Managed to scratch a few this past Saturday. Next split comes in here in a couple weeks, but I will miss the opener traveling to Iowa for a week.

Just starting to take waterfowl hunting more seriously and loving it so far. Got a drake wood duck and I believe a hen ring-necked duck? The woody I’m ageing in the fridge but I ate the other and it was pretty tasty, especially for a diver!

Had another good day on the water

Last season, we built the classic diy scissor blind on my brother’s 14’ johnboat. Works quite well when set up, but….

My brother isn’t in the greatest shape and just had knee surgery; so he has been really struggling to get in and out when it’s set up The X crossbars at the end block off too much, which mean we have to lower everything when he needs to exit and enter (working with the new dog, pissing, pooping, etc)

We are in the process of changing a few things and might have a new plan, but I was wondering if anytime has a collapsible blond idea that would be better than the scissor design for out application/limitations. Searching YouTube only brings up 20 different builds of the same design.

Thanks

I was planning a trip up to Chicago from Louisiana around September 2027, and saw yall have an early Canada running from the 1st-15th. Would love to try to fit a hunt in one day to shoot my first Canada if there’s even any outfitters or anything within driving range of Chicago. TIA!

Looking for a good spot for my labrador when we hunt from layouts.

3 came into the decoys with cupped wings, got 2. That’s all the chances I had this morning. 67% shooting efficiency. Soaking in milk and will cook them up.

Goose opener here in Oregon. The spot is 1 mile from the house and the birds are roosting 500 yards away. I didn’t want to jump them by driving the truck in before sunrise. This worked great!

Had an amazing cormorant hunt in Sweden. We joined some guys taking part in a research project where they try to get rid of all the Cormorants in the area to see if the sea trout population will bounce back.

I swear, I never bought half of these!!!!!!!

My dad and I went out pheasant hunting after our morning duck hunt and we shot 7 3in #4 steelshot into one single bird before it went down and when I was skinning out the pheasant it was ridiculous how many pellets fell out of the feathers and skin. Not a single pellet got through any of the breast feathers.

Is Steel worthless for anything other than ducks or do Pheasants just have armor😂

Picked up a Northern Flight universal kayak blind on sale. Ended up making a few modifications to add more stubble straps on the doors. More than likely add more grass to it, but its pretty much ready to hunt

Couldn't touch a mallard today, but the pinnies couldn't stay out of the spread.

Was just wondering if anybody had a code before I ordered a duck oven jacket.

Not technically waterfowl. These birds get a bad rap but their flavor is actually pretty good

Got in a good hunt in the 3 day early season. Mountain hunting on rivers is probably very different from what most of you do but we are figuring it out

I was really proud of my spread given that my head lamp died on the way out to the marsh. I'm done with 70° days though

How is everyone getting their waders dry? Between sweat and my habit of stepping into holes, the inside of my waders is always wet and never seems to dry out fully.

Went on an evening solo duck hunt on one of the bigger marshes in Manitoba and managed to get my first duck limit.

Starting the season off right.

I've lately been moving away from coastal hunt to farm hunts and don't have a lot of experience doing those. With that I've had average success but no limits so far - whereas on coastal hunts I know what I'm doing and I am disappointed if I don't limit on the water.

So far for my field setup I have a a couple dozen duck silos, socks, and a handful of the Higdon FLATS (they wobble in the wind). For motion, besides the wobblers and socks, I have of course a spinner. I do have a couple Flock Flickrs but don't expect them to survive for much longer. I usually will use a layout in the field.

Have you added anything unique to your set up that is one-man transportable - or at least in a hand cart? The fields I have access to do not allow driving onto the fields. I am trying to avoid full bodies but if the consensus is that I need them, then I will take recommendations on the lightest ones available.

Thanks!