luckily I could see a road down in the valley and used the car lights to get me back to the road. I always have a headlamp and small survival pack on me since then; even for a "quick afternoon hunt". For the record, there is no place more comfortable to take a snooze than in a layout blind hunting geese.

I tried one a couple weeks ago, the wife was hoping it would cut down on the snoring, but she said it didn't help. I'm still not convinced I even DO snore; after all I don't hear anything!!

I've never owned a Knight, but have never heard anyone complain about their quality. I've owned several T/C's and have never had an issue with any, that includes my Omega, two flintlocks and two percussion rifles. I bought one at an auction for $100 because the stock was cracked. Sent it to T/C and they restocked it and replaced the ramrod too; no questions asked. I don't know anything abouts Knight's customer service, but I know T/C's is fantastic, I've never heard anything but praise for them. On the other hand, I've owned three Lymans, and have never NEEDED customer service. Let's face it, most muzzleloaders aren't really that complicated. Buy what you can afford and enjoy it. I had a CVA inline that I paid $99 for brand new, and the three deer I killed with had NO idea what it cost. I had no problems with it, I sold it to a friend who wanted to try muzzleloading, and he's had no problems with it in three years either.

Get a copy of "In thru the out door". IMHO their best ever.

Without a doubt fillet them up for him. Maybe even throw in a box of batter mix or something like it. We always try and take care of the folks who let us hunt. Beer, hams, gift certificates, whatever we know they like.

I'm with ya Andrea. I have two teenagers full time and another three (my kids friends) that live here part-time. I just consider them all to be my kids. The only time I mind is when we go grocery shopping!

The supporters of SH claim that it would help a large amount of hunters who have no other time to get out. While I'm sure it would help some who have no other time, my opinion is that the actual numbers of hunters who only have Sunday to hunt is very low. However, since it is claimed (by SH supporters) to be a large number, then I'll go by that. Introducing another high pressure day each week into the hunting seasons will no doubt have an effect on game populations, there can't be any reasonable argument to that. To offset the increased harvest, either the total length of the seasons will have to be shortened for large and small game, or the number of tags will have to be reduced for big game. Consequences such as a fall turkey license (with no guarantee) drawing could result. How many low pressure days (weekdays) would they have to eliminate to equal six high pressure days during archery? A bunch, and the archers (rightly so) would scream bloody murder. These are just a few examples. To use other states as examples isn't really fair. I don't know of any other state that has our topography, geography, hunting population, and our game populations. Deer numbers are already a hot topic here in PA, screwing around with them at this point in time would compound the problem. As I've stated before, I have no religeous or selfish reasons to oppose SH. If it comes to pass, then I'll be amoung the numbers of hunters out there enjoying it. I just don't think it's a good direction to take. One more thing, these are by no means my only reasons for opposing SH, I'll just let you respond to one at a time, and I don't like to type this much.

Well, it looks like I'm in the minority here, but I'm against allowing general hunting here in PA on Sundays. Not for any religeous beliefs, but for many other reasons I think it would be a bad direction to go. Don't misunderstand me, if it comes to pass I'll be out there hunting, but I just don't think it's the best decision for the hunters of PA to make. It would definitly help a few, but IMHO ultimately hurt all of us in the long run.