Offical 2012-2013 WFF Traveling Decoy Thread

[Redbeard]

Nov 2nd, 2012
1644 hours: The Spoonie Brothers arrive

1645 hours: Boot and ISS introduce Gadwall as the Mexican

1646 hours: the sh!t talking commences

So the brothers show up and we're all standing out front shaking hands and all. Meanwhile, my wife is talking to her friend out front also, who just happened to pull up before these guys. My wife's friend asks Shannon "do you know those guys?" Shannon tells her "No they're some of Aaron's Internet friends."

Wasn't but 10-15 minutes later that Joel (Tiler_J) joined the crowd.

Dinner that evening was deer burgers, bacon wrapped sturgeon and yuppie beer. Good times. We sat out all night and talked duck hunting and made fun of all the CA forum guys and a few HH guys.

Kevin, aka Gadwall, is the self proclaimed expert on every duck club in CA.

It's fun meeting new guys who are as crazy or crazier about duck hunting as you are. I met Tiler at his sweet little club last year when we hunted over the DHC pacific rambler. But he's about as mellow and chill a guy as you'll ever meet.

[QH's Paw]

Okay, so that's a start but, where is the rest of the story and, more importantly, where the hell are the pictures?

[Redbeard]

Patience my friend. Got busy at work

Nov 3rd

I was worried. Slowvember came early this year...like November 1st!

We hit the gas station for some breakfast burritos and made the 10 minute drive to the small dairy pond we were to hunt that morning. This pond is usually very good to me. We shot 23 ducks there on Oct 21st. I purposely didn't hunt it last weekend, hoping to give the birds a couple weeks to get comfy again.

Shoot time came and went and there was no early flight. No whistling wings in the darkness. Nothing. About 45 minutes into the hunt, three teal dropped into the pond and we dumped two of them. Those were the last birds we saw. Had we seen birds flying over in the stratosphere, we might been encouraged to stay alittle longer. There were however plenty of geese around. We might spotted 2-3000 coming into our bottoms. Yup, we shoulda goose hunted instead.

I left it up to the guys, which by the way included my son, Sam. And we all decided to pack up and head to another property just down the road where we would eventually hunt geese the next day. A tidal slough runs around bout 2/3 of the property. So our intent was to scout our goose field and hopefully jump some ducks in the slough.

We get to the slough and almost instantly a single Aleutian comes over us at bout 45 yards. Everyone stares in amazing until I yell shoot the sonuvabitch. Sam and Jason (ISS) raise up together and tag team the bird, dropping it across the slough

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The boys all spotted two ringnecks up ahead. With antsy trigger fingers they tried to jump em. We'll never know if anyone actually hit one. One disappeared. The other would pop up every 30 seconds in another spot only to be met with a fistfull of #3's. I was the only one not shooting, mostly outta laughter. Sam said it was like a giant game Whack-A-Mole.

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There was another group of hunters who hunts this property already there, which would cut our levee walk in half so we wouldn't interfere with their hunt.

Immediately with my binos I spotted a wad of Bills about 3-400 yards up the slough. We get off the levee and circle around em in the fields. We all slowly walk up the levee. And the birds just sit there. We all stare and no one shoots. Finally Joel yells shoot. The birds all get up and start running on water like divers do. Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom! When it was all said and done we had 13 birds down in the slough. Charlie had his work cut out for him.

(if you think this is unsportsmanlike, you can suck it. Joel hollared. Birds jumped. We shot)

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[JGUN]

Nice. Nothing beats a good water swat. I can't believe you're working and not finishing the story. Come on man priorities.

[Redbeard]

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After the carnage we only took one more long shot on a hen spoonie, which woulda been fitting considering our company.

It was a ridiculously slow day. I think the storm we had the week before pushed a lot of our birds outta the area. And of course it was a bluebird day with zero wind.

We called it for the day. Emperor's mojo was nonexistent til we got to our late breakfast/ early lunch. Or brunch for your fancy folks. Between the waitresses and the grow hoes there eating, lots of tail running round the restaurant. Even Kevin's eggs had nipples on em

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Unfortunately Joel's wife was sick and he had yo split early. We drug our asses home. Lounged around and cracked a few beers. Mid conversation Jason started snoring.

Deer steak, jalapeño duck poppers and crown for dinner. More trash talking for dessert.

I got to talk to Juice Box on the phone. He sounds like a 14 year old with his nuts in a vice.

I told you Juice. Blind 15 was the one to pick. You woulda walked back to the check station a hero with a full heavy strap. But don't listen to the Humboldt guy. We just smoke weed.

[Redbeard]

Nice. Nothing beats a good water swat. I can't believe you're working and not finishing the story. Come on man priorities.

impatient sonsabitches!

[QH's Paw]

Sound like a great time. I'm waiting to hear the rest.

[Redbeard]

Nov 4th Goose Hunt

We headed out well before shoot time to the same property the bluebill water swat genocide took place, which I'll now refer to as the Museum of Tolerance. Look it up if ya don't understand.

We found our field in the light low fog an set up my 18 FFL full bodies. We surrounded and covered ourselves with thistles as well as we could to break up the layout's outlines. The fields have thistles scattered all through them.

One of the first small groups into the area, maybe 15-20 birds, worked us fairly well. Until they circled around my side, the left end. Just before they circled in front of the guys, I heard their wings start to flutter hard indicating they were flaring. Game over. I had to call the shot. Unfortunately I was the only one of us in position to shoot. But sittin up and turning to the right sucks. I was lucky to hit the one I did.

A few other small groups came by and looked...bit not hard enough. The amount of geese I had seen the past few days come into these bottoms just weren't here today. Thanks for nothing Emperor.

Alittle while later we had another group of about 15-20 work us really well. Even better than the first group. But they eventually did the exact same thing as the first group, flaring on their last approach on my side. Unfortunately they were close enough and the guys were ready this time and they dumped two birds. One hit the ground hard. The other sailed bout 300 yards out across a slough.

We waited awhile longer, but the amount of birds we were seeing just wasn't worth it. Plus I had to be at work at noon. Packed it up and headed in around 0930-1000.

Tiler and the Spoonie Bro's are all great guys. They're crazy about duck/ goose hunting. I wish the weather and birds would've cooperated with us alittle more so these boyz coulda squeezed the trigger a few more times, but such is the life of a duck hunter.

It sounds like friendships were forged enough for future hunts together. So maybe the Emperor's mojo did work

[GadwallGetter530]

It was really cool to finally get a chance to meet Red and Tiler. Thanks red for an awesome trip.

[Redbeard]

It was really cool to finally get a chance to meet Red and Tiler. Thanks red for an awesome trip.

anytime brotha

[huntntech]

Sounds like a helluva hunt! The good times and friendship with fellow hunters is what its all about!

[GadwallGetter530]

I also appreciate the fact that Reds a normal guy that didn't try to put us in a pit in his basement and order us to put the "lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again." Lol...Id be a lying if I said the thought didn't cross my mind when we pulled up to reds house.... "stranger off the internet, well I hope this works out."

[BrewGUN]

did he have pants on at least?

[i shoot spoonies]

did he have pants on at least?

yeah but gaddy didnt. i woke up one morning to some wooly mammoth sasquatch lookin thing walking around the trailer. i thought "well hell, we're in the right part of the country." this was one of my favorite hunting trips by far. was quite a trip to hear the ocean off in the distance while hunting. the ground pounding and scenery at the local restaurant were well worth the trip. was a hell of a time and cant wait to do it again. also cant wait till you guys can make the trip down to the valley. all in all the emperorss mojo was a success

[GadwallGetter530]

did he have pants on at least?

yeah but gaddy didnt. i woke up one morning to some wooly mammoth sasquatch lookin thing walking around the trailer. i thought "well hell, we're in the right part of the country." this was one of my favorite hunting trips by far. was quite a trip to hear the ocean off in the distance while hunting. the ground pounding and scenery at the local restaurant were well worth the trip. was a hell of a time and cant wait to do it again. also cant wait till you guys can make the trip down to the valley. all in all the emperorss mojo was a success

I am far to short to be mistaken for a bigfoot. An Ewok maybe.

[Redbeard]

I also appreciate the fact that Reds a normal guy that didn't try to put us in a pit in his basement and order us to put the "lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again." Lol...Id be a lying if I said the thought didn't cross my mind when we pulled up to reds house.... "stranger off the internet, well I hope this works out."

don't think it didn't cross my mind

[GadwallGetter530]

I also appreciate the fact that Reds a normal guy that didn't try to put us in a pit in his basement and order us to put the "lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again." Lol...Id be a lying if I said the thought didn't cross my mind when we pulled up to reds house.... "stranger off the internet, well I hope this works out."

don't think it didn't cross my mind

Yup.

[Goldfish]

I also appreciate the fact that Reds a normal guy that didn't try to put us in a pit in his basement and order us to put the "lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again." Lol...Id be a lying if I said the thought didn't cross my mind when we pulled up to reds house.... "stranger off the internet, well I hope this works out."

don't think it didn't cross my mind

Yup.

Sounds like they had you out numbered too Red

[Redbeard]

Except they're all dwarfs

[jehler]

Except they're all dwarfs

Really!

[Bootlipkiller]

Except they're all dwarfs

Hey we prefer little people!

[jarbo03]

Except they're all dwarfs

Really!

I was wondering when jehler would chime in!

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[Olly]

Except they're all dwarfs

Really!

Long lost brothers.

[jehler]

Some day I'm gonna go to Korea or Japan so I can be a tall guy

[assateague]

It's odd how they all look the same.

[Bootlipkiller]

I've got a few photos from the trip also but it was hard to take pictures when your laughing your ass off the whole time.

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Red, Tiler, and Sam packing the decoys. Would have helped but red said the water was too deep for midgets, and then we laughed when he walked out taking a gallon over the waders.

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The Emperor looking bad ass.

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Day two we were all tired from late night BS'ing and booze but damn its a beautiful place to hunt.

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Gadwall surrounded by devil bushes. As Redbeard said all we had for cover was Scottish thistle so we sported work gloves and brushed the layouts with the sticker covered plant. About every 10 minutes of the hunt I would hear gadwall say, "ouch sh!t"!!! Then I would laugh and look over to see him pulling an inch long sticker out of his hand.

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And yes the truck got a little dirty!

It was a great trip, one we will remember for a long time. Aaron and his whole family are great people and we appreciate them giving us the opportunity to come up and stay at their home. I also enjoyed meeting Tiler, reds description of him was right on. Mellow fun loving guy. New friends were definitely made on this trip! Oh and I also wanted to give Sam credit for hitting the doctor pepper with the sling shot in the living room when his mom said he couldn't do it!!! Good shot.

[GadwallGetter530]

I.S.P also will be visiting the orient. For a much different purpose.

[jehler]

8-) I.S.P also will be visiting the orient. For a much different purpose.

So you can finally be well hung?

[Olly]

8-) I.S.P also will be visiting the orient. For a much different purpose.

So you can finally be well hung?

Boom!

[Bootlipkiller]

8-) I.S.P also will be visiting the orient. For a much different purpose.

So you can finally be well hung?

Chicks with Small hands make your d!ck look huge!