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Love the duck and goose pics. I used to live in Louisiana. I was totally absorbed in wood duck hunting.
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I've hunted ducks in about a dozen states. Loved the hunting around Memphis. The geese were from Illinois, the ducks Alaska of course. Girlfriend with a bird from a 2004 turkey hunt, I do have LOTS of turkey pics.
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Those are some great bird pics Scott! I'll have to scan some...I have some good bird shots but all pre digital age.
HS, We have a deer camp in Montmorency County and the grouse numbers there are great. When working on blinds this fall I blundered into a couple of 12 bird groups...lol. The dog just sorta looked up and asked "Why are we here, Dad?" With the logging practices in the state we do have some good grouse/woodcock shooting again. As far as being like Iowa, I'd guess that to be true. When the limit was 5 roosters that usually took about a 200 yard walk for 2 guys when I was younger...I know Grandpa used to run his dogs for the "city boys" as he called them and it almost took precident over the farm for a couple of weeks.
We eat organic in our house, we just have to shoot and gut it first.....
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Well, I can't top that I wonder if I should ask our outfitter if we can't spend an afternoon bird shooting? Best ask for a morning...thats when Sand Grouse go to water...shoot doves and Guineas the rest of the day...if you like bird hunting, you'll go sterile in Africa... Ingwe
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And my favorite shotgun is below, a Mossberg 500 that only sees turkey duty. Now THAT is a cool picture! Ingwe
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Beautiful birds aren't they.
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Yep...thats one of those things, for some reason, I didn't think you could capture on film... Gorgeous...
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I've hunted ducks in about a dozen states. Loved the hunting around Memphis. The geese were from Illinois, the ducks Alaska of course. Girlfriend with a bird from a 2004 turkey hunt, I do have LOTS of turkey pics. Nice bird. Turkey is cool too I live near the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. My farm is less than 2 miles from the Ohio. Our waterfowl hunting is really nice. Turkey hunting is too. The quail here have been problematic. Last year, I could easily find 3 coveys in a day. After the big ice storm last January, I'm lucky to find one covey a day. I'll go tomorrow, but I don't expect much except a nice walk with some nice friends.
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How do you capture those close ups Scott? My digital gear isn't state of the art or anything but I can't even come close...
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Really ain't a high tech digital camera, a Panasonic Lumix that I've owned for about 4 years. A few of the pics above are scans, but most of my digital work is with that Panasonic or a handful of point and shoots. Lots are done with a Samsung I picked up at Walmart for $69.
I DO take a far amount of time setting up a picture and trying to get the light just right. It's all a matter of light and patience.
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Did you use the macro setting?
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if you like bird hunting, you'll go sterile in Africa...
Ingwe Well, I'm both disturbed and excited by this. . .
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Maybe, but likely not. I find moving back a bit and then zooming in works mo better at times.
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if you like bird hunting, you'll go sterile in Africa...
Ingwe Well, I'm both disturbed and excited by this. . . Grin
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"I DO take a far amount of time setting up a picture and trying to get the light just right. It's all a matter of light and patience." Most likely sums up my problem...here is a pic I took to post on here the other day...and it shows my typical results...Your rifle pics look like they could shoot...mine look like a scan from a newspaper...
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Namibia;IIRC 3 Species Sand Grouse 4 Species Doves 2 Species Francolins Guineas-o-plenty! and if you are lucky, there are two or three tiny species of quail...I'm talkin tiny...they look like big bugs...but are cool as hell to just see...
Honestly on two trips just for reference I tried to count the amount of times between when I could have shot a bird, till I could have shot another...I never counted out a full 60 seconds between opportunities...just driving around in the truck...
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I used to have the same problem. You're trying to do too much in a single shot. Focus on what you really want the viewer to see.
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Namibia;IIRC 3 Species Sand Grouse 4 Species Doves 2 Species Francolins Guineas-o-plenty! and if you are lucky, there are two or three tiny species of quail...I'm talkin tiny...they look like big bugs...but are cool as hell to just see...
Honestly on two trips just for reference I tried to count the amount of times between when I could have shot a bird, till I could have shot another...I never counted out a full 60 seconds between opportunities...just driving around in the truck... Ingwe I think killing a guinea and one of the little buzz-bomb quail would be about as much fun as you could have with your clothes on. . .
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