Duck Hunt Pics

[ldyates]

We had a good morning. If we had a any marksanship skills, we would have limited out in 90 minutes. The ducks are flying east of Houston and this was a great day.

Strangely, the Woodies were flying all morning while the big birds pretty much disappeared after 7:30AM. Total count was 12.... 7 Gadwall, 4 Wood Ducks and 1 Mallard.

 

[macFarlaine]

My kind of hunting,excellent.Those wood ducks look like nice birds..

 

[ldyates]

Thanks. The Woodies are beautiful and very difficult to hunt because they are so fast. The normal hunting window for them is about 20 - 30 minutes right at dawn, but we got a real break yesterday. I took the one on top of the stack to get mounted and it is going to look great in my office.

 

[Kimber1911_06238]

nice job. looks like you had a good time

 

[rickyford2]

nice job. looks like you had a good time

They do not look happy to me.
NO SMILE.



Ricky

 

[ldyates]

We were happy

We just had to pee really bad. Waders are waterproof from both sides!

 

[rickyford2]

We just had to pee really bad. Waders are waterproof from both side!

Ricky

 

[countertop]

We just had to pee really bad.

Knowing that, the look on the thin guy to the right is all the more classic.

But congrats. Looks like a good haul!

 

[MCgunner]

Good hunt, looks like. We don't get many woodies and only a few mallards down here in the marshes and only on a few fresh water holes I know about. You must have been in the old and lost rivers area?

 

[ldyates]

We were 60 miles NE of Houston. The Sandhills were passing over by the hundreds this past weekend. My buddy took a Whitetail that weighed in at 192# on the rack. These are some of the largest deer I have ever seen in Texas and rumor has it that you can find a few old boys that will exceed 200#.

The property we hunted was just off the Trinity river, so we have tons of bayous and marshes. It is basically a sanctuary for all species of waterfowl except geese. I look forward to going back down there next season.