re: Jimjacknjose and I had a odd experience duck hunting today.

The last hunt I made we had 2 pintails come in a drake and a hen. I shot the drake and the hen was shot by a buddy of mine. 25' up head shot that helicoptered the whole way down, you could see the blood in the water. The drake landed in the channel and with a falling tide and north wind it was moving out quickly. We cranked up the boat to go get the drake first. When we left, the hen was feet up head under water, not kicking. We're gone maybe 2 minutes, when we came back they had some geese starting to get up off the sandbar so I unloaded my 3" and was putting in 3.5". We get 5' from the hen and she pops her head up and flies off.

My buddy went to Arkansas and showed me a video of when they were picking up ducks from the feild, one of the other guys went to throw him a duck and when it was in the air took off flying.

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If you can get them to light in decoys, it shouldn't be frowned upon. I just don't have a high rate of return with the on the water shots.

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That is another reason I don't shoot ducks on the water. Unless it is a close shot, It usually is not a clean kill since their breast is not exposed. I hate losing cripples!

I don't have a clue why I didn't have shells on me. Mine were in the boat and he was close to gun box.