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Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:43 pm
by GearOut
teul2 wrote:riverat wrote:LawDawg wrote:you wear facepaint.
you buy bands on ebay
the duck commander wears face paint.....
EXACTLY!
Doesnt the duck commander advocate shooting ducks on the water?
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:46 pm
by mudsucker
tobydawg wrote:You're a fan of these...
Feed call.jpg
I have one of these! A call so easy to use, your Brother-in-law can do it!
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:08 pm
by RIPPY
If you hunt with me
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:10 pm
by deltadog
agree and if you have a fly swater in your decoy bag
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:11 pm
by RIPPY
thats a flapper
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:46 am
by Greenhead329
If you give driving locations to a duckhole on the www
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:01 pm
by Jake St. John
Straight from the Old timers mouth---- It was a 17 degree Jan. 1st day. He sectioned the ice with a hatchet and killed 75 greenheads.
LawDawg wrote:teul2 wrote:DrawFire wrote:Where did the term "topwater" come from? Besides that fact that if I ask...I might be one?
You shoot ducks off the top of the water rather than in flight.
you know skillet shooting used to be the preferred method of hunting. Ask some old timers (I'm talking someone 80+). I guarentee that he used to hunt that way. Let all the ducks land, line them up and pull the trigger. I have heard stories from credible sources of 100 mallard days back in the 50's (1 person, all greenheads).
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:06 pm
by Jake St. John
Back in Mr. Jimmy's day a topwater was a guy that got a call from him, and came by every afternoon for a month, blowing his new found call and thought his calling was getting better. Mr. Jimmy used to say " Ducks make all kinds of sounds"
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:28 pm
by Anatidae
you might be a TW....if you're still riding around at shooting time.......or use a spotlight in the fog.
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:43 pm
by eSJay
Anatidae wrote:you might be a TW....if you're still riding around at shooting time.......or use a spotlight in the fog.
sounds like something you witnessed this morning Randy!
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:45 pm
by eSJay
Anatidae wrote:you might be a TW....if you're still riding around at shooting time.......or use a spotlight in the fog.
sounds like something you witnessed this morning Randy!
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:53 pm
by Anatidae
Well, there was a little fog this morning.........and we heard shots from some other groups.......but didn't actually see anybody else. We HAVE seen cases (over the years) of the two conditions, cited. Spotlights in the fog just kills me.
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:37 pm
by Bonecollecter1111
i know why most folks claim topwater with the poo face(face paint) i just hate a face mask, i been blacking my face since i started duck hunting in the early 80's, and i still keep my face down and watch the water didn't take me but a few times getting my head slapped to learn to keep your face down, guess i'll always be a topwater if the face paint is an automatic in
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:02 am
by One Shot Payne
topwater or not...i wear facepaint so i can dip without having to pull up my mask a hundred times to spit
Re: I Know your a Topwater if?????????
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:12 am
by driveby
teul2 wrote:DrawFire wrote:Where did the term "topwater" come from? Besides that fact that if I ask...I might be one?
You shoot ducks off the top of the water rather than in flight.
I may be wrong but I thought a Topwater was defined as someone who tries to give the appearance of a duck hunter on the surface but underneath they really don't know what they are doing.
So far I meet 3 requirements:
Wood duck call
Ringtone
Occasional face paint
I recently switched rides so I don't have my new stickers yet. Does it count as being "Topwater" if your stickers are of products produced by a friend or you are a member of the prostaff? I do intend to have a "Shoveler Slayer" and "BDDC: sticker the first chance I get. They will be displayed together.
