I love hunting the coast. Didn't make it down there last year, and this year isn't looking so good either.Went to Chincoteague this weekend with BrowningGuy. Buffleheads everywhere. We ate a lot of oysters and drank a lot of whiskey. It was a blast.
Nice! I have never even shot at a Can. On my bucket list.I love hunting the coast. Didn't make it down there last year, and this year isn't looking so good either.
Got a first for me yesterday though, so that's cool
You should get one of those blinds next year. Get it as close to your shore blind as you can (I think 250 yards). Then nobody else can be right in front of you, and you can work both spots if you want.Lower Potomac Friday and Saturday: windy and in the 40's. LOTS of flying buffleheads, bluebills and some big ducks I couldn't clearly identify. Lots of geese flying. NONE would come near the shore and my decoys. Tough outings! The only shooting I heard was from boats sitting in the river. I totally understand why those guys set up in the river across from my shore blinds -- it seems like they shoot a lot of ducks that way -- but man does it sort of piss me off since they hunt like 400 yards in front of me and there is nothing I can do about it. I'll try again for the final time this weekend.
Green wing teal is one of the first ducks I ever shot. Think it was back in November 1997. That was my first real duck hunt in the marsh, freezing my cajones off in the rain. Almost had a stroke when the other birds it was with went vertical after the first shot.
Ditto. I've seen so few this year it has been crazy.Was wondering how you did on Saturday gtodave. Was also coming here to mention that today is the first day I have seen geese moving all over the place. Still not moving in the numbers I am used to seeing, but they were moving. Heck, saw way more geese 3 years ago when we first moved in here than I saw today. Compared to 20 years ago, the amount of birds I saw today is almost nothing, but still the most I have seen this entire season.
Access is usually the problem. However, with a boat and some knowledge, you can get into it on the Potomac or the Monocacy. Can also try to get a blind site during the lottery. I used to have access to three great spots for goose hunting, but the owner of two passed and both those spots have been sold by the estate. I only have one spot left in Howard County, but the geese are just not there like they were 20 years ago. I am about to start asking around in Carroll County with the hope of finding a good spot or two. Have already been offered a ton of opportunities to deer hunt, but my passion is wing shooting. Think I am going to have to buy a boat for fishing and duck hunting and figure out how to hunt in the rivers and creeks. The marsh on the Eastern Shore is another option, but that drive is a SOB.Ditto. I've seen so few this year it has been crazy.
Also everyone's pictures and stores are making me incredibly jealous. Duck or goose hunting is one of those things I've really wanted to get into, but just haven't (or can't?). A lot is access of course. One of those goals some day is a decent sized property and if there isn't a pond, figure out a way to put one in. Even if it is just a little quarter acre pond stocked with a few fish that gets some ducks or geese occasionally. Retirement goal.
Yeah, understood. I am at the intersection of what I want now/soon and what I want eventually. Things can of course change, but I am pretty dead set on not staying in MD. I love it, but frankly I love the mountains and snow a whole lot more. And there just isn't much of that to be found here, even out in Garret. VT, NH, ME all find lower taxes and a climate I like better (I really don't like hot, cold never bothered me anyway. Of course, in 30 years, who knows). Or WA or OR.Access is usually the problem. However, with a boat and some knowledge, you can get into it on the Potomac or the Monocacy. Can also try to get a blind site during the lottery. I used to have access to three great spots for goose hunting, but the owner of two passed and both those spots have been sold by the estate. I only have one spot left in Howard County, but the geese are just not there like they were 20 years ago. I am about to start asking around in Carroll County with the hope of finding a good spot or two. Have already been offered a ton of opportunities to deer hunt, but my passion is wing shooting. Think I am going to have to buy a boat for fishing and duck hunting and figure out how to hunt in the rivers and creeks. The marsh on the Eastern Shore is another option, but that drive is a SOB.
A farm purchase is on the horizon. Just don't know how long it is going to take me to get to that point.