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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 2:58 pm to wickowick)
1/2 mile. Most of it is pretty good trails, the last 100+ yards would be through some dense woods.
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 2:59 pm to RATeamWannabe)
Only answer:
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The Last Coco
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 2:59 pm to The Last Coco)
What I was considering doing was (with another person) carry in a pirogue. We could throw all our gear in the pirogue.
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 2:59 pm to The Last Coco)
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1/2 mile. Most of it is pretty good trails, the last 100+ yards would be through some dense woods.
You need a dog or a fiend with a dog, end of story...
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The Last Coco
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 3:01 pm to wickowick)
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You need a dog or a fiend with a dog, end of story...
I have a dog, she's just not ready. Might just bring her and see what she does.
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 3:01 pm to The Last Coco)
The other option that Ive used on a bayou, is standing on the outside of a curve. With current, it will float down and hit the bank if your shooting just up current from a curve that breaks away from you.
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 3:01 pm to The Last Coco)
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1/2 mile. Most of it is pretty good trails, the last 100+ yards would be through some dense woods.
That's not bad at all. Could probably put it on your head for most of that, and bring a machete for the rest. Glass pirogues barely weigh anything. Don't drag a wooden one
I have drug a 12ft one probably 3 miles at one time around a marsh, through the swamp, and down an old logging road.
Hell, get a shitty enough one and leave it out there
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 3:02 pm to wickowick)
Ok, fine i will volunteer. I have the dog. When and where are we going.
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wickowick
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 3:02 pm to OhFace55)
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Ok, fine i will volunteer. I have the dog. When and where are we going.
See, two birds with one stone...
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The Last Coco
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 3:03 pm to OhFace55)
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k, fine i will volunteer. I have the dog. When and where are we going.
Head north to Shreveport and we can talk.
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OhFace55
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 3:10 pm to The Last Coco)
Damn! One area i wasn't driving to. I am definitely going up north for some flooded timber hunts during second split after graduation though.
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 3:32 pm to The Last Coco)
If you can throw a topwater with any accuracy, my buddy and I would use them to retreive decoys and ducks when we were younger. Caught a few bucket mouths in the process. We had a little travel rod/reel combo that was in a hard case I carried in my ruck sack. When we got older, we went to float tubes, which would be another good option if you can find one in the area.
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 3:36 pm to The Last Coco)
Splurge on one of them four wheeler/jet ski contraptions. 
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 3:37 pm to wickowick)
if the water is warmer that 50 degrees you have about 30 minutes swim time... before it gets dicey...
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 3:45 pm to choupiquesushi)
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if the water is warmer that 50 degrees you have about 30 minutes swim time... before it gets dicey...
When I went through my grandfathers things after he passed, he had a Prince Albert tobacco and a brass shotgun shell with the brass off another as a cap. Both contained matches, the shotgun shell had 2 bird bands in it also. He'd shoot his birds, start a fire strip down and swim out and get them, come back warm up and dress.
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 4:38 pm to The Last Coco)
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You need a dog or a fiend with a dog, end of story...
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Ok, fine i will volunteer. I have the dog. When and where are we going.
half the gas with me and I will bring my dog. how many days do you need him?
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The Last Coco
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 4:57 pm to nhassl1)
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half the gas with me and I will bring my dog. how many days do you need him?
Get lsufishnhunt to come with you. Y'all split the gas. I'm too damn poor to pay for someone else to come hunt my spots.
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 6:00 pm to The Last Coco)
Inner tube or a pirogue.
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 6:14 pm to tkr1407)
Inner tube or one of them swimming pool rafts. 
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| re: Duck hunting from the bank and retrieving ducks in deep water (Posted on 11/19/12 at 8:10 pm to Nascar Fan)
As stated by others, treble hook of some sort. Have used a weighed hook on kite string before. Throw over bird and pull in.
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