re: Thoughts on duck hunting these days

Bring back the punt guns!!

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It is easy for our gramps to say that kind of stuff about shooting decoying ducks...it's because they had an abundance and their biggest decision was which ducks to shoot, not if they should leave without seeing any birds work.
Ducks are smarter. They see so many spreads these days. #s are down and flyways change. Seasons are more regulated, many times right when the #s make it down.

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Not to mention, we can't feed em anymore

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I would venture to say a hunter today that kills 5 ducks is a much better hunter than our grandparents who killed 20 in the 70s.

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Well sunny, you are 100% wrong. Back in those days, one had a point system that start with 10 and 25 point birds. Yes, one could kill 10 birds a day, but myself, I always looked for the 25 point birds.

Hunting was always about friendship and family get togethers before the hunts and after. It was a time one would work birds in, even though we would let many just decoy all the way just for the hell of it. Of course we used lead shot that made shooting birds easy, but that is not what it's all about.

Then, back in those days, one had a hell of a time just to get out there and back in safe.

My Dad was a meat hunter way back in the day for birds. Pirogue mounted punt gun and all. To bad we lost all those pictures, but I do remember the stories of him telling us kids of those hunts. It was a way of life I wish I could of done.