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Originally Posted by Mr. 16 gauge
Well, only ended up with one hen mallard yesterday....they wanted to be in the area that was adjacent to me (but the fool hunters in there would start blasting at 'em when they were 70 yards out.....probably crippled half as many as they took!  If the A-holes would just wait another 10-15 seconds they would have easy shots; the birds were cupped and committed).
The day was breezy, but the ducks still prefer the refuge....still, it was a nice day. As a bonus, I got to watch several flights of A-10 Warthogs from the local ANG base practice manuvers. Wonder if I could get them to do a straifing run on the refuge?  |
Yep, it sucks when you have to witness sky busting right next to you. I went through that about 3 or 4 years ago. Problem is that the idiots were sky busting them as the geese were setting up to come into my spread. I was pissed. My dad and I still got our limit pretty quick that morning and I had half a mind to park my truck right next to the field edge that the idiots were hunting so that they wouldn't get any action the rest of the day, but I decided to be nice. Of course, they set up right next to the field edge of the field that I was hunting because they knew the birds wanted into the field I was hunting.
There is very little camaraderie anymore between anybody. Instead of them being nice and letting me take my limit very quickly on cupped and committed birds, they made me work really hard at it, which just made me stay in the field longer that morning.