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Originally Posted by Backroads
Serious money, lol

Not to mention labor intensive unless in a permanent blind on your own back forty pond. Especially, the dry field hunters.

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Serious Duck hunting requires a lot of work and effort. Be interesting to know who does a lot of it. And if they hunt with friends, how they feel about shooting them on the water.

The few times I’ve gone with those who take it seriously, it obviously wouldn’t have been a good idea.
Does serious duck hunting require super serious facial expressions while hunting? Ties and tweed?

Lol

Some serious business here boys, requires serious hunters.

Don’t forget a flat cap and Barbour waxed coats and pants. 🙂

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I'm still trying to figure out how to define a serious duck hunter.

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Originally Posted by TimberRunner
I'm still trying to figure out how to define a serious duck hunter.

He’s willing to go out in bad weather for a chance at a Bufflehead. 😳

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Getting up at 2 am, setting 8 dozen dekes and honking on kazoos til noon to pot a limit.
All while giving us dirty looks for floating through the spread with a heavy canoe.
Serious work.

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Originally Posted by George_De_Vries_3rd
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Originally Posted by battue
Serious Duck hunting requires a lot of work and effort. Be interesting to know who does a lot of it. And if they hunt with friends, how they feel about shooting them on the water.

The few times I’ve gone with those who take it seriously, it obviously wouldn’t have been a good idea.
Does serious duck hunting require super serious facial expressions while hunting? Ties and tweed?

Lol

Some serious business here boys, requires serious hunters.

Don’t forget a flat cap and Barbour waxed coats and pants. 🙂


Flat caps are todays cool...Like some of the old farts here thought ducktail haircuts and high laced up boots were cool. Just because they no longer look like LL Bean on his best day, doesn't mean they are not "serious".... laugh Old farts…I are one🤓….running down how the youth of today do it is often good for a chuckle. BTW...Barbour is out, Sitka and Kuiu are in. laugh

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I tried Barbour stuff in Alaska. It was like living inside a shower. And it stunk. It’s not for moving around in. Sometimes newer IS better.

I have some Sitka/Kuiu stuff that even works for pheasant hunting.

But I still do like some flat caps!

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I have no real objection to occasional water swatting a duck or goose and then shooting the rise but prefer it not be among my decoys. Maybe it’s just me but pellet holes in my decoys annoy me. Whether it’s my pellets or someone else’s.


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We have so many decoys at our club, shot decoys is just part of it. Every member brings 6-7 dozen. I figure 6-8 of mine will get irreparably shot every year. Part of the price of doing business.

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I have just 3-4 dozen and just hunt small spreads. Normally by myself or with 1-2 others. It’s fun to introduce new folks to waterfowling but sometimes their enthusiasm overwhelms their judgement when it comes to avoiding shooting the decoys.


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Originally Posted by mart
I have just 3-4 dozen and just hunt small spreads. Normally by myself or with 1-2 others. It’s fun to introduce new folks to waterfowling but sometimes their enthusiasm overwhelms their judgement when it comes to avoiding shooting the decoys.

I have strong reason to believe that a bismuth #4 will easily penetrate mojo’s wing. 🫤

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If you're "ground-sluicing" ducks and geese you are either a kid that doesn't know any better or an adult that can't wingshoot.

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I don't even like shooting crips on the water that's why you have a retriever. But if you don't get it done in a hurry. A young lab learns in a hurry with a crip. Mb


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I’m known to dispatch crippled ducks quickly, especially on larger waters. No water rodeos for me. I’ve got hunting to do!

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If I haven’t hit my limit I will not hesitate to shoot a bird on the water. I don’t hunt some boomer duck club. I hunt public for meat on the table. It’s fun and I enjoy it even in the cold miserable days when much isn’t flying, but the sportsmanship BS stops when it comes to getting table fare.

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“Boomer Duck club” ….always interesting to see how some are willing to run down certain individuals….their reasoning being they have achieved the American ideal of success in their chosen path. And can then enjoy some of the nice benefits it brings.

The Dems think much the same…. In that the successful are somehow to be looked at with distaste.

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Originally Posted by George_De_Vries_3rd
I tried Barbour stuff in Alaska. It was like living inside a shower. And it stunk. It’s not for moving around in. Sometimes newer IS better.

I have some Sitka/Kuiu stuff that even works for pheasant hunting.

But I still do like some flat caps!

The old farts on the fire think the flat billed group are somehow inferior in their hunting/shooting experiences.Old Farts can be really funny....and think they have seen it all... laugh

Old Fart in a Boomer Club... grin

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Originally Posted by battue
Originally Posted by George_De_Vries_3rd
Originally Posted by Backroads
Originally Posted by battue
Serious Duck hunting requires a lot of work and effort. Be interesting to know who does a lot of it. And if they hunt with friends, how they feel about shooting them on the water.

The few times I’ve gone with those who take it seriously, it obviously wouldn’t have been a good idea.
Does serious duck hunting require super serious facial expressions while hunting? Ties and tweed?

Lol

Some serious business here boys, requires serious hunters.

Don’t forget a flat cap and Barbour waxed coats and pants. 🙂


Flat caps are todays cool...Like some of the old farts here thought ducktail haircuts and high laced up boots were cool. Just because they no longer look like LL Bean on his best day, doesn't mean they are not "serious".... laugh Old farts…I are one🤓….running down how the youth of today do it is often good for a chuckle. BTW...Barbour is out, Sitka and Kuiu are in. laugh
While i remember some who had the D A haircuts, i dont remember any of them wearing the high boots. lol
And id rather not remember me wearing them either.
If there is one thing we can be thanfull for, it was the creation of good boots.

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That and LW clothes and better rain gear beat the good old days every day. Getting there is another. Opportunities can be argued, in some cases are not for the better. Along with access.

Guns are not necessarily better. Ammo is.
Then again, “These are the good old days!!!!

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Originally Posted by George_De_Vries_3rd
I tried Barbour stuff in Alaska. It was like living inside a shower. And it stunk. It’s not for moving around in. Sometimes newer IS better.

I have some Sitka/Kuiu stuff that even works for pheasant hunting.

But I still do like some flat caps!

Yea, I liked (and still do) the look of Filson waxed cotton. In reality, it’s like hunting in a sauna. I ditched all mine and wear newer stuff now. I’m still typically shooting a double gun, though. I mean some things really ARE sacred! 😏

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