re: Thoughts on duck hunting these days

On the lake I hunt, in the northern part of the lake it holds a lot of woodies. A lot of buck brush and cypress trees, along with the two creeks that feed the lake, are full of oak trees. When it gets light, it sounds like a small war. And the majority of the shooting is well over 30 yards. Their buying the shells not me. I took a friend of mine I grew up hunting with this year and he did the same thing. It was like, lets try these. I don't try unless I know I've got a 80% chance or better of bringing something down. And sometimes I screw up on some birds I should of shot at, don't get shot at. But I'm the captain, and if it doesn't say haynes, it aint getting shot at.