Duck Hunting Reports

[duckydoty]

Have not made a report in a couple of days. Been real busy hunting and taking care of some business. Cold front came through the other day. Thought the hunting would be great in some corn fields up by Mt Vernon, Missouri, so a couple of buddies and I headed up that way on Thursday morning. Temps were stinking cold, wind was gusting up to 40 and the snow was coming in sideways. Saw 6 birds at a distance. Packed everything up and headed to Turn Back Creek on Stockton Lake. Got the big goose egg there too. Friday morning hunted over by the dam on Table Rock with a buddy and we got one greenhead and a hooded merganser. Was supposed to hunt Beaver Lake in Arkansas on Saturday with Fins and Feathers but on my way out the door on Friday afternoon to go get my Arkansas licenses, my wife informed me of some unexpected buisness that would have to be taken care of. Hated to cancel out on Scott at the last minute like that. Did get to hunt for just a couple of hours. Hunted close to the house on TR and ended up with 2 mallards, a golden eye and a goose. Did a morning and afternoon hunt today on the Rock. This morning was interesting. Had a red fox come in. He got a little to close and some #2 steel took care of him. Got one greenhead this morning. The last couple of morning before it gets light out, I have been jumping some geese off the roost. This afternoon I decided to hunt the roosting spot to see if I couple help put some birds to sleep. 15 min before sunset, 3 geese came in and 2 went to sleep

[Feathers and Fins]

Oh ya sure Go duck hunting kill a fox... And i aint managed to get one in my sets this year yet... Now i know what im doing wrong i need to decoy them with mallard decoys lol.

[duckydoty]

It was pretty cool. He was flanking me pretty far out. I called 3 times, he turned, locked up and came straight in. Just like a duck!

[Feathers and Fins]

Lord forgive me but i would have videoed it and laughed for years. That right there is to funny.

[laker67]

  On 1/16/2012 at 1:36 AM, duckydoty said:

It was pretty cool. He was flanking me pretty far out. I called 3 times, he turned, locked up and came straight in. Just like a duck!

Are you sure that your duck calling doesn't sound more like a wounded rabbit?

[JohnP]

Good reports and congrats on the fox bet that was interesting. Watched a coyote one year put the sneak on our dekes and I thought it was pretty cool till when we shot and it took off running and yelping from 2 guys shooting at it with #2's and missing half it's fur on its right side. Until I realized that my yella dawg was running after it for the retrieve. Just glad I was able to get her stopped and back before she entered the thickets :eek:

[duckydoty]

I was dove hunting last year at my father fin laws farm and shot at a coyote just to run him off. 25 yards and he dropped dead with 7 1/2 bird shot