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re: How hardcore duck hunter are you?
Posted on 6/14/13 at 8:50 am to Clyde Tipton
Posted on 6/14/13 at 8:50 am to Clyde Tipton
45/60? Jesus Christ what do y'all do for a living?
A good season for me is 20-25.
A good season for me is 20-25.
This post was edited on 6/14/13 at 8:51 am
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Posted on 6/14/13 at 8:52 am to TulaneUVA
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what do y'all do for a living
we are in the reality show buisness
Have you ever seen that show Giggolos?
eta: oilfield
This post was edited on 6/14/13 at 8:54 am
Posted on 6/14/13 at 8:57 am to Clyde Tipton
I use 100% of my vacation and sick time on duck hunting. Plus my boss sucks at it and I take him often. Between that and entertaining clients I usually get a few hunts in every year. 
Posted on 6/14/13 at 9:05 am to REB BEER
I've hunted freshwater swamps from a blind up on a tree..by far the easiest duck hunting I've ever done..but never a barrel.
Hardcore...well I used to walk into Sabine on the salt water side...marsh had no bottom...sunk up to your 'nads in water and to you mid-thighs in mud. Walked about 1/4 mile to get 3 ducks. Luckily for me I hunted with Jesus and Peter. Yeah...because these two little bastards could walk on water...they carried two bags of decoys and my shotgun and their gear....Good to have friends.
Hardcore...well I used to walk into Sabine on the salt water side...marsh had no bottom...sunk up to your 'nads in water and to you mid-thighs in mud. Walked about 1/4 mile to get 3 ducks. Luckily for me I hunted with Jesus and Peter. Yeah...because these two little bastards could walk on water...they carried two bags of decoys and my shotgun and their gear....Good to have friends.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 9:12 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
There's a blind on George Franklins on the Handicap side that is about 15' up in the air. Lots of your shots are shooting down. Pass shooting woodies at daylight will put to the test your shotgunning skillz.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 9:40 am to LSUballs
Im about as lazy of a duck hunter as they come.
Due to the drought around here, and the restricted access to public water, we mostly hunt farm ponds. Drive up, unload 1-2 dozen decoys, drop gear and buddies, drive to tree line to park and walk back. sit down in the tallest brush on the pond edge with the wind to our back, hunt until we go 20 min with nothing in the air and then pack it in.
We have one blind which I have shown in pics here before that I brush in before season but for the last 3 years the waters edge usually remains 50 yards from the damn blind.
I do have a box stand for deer I build on the edge of a creek that I will be putting a back window in this year to shoot the woodies behind me.
Due to the drought around here, and the restricted access to public water, we mostly hunt farm ponds. Drive up, unload 1-2 dozen decoys, drop gear and buddies, drive to tree line to park and walk back. sit down in the tallest brush on the pond edge with the wind to our back, hunt until we go 20 min with nothing in the air and then pack it in.
We have one blind which I have shown in pics here before that I brush in before season but for the last 3 years the waters edge usually remains 50 yards from the damn blind.
I do have a box stand for deer I build on the edge of a creek that I will be putting a back window in this year to shoot the woodies behind me.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 9:49 am to TulaneUVA
I was farming and then working as a farm manager on a notable hunting property.
Used to make a lot of hunts and then be in the office by 8:00-8:30
Used to make a lot of hunts and then be in the office by 8:00-8:30
Posted on 6/14/13 at 9:56 am to LSUballs
THats my blind
Posted on 6/14/13 at 9:58 am to LSUballs
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Lots of your shots are shooting down.
If y'all have never hunted ducks out of the top of a tree, you've never lived. Some of my most favorite hunts have come out of climbing deer stands, or even a ladder stand that was in a willow thicket during bow season, but became flooded timber in December.
When you "shoot down" at a wad of ducks, they kinda look back at you over their shoulder like "wtf just happened". It's awesome.
I killed a wigeon one time that was pretty much self defense. I swear we were looking eye to eye when I shot him, and if I'd have missed, he'd have knocked me off the board I was sitting on.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 10:08 am to TigerTreyjpg
Many years ago, our blinds were built out of 55 gal drums, not in a tree, but sunk in the marsh.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 10:46 am to fishfighter
I've heard of people doing this. I'm sure y'all what, filled them with water, sunk them, then bailed out the water.
How did y'all anchor them? I always wondered aobut this.
How did y'all anchor them? I always wondered aobut this.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 11:32 am to LSUballs
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There's a blind on George Franklins
Ahhh good ole George Franklin hunting
Posted on 6/14/13 at 11:56 am to Sir Galahad
How the hell did y'all fit in a 55 gal drum? I might as well just wade out to waist/chest level and stand in the marsh for all of the concealment a 55 gal drum will give me.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 1:16 pm to Bleeding purple
I don't think you have walked out in much marsh.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 2:15 pm to DeepSouthSportsman
thick grass---check
thick gumbo mud that reaches up and pulls you down to your thighs ---check
water that amazingly is equally full of creepy crawly things as it is devoid of warmth-- check
believing that somehow climbing into and out of a damn 55 gal barrel, in which I will have to stand the entire time with everything from my waist up exposed, is better than simply standing in there in waders ----- no check
deepsouth- next post is 1000
thick gumbo mud that reaches up and pulls you down to your thighs ---check
water that amazingly is equally full of creepy crawly things as it is devoid of warmth-- check
believing that somehow climbing into and out of a damn 55 gal barrel, in which I will have to stand the entire time with everything from my waist up exposed, is better than simply standing in there in waders ----- no check
deepsouth- next post is 1000
This post was edited on 6/14/13 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 6/14/13 at 2:40 pm to Bleeding purple
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I've drug up on a job before to free up time for duck hunting.
Work and school are scheduled around hunting season, prob why I am still in school.
Posted on 6/14/13 at 3:50 pm to tigrbaseball
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I love duck hunting but Im way too scared of heights to get in a barrel in a tree
Posted on 6/14/13 at 4:39 pm to LouisianaChessie
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I'm not getting in a frickin 55 gallon drum in a tree
That being said I thoroughly enjoy blasting them from the ground.
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