Home Forums Birds & Dogs Waterfowl Any pictures from the 2009 season ??

Whats the wing span on that bad boy Pastor ?? Head shot did em in..

+10 JM

I shot 2 3/4 shells all the way until they went to the steel crap...didnt take long to figure out that 3 inch was needed for steel.Depending on the area 2 3/4 still works over decoys in a controled situation..but when your on public water and barney & friends are out there skybusting everything in sight and the birds are skittish- Pass shooting comes into play real quick..

My Fav all time (Peters : Paper hull,#4 )Bang = Dead bird.Cant say that about steel!!

Ironically enough, Fasteel fours.

Didn�t measure, but The Brother's was a third bigger.

Wow! Nice ones Mickey.

In spite of my last post, I must confess to using a 3.5 12 ga. for the Geese...

Rod,
I know what you mean, I hunt public alot now and have been left out in the cold more than once when they start circling and checking your spread out at airliner cruising altitude.

rodngun,
We had just a bumper crop of woodies last couple years. I have found a little honey hole to hunt on.
The past year was pretty good had to make a lot of sausage and hot sticks with all the white geese but the green heads made for some fine table fair.
I will try to keep some in the air this year so they get a chance to make a visit to you.

Here's a couple from last fall.
First hunt for my son and I!

second morning's hunt
1100 2 3/4" for my buddy, 2 3/4" and some 3" for my son's express, and I was using 3" Kent Fasteel in my 20 O/U.

The headless teal BTW, came in fast and flared at about 10 feet when I shot him , I doubt if the shot was completely away from the wad!
Cat

You sure you ain't Dale Earnhardt?

Nope, but I hear he gets asked often if he is a member of the
24 hour Campfire! ( grin)
I've also been mistaken for a Canuck named Sgt Preston!
Cat

One of our best hunts, 4 man limit of mallards and canadas in Missouri



Good mid season hunt in Texas

Here are a couple from this year past.













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Most probably won't recognize this guy, but he painted the 2009 federal duck stamp we all had in our wallets. Great guy. Interestingly enough, despite his winning the stamp contest, he'd never shot one. We changed that when he and Ivan came hunting with me.





This dude makes his living killing elephants, but he's not bad on seaducks either.

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'09 NoDak
Me, The Brother, Beast
6 days
2 Swanz, 2 Geese, 34 Dux (vast majority Mallards)













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Well boys ..I had a bad yesterday and last night(Medical )..so I missed alot of post..and man there are some good ones..I was worried there for a little while when I joined and saw the numbers on the waterfowl section..but I see its not the case !!


Keep em coming and I will do my part to get this section up and running...MORE

Pastor : nice - real nice !!

JM: let me clarify my comment on the 3 1/2 inch shells....I dont mind people using them on Geese and Turkey - hell, I do..what I meant by my comment was ..I dont like them in a duck blind,,2 3/4 fine ,depend on time of season..3 inch ..fine ....But the menatlity as of late BIGGGER SHELL as in 3 1/2 - the better chance they think they have at killin something..not true in a duck blind ...JMO..to me it just promotes skybusting !!

skybusting,,, minnesota is home of it and i hate it a couple of spots here are horrible dont even go there anymore.... i use 3 inch for duck and 3 1/2 for geese... i think people watch them hunten shows and think i can do that.. ive seen people get into fist fights back at the landing cause of skybusting...

ThankYa. Not our trailer, belonged to an alleged guide service at same motel. Seems we had more LUCK.

Did make a photogenic backdrop. There's duck hunters, and then there's duck killers...

My wife playing guide on opening weekend.

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