Waterfowler TV this Thursday

Don Miller · Postby **Don Miller** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:44 am

I also like the restraint used to id greenheads before pulling the trigger. Ducks that are not fully plumed can be really tough to id. BTW, Snapp, please explain the limit in ND as far as pintails and hen mallards. I didn't quite understand that.

Wingman · Postby **Wingman** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:51 am

I think the Central flyway has that "hunter's choice" system going. That's why they aren't gonna be allowed 2 Cans this year like the other 3 flyways.

Hole Hunter, you can't shoot cranes in MS. I think they can in Texas and obviously Nodak.

Snapp · Postby **Snapp** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:57 am

Hole Hunter ... Cranes aren't legal but in a limited number of states, but they are a blast. Funny thing was when those big Canada geese started working the crane decoys. Who would have ever thought that would happen. Heck, Stahl didn't even have a call with him :lol:

Of course Haydel was the best prepared of all of us. Sometimes I think he carries a miniature lathe with him and turns out what he needs, when he needs it!

Don Miller,

I don't remember just what they called that rule. It was new for last year. Not even sure it's still the rule, but you could kill one hen mallard, or one pintail (any sex) or one Canvasback or maybe one of another thing or two, but once you got the one of any of those species ... you could not kill another single bird of any of those species.

I understood Tim Frantz to tell me that ND had a late second hatch last year and that was one reason so many of the drakes weren't colored up very good. We started out being worried about the choice bird and what it would be and it didn't take us long to realise that you just could not tell the drakes from the hens. I'm here to tell you we must have had ten or fifteen flocks in the decoys that first morning and we gave up with four or five ducks ... it just wasn't worth the gamble.

When we got back to Frantz's place, the game enforcement warden came by. He was shocked to see we only had four or five birds. Then he went on to tell us about the early shooting, which we had heard. Some were twenty minutes before shooting hours. He also told us a lot of folks had trouble identifying the hens and drakes. I think he might have had writers cramp by that time of the morning. I can't imagine that he didn't write a book or two full of tickets on to many hens.

Stopping when we did not only saved us some possible and accidental embarrassment with the warden, it also made the afternoon hunt more fun. Even with the sun just right, there were a lot of times we'd pick one duck out of ten or twenty and take the one, only because we weren't sure about their sex.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against taking a legal hen if you need it or want it, but when you simply can't tell ... you had better back off.

Snapp · Postby **Snapp** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:01 am

I do believe Hunters Choice was how they referred to it! Thanks for the help on that.

Wingman · Postby **Wingman** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:04 am

I don't remember just what they called that rule. It was new for last year. Not even sure it's still the rule, but you could kill one hen mallard, or one pintail (any sex) or one Canvasback or maybe one of another thing or two, but once you got the one of any of those species ... you could not kill another single bird of any of those species.

That'll make you take Duck ID 101 again, won't it? :lol:

Hole Hunter · Postby **Hole Hunter** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:07 am

Interesting.
How do those long-legged suckers taste...?? :lol:

Snapp · Postby **Snapp** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:14 am

Never to old to learn something new ... especially when it has to do with regulations :lol:

they're the best tasting flying meat I've ever tasted. Honest, I'm not sure I wouldn't take them over a rib-eye steak. Haydel let the young one set in some of his magic mix over night, but the texture and taste were both outstanding.

I knew something was up when Tim Frantz told us he would take all of them we didn't want to clean. Heck, if we had any left, Rod and I were both talking about checking them in on the plane in a cooler!

Postby **Greenhead22** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:17 am

Snapp, any idea when Arkie is going to set the dates for 07-08?

Snapp · Postby **Snapp** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:23 am

They did last week.

November 17 through December 18

December 26 through January 6

January 12 through January 27

quakwacker · Postby **quakwacker** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:24 am

Ya'll need to watch the Flyway Highway and learn how to make a real hunting show!!!
Just kidding I really enjoy watching every week.

Don Miller · Postby **Don Miller** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:26 am

They are set...I think.

I do know that Arkansas will have their traditional weekend before Thanksgiving opener.

bigwater · Postby **bigwater** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:38 am

snapp to put it in blunt terms..
watching your show is like watching the payton manning and the colts..

watching those jackazzs after your show is like watching: the walnut ridge 5th grade special ed pee-wee team...

Snapp · Postby **Snapp** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:42 am

I really think that particular pee-wee team is doing well this year!

Thanks for the compliments and in-put!

Don Miller · Postby **Don Miller** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:42 am

bigwater wrote:snapp to put it in blunt terms..
watching your show is like watching the payton manning and the colts..

watching those jackazzs after your show is like watching: the walnut ridge 5th grade special ed pee-wee team...

duckkiller · Postby **duckkiller** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:43 am

bigwater wrote:snapp to put it in blunt terms..
watching your show is like watching the payton manning and the colts..

watching those jackazzs after your show is like watching: the walnut ridge 5th grade special ed pee-wee team...

now thats a good way to put it bigwater, And Snapp I must say that I really enjoy your show, its one of the last good hunting shows on tv

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