QH's Paw wrote:aunt betty wrote:Well said. Mallards make you feel like you got some swagger. If I'm lucky someone I know will invite me to hunt divers. It's something I've not done yet and the clock's ticking.Frylock wrote:Eric Haynes wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:Can't beat big flocks of late season mallards. The last two weeks this season was the most fun I've ever had duck hunting. Never woulda thought I'd see mallards on public water in Michigan like I did this year.
Better than 200-300 BBs lighting your spread up?
Not far from me there's usually a few thousand BB's all season, I've never targeted them once, given the option of being in my layout blind in a marsh or getting the snot best out of me on the saltwater I'll chose the dry comfy layout blind. Also, I really love eating mallards, black ducks and teal.
For me calling the birds and working them into the spread is 99% of the fun. But to be fair having divers dump into upwind side of the spread right in your face is damn exciting.
It would be nice to try and live some of the diver stories I've read. It sounds like a lot of fun too if you don't drown in a tiny little boat miles and miles from shore.
Those guys are the REAL duck hunters...there, I said it finally.
AB, if you make it out west, I'll take you diver hunting, from water and from land. Best time is December and January but, the very best for BBs is January. If I have time, we could probably go seaduck hunting up north too. Have you ever shot a Harlie?
Thanks.
I've shot a Goldeneye that was lost in a central Illinois drainage ditch and a bb or two. Couple canvasbacks but that's about it.
I live in between flyways. Duck desert.