Waterfowl Photos

[Ray1]

Here is some pics from our opener. There were 3 of us.

[surewood]

Fun shoot today. Geese, wood duck, teal, mallards, and a ringkneck.

[H0LE HOPPER]

Surewood were you hunting locally?

[Maxxed Out]

[Maxxed Out]

8 man 48 duck opener with two bonus honkers.

[Tator2k]

Sat morning hunt.

[surewood]

Hole Hopper, yeah it was a local hunt.

[TylerS]

Well, I had probably the most memorable opener to date. For some reason, our party of four decided to break tradition and split up for the day. I'd gotten to the slough early and had set up before everyone else showed. One uncle went to the east, the other two hopped in their kayaks and shot out toward the other end of the water. I was kind of stuck in the middle. After they'd shot for a bit, I was getting a tad discouraged. Didn't help that the wind was out of the totally wrong direction. My pup was on his first legitimate duck hunt, and I was hoping just to get him on a retrieve or two.

Then, around 8 a.m. the ducks began dropping in. I shot my 6 in 30 minutes and Remy retrieved every one, including a beautiful almost fully green drake mallard that was sporting three curls already. I was proud!

Remy retrieving his first duck (hen redhead):

Customary tailgate shot:

We decided to switch things up for Sunday and hunt some flooded timber around a big lake. Uncles had seen "thousands of birds" there the night before, so we figured it was worth a shot (plus we'd have dry shore to sit on instead of standing in cattails and thigh-high muck). Long story short, the magnitute of birds failed to reappear. But we did do something a tad out of the norm by Nodak standards: we shot three drake woodies! It was a hoot, and my GWP made two more awesome retrieves. Just that made my weekend.

Arkansas-inspired Nodak flooded timer hunt:

Remy's prize woody:

[surewood]

Cackling geese. First cacklers we've ever got. Anybody else shoot many of these?

[Quackaddict9]

Yeah, two of us shot 11 of these the last weekend of early goose, usually shoot a few of these every September when the first NW winds hit and cooler temps arrive. Also sometimes later in the fall but I prefer shooting big geese, although Cacklers are fun to call in especially big flocks and little dumber from my experience.

[surewood]

Noticed they are a bit slow. Shot the first one and missed the other and it came right back without hesitation.

[Gordie]

Here one of the boy and the pup and this morning why would want to sleep in when you could have the chance of seeing this...

[carpshooterdeluxe]

1/2 of my spread saturday morning; the other half was off to the left of the picture.

[Maxxed Out]

Another fun weekend

[Sorgy]

Great Pics guy's- Makes me miss the mornings in the swamps..

[Gordie]

From this morning and I had one goose that wasa bit to bloody for the photo

[reinhard1]

that would be a nice picture in a frame for you. memories with that great looking Lab. good luck.

[timk]

i would frame that picture nice one

[strait-meat]

Agreed you do have a nice looking lab--do you have 2 I thought you had a black lab in another pic elwood--anyways looked like a good hunt. Did you notice any more ducks moving around with the change in weather?

[Gordie]

If your talking the pic with my son in it its the same dog but I have a Black lab also but thats mamas dog and she doesnt hunt well thats what I'm told shes a great retriever but wont touch anything with feathers.. I could probably breaker of that but mama said NO so I got the chocoalte

There was some shooting going on and I did see some other birds but not very many I saw way more on monday morning on the same bodu of water. thinking of traveling tonight to a new body of water

[SledNeck]

Speaking of good looking labs..,,,,,

[carpshooterdeluxe]

Sledneck that looks like a sweet spot you have there!

[DHost21]

My 1 yr old dog is finally starting to get it along with me. 1st year hunting ducks. Mostly metro area doing really well. On the season about 4 times out shot 9,4,5 and 8 so its been pretty solid

[shamalex72]

Shot these this afternoon. I got the mallards and my wife got the woodies.

[Chad Peterson]

Nice photo's guy's. Elwood, get that picture framed, it is a nice one.

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