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Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby pscottx1982 » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:59 am

Hunt from a week ago. My old spot is completely bald and void of cover after last years flood. I piled up what little brush I could find and used the ghillie suit. It worked like a charm! The river was really swift and had both me and the dog working over time.

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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby assateague » Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:00 pm

I saw that on your YouTube. Looked like a pretty damn good idea to me!
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby Olly » Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:09 pm

Looks like a good time and a unique way of duck hunting. Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby Redbeard » Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:28 pm

Sam and I have been talking bout getting em for goose hunting
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby Olly » Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:30 pm

I really want one of those dog huts for my white ass dog.

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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby Olly » Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:30 pm

Just had a great idea of attaching some rafia to the dogs vest!

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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby assateague » Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:33 pm

Better use plastic.
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby pscottx1982 » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:09 pm

It's the GHG one. I have the MuttHutt as well, but he does better with the 2 entrances and it has a pipe frame.

I tried dying Salty at one point and had read about using food coloring. So I wasn't thinking about water resistant lab fur. I lived in an apartment and had him in the bathroom all watercolored up and ready to go and was just letting it sit. He decided he didn't want to play anymore and he darted out of the bathroom into the bed room. He jumped right in the middle of my bed and shook! Everything but Salty had food coloring on it.

I was going to attach some stuff to him, but I decided he didn't need anything else to get hung up or to weigh him down in the water. I was going to install my GoPro on his back for a cool perspective on the retrieves, but I am worried he will get hung up.
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby jarbo03 » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:26 pm

Very cool, I like the GHG blind also, use it on 75% of my hunts. Definitely do not have anything hanging from the dog that could get caught, especially in flowing water. I have been thinking hard about a ghillie suit, many places I could use it. I could probably rough up Taz wiry ass hair and make him look like a brush pile!!

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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby Tomkat » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:00 pm

The mutthut sicks imo
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby GadwallGetter530 » Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:54 pm

I got a few spots in mind that I think those suites would murder the birds. Ive been thinking about picking one up since opening day. Totally on my list of things to buy before next season. :thumbsup:
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby huntfishnv » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:56 pm

Nice. Good shooting
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby FourRiversBoats » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:53 pm

Great video, hunt and shooting, good looking dog also. keep em coming.
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby Ajverret » Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:29 pm

I noticed he said he will be there Sunday sounds like a stab at Assa
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby Laguna Madre » Wed Jan 16, 2013 12:32 am

Looks similar to the place I used to hunt on the Colorado River and I remember you couldn't jack around or your birds were half a mile downstream in no time.

That is an awesome looking dog and good idea on the ghillie suit. I hunted out of a layout blind last week and it was good for hunting in areas without a lot of natural cover.
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby assateague » Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:36 am

Ajverret wrote:I noticed he said he will be there Sunday sounds like a stab at Assa


He did say that didn't he? Bastard. :lol:
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby pscottx1982 » Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:45 am

Thanks for watching and the feedback.

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Ya, I am in agreement with you, it's just too flimsy. I bought it first because it was on sale in Cabela's bargain cave (damn that place, I have more useless shit because of that cave and yet I keep going in there). After one use I went and bought the GHG one and the MuttHutt is in the bottom of a closet somewhere.

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Ajverret wrote:I noticed he said he will be there Sunday sounds like a stab at Assa


He did say that didn't he? Bastard. :lol:


I was trying to figure out what this was about and then I remembered stumbling on a thread about some places that couldn't hunt on Sunday. :shock: That blew my mind. If we couldn't go on sundays, my hunting buddy would never get to hunt as he works the other 6 days of the week. If that wasn't it, then it's way over my head.
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby Tiler_J » Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:09 am

Where Assa hunts he can't hunt on Sundays, so we tend to rub it in that we can.

On a side note, Assa loves pictures of pintail. So when you get some, post the pictures up for him.
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby huntntech » Wed Jan 16, 2013 11:02 am

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby Olly » Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:54 pm

Haha I just Google searched "Ghillie suits duck hunting" and landed back here. I had no idea this thread was here, or forgot about it.

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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby Slingshot » Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:09 pm

Nice hunt , like the suit.
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby rozzo842 » Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:32 pm

Cool video, glad you bumped it Olly. I could definitely use one at a few spots. Probably easier to carry in than a layout too.
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby OGblackcloud » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:51 am

Pretty good video :thumbsup:
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Re: Ghillie Suit Duck hunt Texas

Postby Rick » Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:07 am

One of our regulars used to wear one when we weren't hunting out of a blind. Worked well unless it was wet and the thing got HEAVY.

What tickled me most about it was that Mike smoked little cigars and looked like a smoldering brush pile.
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Postby The Duck Hammer » Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:50 am

Rick wrote:
What tickled me most about it was that Mike smoked little cigars and looked like a smoldering brush pile.


Lol. I'd be scared id light myself on fire.


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