Decent brant hunt today

[Redbeard]

Headed out again. Alittle earlier than yesterday

[jehler]

It's gonna be a shitshow today red, better pick the pretty ones or it will be over to fast

[rebelp74]

Headed out again. Alittle earlier than yesterday

Good luck! I was gonna go today but it's storming something fierce here.

[Redbeard]

That what your crystal ball says? And by shitshow you don't mean I'll be running back and forth to the one tree shitting all morning right?

[jehler]

Is Red's brant hunt ginna be off the charts...

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[DeadEye_Dan]

I'd like to shoot a brant.

[rebelp74]

I'd like to shoot a brant.

x2

[jarbo03]

Bang em up Aaron!

[Redbeard]

Is Red's brant hunt ginna be off the charts...

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this day just picked up a big notch

[Redbeard]

I'd like to shoot a brant.

they'd probably bore a Matthew Quigley marksman like yourself

[Redbeard]

Bang em up Aaron!

if they present themselves, it's a guarantee

[Redbeard]

First one out here. Snagged my spot from yesterday.

Fields landing directly across the bay

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32 degrees. Crystal clear skies. I can here mallards in a marsh a bit north of me

[huntntech]

Good luck Red!

[hudson]

Good luck

[jehler]

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[Redbeard]

I'm gonna miss the peaks

[Redbeard]

So people know this spots taken. I'm going back to sleep now

[Redbeard]

Oops

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[DeadEye_Dan]

I'd like to shoot a brant.

they'd probably bore a Matthew Quigley marksman like yourself

Yeah, but I gotta have one for the collection.

[Redbeard]

I'd like to shoot a brant.

they'd probably bore a Matthew Quigley marksman like yourself

Yeah, but I gotta have one for the collection.

come on out. But bring your taxidermist to make sure it's a good specimen

[Eric Haynes]

People may think that blind sticks out llike a sore thumb, but it works awesome. I made one after seeing Reds. Modified the design a little for more hunters but it works like a dream. Ive killed everything behind it including your "smart" park ducks.

[Mean Gene]

Way cool. One of these days......

[assateague]

You should name that blind "The Pillbox".

[3legged_lab]

It's gonna be a shitshow today red, better pick the pretty ones or it will be over to fast

Damn, johns fulla predictions this morning. Hey, I'm trying a new spot tomorrow morning, is it gonna ne worth it?

[3legged_lab]

People may think that blind sticks out llike a sore thumb, but it works awesome. I made one after seeing Reds. Modified the design a little for more hunters but it works like a dream. Ive killed everything behind it including your "smart" park ducks.

Works so well I can't even see it.

[The Duck Hammer]

People may think that blind sticks out llike a sore thumb, but it works awesome. I made one after seeing Reds. Modified the design a little for more hunters but it works like a dream. Ive killed everything behind it including your "smart" park ducks.

Works so well I can't even see it.

[Redbeard]

Well today didn't work out as planned. I screwed the pooch big time.

Bout 0745-0800, a big group of about 25 or so came off the ocean just north of us about 200 yards. They swung south and circled in front of us twice before dropping low and coming in to our decoys from the east. The sun by the way had just crested the mountains to the east and we were looking directly into it. Well, hunkered down behind the blind I was trying to eyeball the trailing birds cause the lead birds were in the sun. Long story short I didn't call the shot when I should have and they flared. We jumped up to shoot and I could see they were within 25-30 yards before flaring. We popped off a couple shots but dropped nothing. My guess was they were 40+ yards before the flared. Boy was I wrong.

The morning died down after that. We saw a few flocks but everything settled in the middle of the bay

We pulled the plug at about 1030

[Olly]

Do you call brant?

[GadwallGetter530]

Can't get them every time buddy.

[Redbeard]

Yea I got a cheap little Haydel's call that I'm not thrilled with. But they seem to respond fairly well to it. May try the bill Saunders' call next season. ChessyMan's son mouth calls em really well. Sam's gotten pretty good at it but hasn't had a chance to put his skills to use on real birds. Tomorrow will be his first brant hunt this season.