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Saturdays hunt: Will post some of the earlier hunts later.
The Family is gotta be well fed. good job
Saturdays hunt: Will post some of the earlier hunts later.
Redheads from a couple of hunts
Some ducks showed up. Got my first Pintail. We had some real nice drake golden eyes and some black ducks decoy. Great day especially since it was so warm and sunny.
Just a guess based on the pic but that's your tender boat and you were hunting on the flats?
You are correct on both. Flats has to be my favorite place to hunt.
I do body boot. its my favorite way to hunt. You just go into it know your going to be wet and frozen all day. It can be just down right miserable. I did get frost bite a couple years ago booting. However when 100 Cans decoys at 5 yards its well work the suck.You body boot when you hunt there? I've done it once and it may have been the most miserable waterfowl hunt of my life and I hunt a ton.
I was not familiar with the term "body booting" until now and after about 30 minutes of reading about it online, it looks fun as hell! I think I've technically done this a couple times when I've shot birds while standing in waders in the spread to adjust decoys...and I've done layout blinds in a field and layout boats on the Bay, but this technique of standing in the water on purpose sounds pretty cool.
Do most people just wear waders or do you get an actual wet suit (or dry suit?)? How do you keep your gun dry?Looks like some people build a big decoy with a little gun rack and hide behind it? This is all very intriguing.
Do you have to get an offshore blind permit to do it? I'm thinking not as long as you have a shore blind permitted and you're standing a little ways out from the shore, or if you're on public land where a blind permit is not required.
Sort of on the same topic, how do you all think tides affect how ducks decoy/move? I hunt from shore blinds on the tidal Potomac and always think about the wind direction when setting decoys but honestly have never really considered how the tide might affect things.
Its a popular way of hunting in the flats. We set up a very large spread around swan decoys. Wear all while and hide in with the swan decoys. Here are some pics. I wear insulted waders. I have seen other people wear survival suits but I have trouble swinging a gun in them. You go into it knowing you are going to be cold and wet all day.I was not familiar with the term "body booting" until now and after about 30 minutes of reading about it online, it looks fun as hell! I think I've technically done this a couple times when I've shot birds while standing in waders in the spread to adjust decoys...and I've done layout blinds in a field and layout boats on the Bay, but this technique of standing in the water on purpose sounds pretty cool.
Do most people just wear waders or do you get an actual wet suit (or dry suit?)? How do you keep your gun dry?Looks like some people build a big decoy with a little gun rack and hide behind it? This is all very intriguing.
Do you have to get an offshore blind permit to do it? I'm thinking not as long as you have a shore blind permitted and you're standing a little ways out from the shore, or if you're on public land where a blind permit is not required.
Sort of on the same topic, how do you all think tides affect how ducks decoy/move? I hunt from shore blinds on the tidal Potomac and always think about the wind direction when setting decoys but honestly have never really considered how the tide might affect things.