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Title: another day sculling a few ducks
Post by: jmck on January 28, 2011, 09:25:40 AM: Have gone less this year than any in the past so far. Gave myself the day off yesterday and took off with some of the gang to harass some good ducks down in Alabama. We hit the river and started glassing and immediatlly saw a float of OVER 500 canvasbacks. It was on !!!
We set the sculler in the water about 1/4 mile away or so and went to rowing. Wasnt long before I was right in the middle of em *bannana*. Canvasbacks all around the boat, feeding ,sleeping and totally oblvisious to what we were learking amungst them. Picked out some real white ones and made a few more strokes and told the gunner to set up and look at 12 o'clock ---they were less than 15 yards. He got his and I got mine. We ended up with 5 canvasbacks, everyone got thiers and this Greater---they are pretty too.
We spent the day looking and glassing for redheads and wiegons but all we saw were gadwalls and tons and tons of Cans that we couldnt kill any more of. In many years of sculling---I have never seen the floats on Canvasbacks that we saw yeserday. We took pics early before we got the last two---didnt realize that till this morn.
(http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss77/jmckamey/IMG_5515.jpg)
Title: Re: another day sculling a few ducks
Post by: Bulldogmikey on January 28, 2011, 09:29:03 AM: I would bet that is an awesome way to hunt ducks! Congrats Jeff!

Mike
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Post by: letinmfly on January 28, 2011, 09:30:14 AM: Some prized possessions right there! *up*
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Post by: rocfish13 on January 28, 2011, 11:00:42 AM: Quote from: Bulldogmikey on January 28, 2011, 09:29:03 AM
I would bet that is an awesome way to hunt ducks! Congrats Jeff!

Mike
Stalking ducks in a canoe, never heard of that. *cool* Roc *up* *up*
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Post by: hunter22 on January 28, 2011, 12:58:36 PM: That sure sounds like a lot of work. I remember now why I quit duck hunting.
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Post by: West Augusta on January 28, 2011, 01:21:41 PM: Sounds like fun.
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Post by: jmck on January 28, 2011, 02:07:08 PM: Rocfish
the little boat looks like a cross bewteen a kyack(spelling???) and a layout boat. It is wide and real flat to the water so it cant be seen
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Post by: Blackfalcon on January 28, 2011, 02:18:56 PM: Sounds like a great morning on the water, I always liked hunting them that way. We were hunting a bay one morning when the wind came up and I wasn't sure we would make it back without getting swamped. We finally beached on the flats, and then had a long drag to get out of there, it was a lot of work that morning...But man, the hunting was awesome!
Title: Re: another day sculling a few ducks
Post by: jmck on January 28, 2011, 02:58:09 PM: yep---ya sure dont want to get caught out in big water if the wind gets up much---can make for real dangerious times !!!!
Its a blast to hunt em that way
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Post by: 3CB on January 28, 2011, 03:18:48 PM: Great hunt!
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Post by: turkey stew on January 28, 2011, 08:39:46 PM: Congrats on getting those Kings of the ducks! They are definitely some beauties! *dance*
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Post by: augiedog55 on January 28, 2011, 09:38:22 PM: 5 cans... that the best eatin duck out there. Congradultions jeff.. SHWEEEET RkLu RkLu RkLu
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Post by: Porter on January 29, 2011, 02:38:31 PM: Nice job... so how do the knee pads work on duck hunting *lol*
Title: Re: another day sculling a few ducks
Post by: jmck on January 29, 2011, 08:03:22 PM: Porter----dont kid anybody man.
You KNOW there are lots of ways to use knee pads hunting !!!!! *lol*