the joy of public land

[qckmstr]

[qute="Don Miller"]We use the "If the shot breaks skin, your too close" method. It's worked well for us over the years.[/quote]o



you say that joke'n, but years ago i had to pick some hot lead out of my booty due to this close quarters hunting.. i later had to pick some tooth chips out of my knuckles so it worked out pretty good i guess.. now i hunt with a group of guys that'll shoot back and send them "@#$%#" either running or limp'n outta there

[tunica]

[qute="Don Miller"]We use the "If the shot breaks skin, your too close" method. It's worked well for us over the years.

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you say that joke'n, but years ago i had to pick some hot lead out of my booty due to this close quarters hunting.. i later had to pick some tooth chips out of my knuckles so it worked out pretty good i guess.. now i hunt with a group of guys that'll shoot back and send them @#@$!@ either running or limp'n outta there [/quote]


Man your old lead and ducks shame on those outlaws

[LA2TN]

Benjy,

Let me tell you about my experience last weekend. We planned on hunting public land and there is only a small area to hunt. We got up early, got there early, and set up. Two boats came in and set up 100 yards from us. They peppered the trees next to us once and stole a couple of our ducks that were pushed by the wind towards their direction. I was more than a little frustrated. (Would have been a lot frustrated if we hadn't limited out.) Where I come from, there is something called duck hunting courtesy. I would have never set up so close to someone else. We left that morning with a plan "B", that is if someone was where we wanted to be, we were going to move a proper distance away in another spot so as not to disturb or peper them with our shotgun blasts. What ever happened to common courtesy? I'm of the belief that duck hunting has increased in popularity over the years and new duck hunters have not been taught the proper etiquette of duck hunting. These folks have probably never experienced "in your face" ducks and had the pleasure of killing ducks at 15 yards. Therefore, skybusting has evolved as a technique of shooting ducks. (Dkybusting - unproductive, low kill percentage, last ditch effort when you haven't done the things necessary to put yourself in a position to kill ducks.) I try not to get frustrated when these "idiots" and I use that term literally, ruin mine and my party's hunting. I know what duck hunting is and should be. It's unfortunate that a large percentage of "duck hunters" are not really duck hunters. The trend is to get a lease to get away from these yahoos.

[Sandy Creek]

I grew up hunting private leases and usually still do but this year I've got a public spot about 15 min. from my work so I've going out there before work and WOW, its been an experience to say the least. This is what I've learned by hunting public land: Don't bother getting your calls out of your bag, you won't need them because every other @sshole out there thinks he's at the World Championships in Stuttgart. Don't bother getting the spinning wing decoy out because there are so many wings spinning that it usually creates a 15 to 20 mph wind on the lake, even if the wind is not blowing. Getting there early is good but not nessasary because there is always a few @ssholes who come blowing by your decoys around 6:30 or so and flaring every duck in sight so all this being said public land has made me want to work harder to make more money so that my time spent with those yahoos out there will be VERY limited.

[velcro]

Most of the new duck hunters have probably never had the experience of a flock of 20 mallards landing in the decoys, the dog about to have a heart attack wanting out, and them jumping them off the water to shoot. The way they skybust they never will.