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    foxtrapper

    foxtrapper

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    Sep 11, 2007
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    rob said:
    Every time I see this thread. I get the urge to yell "Rabbit season"
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    Well apparently my maine coon mix cat thought it was. Mom found a little cottontail rabbit head in the garden, and I went and got the cat ( his old MO from his country days), set him down by it and we darted right to it, picked it up and carried it a short distance away and then ate it.
     
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    Derwood

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    Jun 2, 2011
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    blacklab25 said:
    Contrary to what everybody says...I feel rainy snowy weather keeps the ducks from flying unless someone bumps them. A good heavy overcast, windy, cold day is what is needed. The birds do not fly when it is raining too hard, snowing too hard, or too foggy.
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    On messy weather days, it always seems like they really get up and fly when the snow/rain stops for a few minutes after sustained precipitation. Of course it also depends if you're out on big water or a pond/creek. The place I often hunt is on the big water of the Potomac, so if it has been cold enough that the creeks and ponds freeze, and then it snows and the snow suddenly stops, it's on.
     
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    fabsroman

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    Mar 14, 2009
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    blacklab25 said:
    Contrary to what everybody says...I feel rainy snowy weather keeps the ducks from flying unless someone bumps them. A good heavy overcast, windy, cold day is what is needed. The birds do not fly when it is raining too hard, snowing too hard, or too foggy.
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    You are semi correct. They really move around right as a front moves in and right after it moves out. They know when the bad weather is coming, feed before it gets here, and try to rest through it. If it is blowing hard, they will find a pond with a large embankment on it to keep them out of the wind and they will sit on that pond all day long. Now, if the bad weather lasts a while, they will have to get up at some point to find food.

    With geese after a snow storm, if you can clear a patch in a field, it is usually a slaughter. Last year, we had some snow and I spread straw all around the decoys and we walked all around them to stir up some mud. We had our limit before 9:00.
     
    Archeryrob

    Archeryrob

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    Mar 7, 2013
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    Washington Co. - Fairplay
    Some of our best shoots are right before a Blizzard and a couple days later, when we can get back out. :D

    It was foggy today and the dog got her first good hunt in.
     

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