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Well, it's here. Season is officially over for me here in NY. Still have another month to shoot them up on the Canadian side, but usually only go a couple times.

Ended the day with a drake black, drake and hen mallard, drake GE, and two drake mergies.

Ended the season with 192 birds. A little better than last year, but not as good as expected. Still a great year and I will be jealous of all of the pictures of you guys that get to hunt into january.

Eric Haynes wrote:Well, it's here. Season is officially over for me here in NY. Still have another month to shoot them up on the Canadian side, but usually only go a couple times.

Ended the day with a drake black, drake and hen mallard, drake GE, and two drake mergies.

Ended the season with 192 birds. A little better than last year, but not as good as expected. Still a great year and I will be jealous of all of the pictures of you guys that get to hunt into january.

So you'll really not like the ones I post in Feb/March then?

Nice way to wrap up the season.

My first bird o the day, and the only picture that came out worth a damn. We finished with 9 ducks for 2 shooters.

3legged_lab wrote:

Eric Haynes wrote:Well, it's here. Season is officially over for me here in NY. Still have another month to shoot them up on the Canadian side, but usually only go a couple times.

Ended the day with a drake black, drake and hen mallard, drake GE, and two drake mergies.

Ended the season with 192 birds. A little better than last year, but not as good as expected. Still a great year and I will be jealous of all of the pictures of you guys that get to hunt into january.

So you'll really not like the ones I post in Feb/March then?

Nice way to wrap up the season.

No I will love them. I have no problem being jealous. Nice drake!

Sounds like a great season, how many hunts?

huntfishnv wrote:Sounds like a great season, how many hunts?

44 as far as my journal says. For some reason I was thinking more than that.

Eric Haynes wrote:

huntfishnv wrote:Sounds like a great season, how many hunts?

44 as far as my journal says. For some reason I was thinking more than that.

Damn. Im at 14 hunts 60 birds.

37 hunts, # of birds is need to know basis, and still have almost all of January and a late hunt to go.

3legged_lab wrote:37 hunts, # of birds is need to know basis, and still have almost all of January and a late hunt to go.

I need to know.

Last year was the first year I started keeping a journal and I'm glad I did. Not because I need to try improving on getting more birds, but comparing weather, how the ducks were flying at what times, comparison of morning and evening hunts, species taken at what times of the year, etc. I figure in a few years I'll have some good data to look at.

capt1972 wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:37 hunts, # of birds is need to know basis, and still have almost all of January and a late hunt to go.

I need to know.

I don't keep track of what I shoot individually, just a blind total for myself and whomever I hunt with. It's been better than average this year.

Didn't realize I forgot to post the good half of the birds today. This photo is for QH.

Those ducks have teeth!

Bulldog0156 wrote:Those ducks have teeth!

that's why they're not ducks

Bufflehead wrote:

Bulldog0156 wrote:Those ducks have teeth!

that's why they're not ducks

And they effing hurt. Had a cripple get ahold of me last season. Never again will I have a crippled, pissed off merg in the blind.

obxbufflehead wrote:

Bufflehead wrote:

Bulldog0156 wrote:Those ducks have teeth!

that's why they're not ducks

And they effing hurt. Had a cripple get ahold of me last season. Never again will I have a crippled, pissed off merg in the blind.

You should have video taped that.

huntfishnv wrote:

obxbufflehead wrote:

Bufflehead wrote:

Bulldog0156 wrote:Those ducks have teeth!

that's why they're not ducks

And they effing hurt. Had a cripple get ahold of me last season. Never again will I have a crippled, pissed off merg in the blind.

You should have video taped that.

It was quite comical.

I wish I could have had tape rolling when my buddy sat on a wasp nest opening day last year, first time duck hunting too.

huntfishnv wrote:I wish I could have had tape rolling when my buddy sat on a wasp nest opening day last year, first time duck hunting too.

That would have been a good one on film.

obxbufflehead wrote:

Bufflehead wrote:

Bulldog0156 wrote:Those ducks have teeth!

that's why they're not ducks

And they effing hurt. Had a cripple get ahold of me last season. Never again will I have a crippled, pissed off merg in the blind.

obxbufflehead wrote:

Bufflehead wrote:

Bulldog0156 wrote:Those ducks have teeth!

that's why they're not ducks

And they effing hurt. Had a cripple get ahold of me last season. Never again will I have a crippled, pissed off merg in the blind.

I done screw with cripples.

Thats a cripple that kept trying to swim away from me.....