that freakin duck is huge!!!!!
Guys yall give the dude some legit advice. He seems to be taking the ribbing pretty good and is asking questions to learn so that he CAN do it right and not be like those guys yall all want to choke on public land.
he ain't asking for gps coordinates.
DECOY SET UP?????
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thanks for all the advise guys. even the hang it up advise. so far the wife's been ok with everything. as long as i taker her too sometime. which will be good if i figure out how to do this productivly beacuse that's another limit to shoot. 
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i will be investing in a jerk spread before season. i'm kinda stuck with the spinners though. i bought them at a huge bernt rernt sale. 30$ apiece.
mabey i can sell them off to some lower level topwaters when i get up there to hunt.
so far i love duck hunting even though i haven't been execpt to snipe some wooducks that used to come into our pond. but learning and getting ready has been great. i'm sure once i go several times and get my feet wet a time or two, some things will come to me. at lest i'll have some better question to ask you quack masters.
next time i get home from offshore i'm coming up north to bow hunt yazoo nwr. we'll be camping for a few days. also going to do some scouting for a duck hole. if any one wants to meet up for some BS'n and some BBQ. holler and i'll let you know the dates. it will be in about 3 weeks.
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i will be investing in a jerk spread before season. i'm kinda stuck with the spinners though. i bought them at a huge bernt rernt sale. 30$ apiece.
mabey i can sell them off to some lower level topwaters when i get up there to hunt.
so far i love duck hunting even though i haven't been execpt to snipe some wooducks that used to come into our pond. but learning and getting ready has been great. i'm sure once i go several times and get my feet wet a time or two, some things will come to me. at lest i'll have some better question to ask you quack masters.
next time i get home from offshore i'm coming up north to bow hunt yazoo nwr. we'll be camping for a few days. also going to do some scouting for a duck hole. if any one wants to meet up for some BS'n and some BBQ. holler and i'll let you know the dates. it will be in about 3 weeks.
Tell John Dale (if he's still kickin') the old trap-shooter from Big Buck Sports said hello. 
I also took a nice girl on a date from Ohlo (before I met you, Anne
) - can't remember her last name but her first name was Barbara - her folks had that little grocery store on the North side of 98 just as you come into town from the West end. She was a bank teller in Hattiesburg........'had 2 or 3 sisters, too. Nice family. 
I also took a nice girl on a date from Ohlo (before I met you, Anne
) - can't remember her last name but her first name was Barbara - her folks had that little grocery store on the North side of 98 just as you come into town from the West end. She was a bank teller in Hattiesburg........'had 2 or 3 sisters, too. Nice family. -
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Bubba,
Welcome to duck hunting. It is obvious that you are excited about getting started. Let me offer some advice.
1.) Always respect the environment that you hunt in and the hunters that are around you. Do not crowd another hunter. In my opinion 600 yards is crowding. Do not shoot at ducks out of range (skyblast). Try to get in a habit of taking them at 25 to 30yds. If you can, let them land on the water and then jump shoot them. Always be courteous and never ask another hunter where they hunted. If they like you enough, they will take you with them next time. Even if they don't, you still come off not looking like a top water and get to keep your dignity.
2.) Don't bother in buying hundreds of dekes, gear, and gadgets. 2 doz dekes, QUALITY waders/clothing, QUALITY shotgun (Remington 870), and QUALITY shells is all you need. Get a Haydels DR-85 $15 dollar duck call/instructional CD package and be done with it. Once your out in the field, listen to the ducks talk and sound like them.
3.) Keep your set-up simple (this kind of goes along with item 2 above). If you drag tons of stuff out to where you hunt, your walk in/out is going to suck. I've learned less is more. Take essentials: gloves, face mask, calls, choke tubes, headlamp and shells. You still take the same amount of ducks in the end. It is not what you have, but how you hunt.
4.) Camoflouge yourself extremely well. Hide in brush and/or any other natural vegetation in the area.
5.) Don't shoot every bird that comes by because they look like a duck. Get in a habit of learning the IDs before you kill them. There is nothing worse than a coot killer that is just out there to shoot his gun because he is bored. Your out there to hunt ducks. Keep it that way.
6.) Find a small group of guys/girls (2 to 3 of your friends and family) to go with you. They need to be friends that would run into a burning house to save you. If they won't, chances are they will go to where you took them and bring other friends without you. My Dad is my hunting buddy and my greatest best friend. He goes with me everywhere I go. You are accountable for not only your actions on the hunt, but also for the people you take. Take people you can trust to be respectful (chain is only as strong as its weakest link type of thing).
7.) Go to have fun, but be dead serious about hunting ducks. I can't understand why people go to goof off and drink with their friends. They could be doing that at the house or wherever else. If that is your motive, don't bother going hunting.
8.) I'm sure there is much much more, but I will leave you with the absolute most important tip. Be where the ducks want to be. If they are not flying to your spread, find them, and move to where they are landing.
Hope this helps..
Welcome to duck hunting. It is obvious that you are excited about getting started. Let me offer some advice.
1.) Always respect the environment that you hunt in and the hunters that are around you. Do not crowd another hunter. In my opinion 600 yards is crowding. Do not shoot at ducks out of range (skyblast). Try to get in a habit of taking them at 25 to 30yds. If you can, let them land on the water and then jump shoot them. Always be courteous and never ask another hunter where they hunted. If they like you enough, they will take you with them next time. Even if they don't, you still come off not looking like a top water and get to keep your dignity.
2.) Don't bother in buying hundreds of dekes, gear, and gadgets. 2 doz dekes, QUALITY waders/clothing, QUALITY shotgun (Remington 870), and QUALITY shells is all you need. Get a Haydels DR-85 $15 dollar duck call/instructional CD package and be done with it. Once your out in the field, listen to the ducks talk and sound like them.
3.) Keep your set-up simple (this kind of goes along with item 2 above). If you drag tons of stuff out to where you hunt, your walk in/out is going to suck. I've learned less is more. Take essentials: gloves, face mask, calls, choke tubes, headlamp and shells. You still take the same amount of ducks in the end. It is not what you have, but how you hunt.
4.) Camoflouge yourself extremely well. Hide in brush and/or any other natural vegetation in the area.
5.) Don't shoot every bird that comes by because they look like a duck. Get in a habit of learning the IDs before you kill them. There is nothing worse than a coot killer that is just out there to shoot his gun because he is bored. Your out there to hunt ducks. Keep it that way.
6.) Find a small group of guys/girls (2 to 3 of your friends and family) to go with you. They need to be friends that would run into a burning house to save you. If they won't, chances are they will go to where you took them and bring other friends without you. My Dad is my hunting buddy and my greatest best friend. He goes with me everywhere I go. You are accountable for not only your actions on the hunt, but also for the people you take. Take people you can trust to be respectful (chain is only as strong as its weakest link type of thing).
7.) Go to have fun, but be dead serious about hunting ducks. I can't understand why people go to goof off and drink with their friends. They could be doing that at the house or wherever else. If that is your motive, don't bother going hunting.
8.) I'm sure there is much much more, but I will leave you with the absolute most important tip. Be where the ducks want to be. If they are not flying to your spread, find them, and move to where they are landing.
Hope this helps..
Be where they want to be..
BUBBA SMITH wrote:i'm not exactly i know who john dale is. as for the store lady there was two stores. one right before you get on black creek bridge by brett farves house. and one in oloh about a mile from the lamar auto salvage. how long ago was it that you dated barbra??
John Dale Bullock - Lamar Shooting Supplies - he's not in the business any more - lives NE of Oloh.
Barbara - let's see....I gotta get this right (my wife views this site, too)......I got married in '78........so it was before that........probably '72-'73. Her folks' store was the little wooden country style store with their house just West of it - North side of 98......'bout the first thing you saw before getting to the sign letting you know where 'downtown' Oloh is.........or the only indication that Oloh actually exists...........
You blink and you'd miss it...... Heck they probably levelled that house - 'bound to be a 4-lane through there by now.
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2.) Don't bother in buying hundreds of dekes, gear, and gadgets. 2 doz dekes, QUALITY waders/clothing, QUALITY shotgun (Remington 870), and QUALITY shells is all you need. Get a Haydels DR-85 $15 dollar duck call/instructional CD package and be done with it. Once your out in the field, listen to the ducks talk and sound like them.
This is good advice, but if you plan on hunting a lot, you may want to seriously consider a good GPS and familiarize yourself with its uses. You don't have to spend a lot of money on gear, but this is one piece of gear that is money well spent. All the people I know who primarily hunt large tracts of public land routinely use a GPS, it is a very nice item to have in your bag.
This is good advice, but if you plan on hunting a lot, you may want to seriously consider a good GPS and familiarize yourself with its uses. You don't have to spend a lot of money on gear, but this is one piece of gear that is money well spent. All the people I know who primarily hunt large tracts of public land routinely use a GPS, it is a very nice item to have in your bag.
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