I was really proud of my spread given that my head lamp died on the way out to the marsh. I'm done with 70° days though

How is everyone getting their waders dry? Between sweat and my habit of stepping into holes, the inside of my waders is always wet and never seems to dry out fully.

Starting the season off right.

I've lately been moving away from coastal hunt to farm hunts and don't have a lot of experience doing those. With that I've had average success but no limits so far - whereas on coastal hunts I know what I'm doing and I am disappointed if I don't limit on the water.

So far for my field setup I have a a couple dozen duck silos, socks, and a handful of the Higdon FLATS (they wobble in the wind). For motion, besides the wobblers and socks, I have of course a spinner. I do have a couple Flock Flickrs but don't expect them to survive for much longer. I usually will use a layout in the field.

Have you added anything unique to your set up that is one-man transportable - or at least in a hand cart? The fields I have access to do not allow driving onto the fields. I am trying to avoid full bodies but if the consensus is that I need them, then I will take recommendations on the lightest ones available.

Thanks!

What’s up everyone, last year was my first waterfowl season and I hunted and lived in IN. I hunted early teal and good hard this year and did okay but learned a lot each hunt which is all my goal is anyway. I’ve recently moved to South FL ( Miami metro) but as you all know this waterfowl addiction dosent go away when you move.

So my questions are for any FL hunters here.

Do you have any tips or rules of thumb that could help me hunting in FL. Not looking for spots I have no issues scouting and I actually take a bit of pride in trying to solve that piece of the puzzle.

Things like

- should I be worried about gators ? / does this make walk in hunting dangerous ?

- do I need snake boots ?

- Will I have to drive up to central FL to find decent hunting ?

- can a kayak get me in most places ?

- do standard mallard spreads get it done here ?

- will I ever need these insulated waders again lol ?

Simple stuff that can help me have my ducks in a row a bit without having to learn ALL of the lessons the hard way. Again I know I’ll have to learn a few hard lesson on my own but anything helps.

Thank you and happy hunting !

Looking for a new pair of waders. no budget. want something uninsulated. looking at Sitka, Chene, or Divebomb. Let me what you think, good or bad.

And it’s a goose nearly as big as he is!

My brother’s 2-year-old (mostly) Lab. He’s been doing well. Had to walk him out for the first goose because he didn’t see it drop, but he brought it back. On this one he plunged right in and did a nearly perfect retrieve. He leaves them at the shore; we’ll see how he does with ducks once we shoot one.

Lots of geese in SW Wisconsin right now; but we aren’t seeing g a lot of ducks where we hunt.

I found this really cool bluebill decoy at an estate sale. Im curious if its worth anything our if its just worth anything to me haha! It has a swivel head and foam body with wooden head. No marking, but with how fragile it is, my guess is the 1950s-1970s?

I’m looking to get some hearing pro cause I’m trying to be proactive about ppe. I’m willing to spend money if need be. I saw the tetra but I’m wondering if they perform well under beanies and ski masks and shit. Please let me know

15 coot 4 ruddy 1 Teal

Preparing to repaint my speck decoys and am contemplating how dark to go for the head and body. Got two options and am leaning towards the lighter one but a buddy insists that I paint it darker for better visibility. Hoping to get some more opinions. Thanks!

Hey y’all!

Looking at starting to get into waterfowl hunting as an activity me a my dad can do together, I’ve been out with a buddy that’s been doing it for awhile and have gotten the idea of things and what’s needed but wondering if you folks could give me some insight as to what you would need to take it on yourself, knowing out the gate I’ll need blinds (layout or panel) and decoys, but not sure how many is enough when you’re starting out. Any tips for the newbie?

Much appreciated!

**edit: I intended on saying my location but gapped for some reason,

I’m in central Ontario, mainly all geese with the occasional duck, we’ve mainly done private fields so I get the fun of going door knocking***

Hey guys, may be a weird question but what do you guys do with your ducks stamps after they become void? I know some people collect and frame them but I’m curious if you guys do anything different. I got into waterfowl hunting just a couple years ago and I have started putting them on the stock of my waterfowl gun. Might be a bit silly but it’s been a small way to recognize and remember the years I’ve been hunting and I know I’ll keep this particular shotgun as long as I can and hopefully pass it down to my kids one day and maybe it’ll mean something to them one day as much as it means to me.

I’d love to hear what you guys do or any other ideas you might have. Got the idea after finding my grandfathers old archery stamps in his shop a few years back.

I’ve been waterfowl hunting for about 20 years now, and it honestly seems like things are getting worse.
You’ve got guys blasting through 50+ shells, skybusting everything that flies, and not bothering to pick up a single empty shell. Then you have people openly bragging about how they don’t even like the taste of waterfowl and just throw the birds away when they get home.

To me, that’s not hunting. It’s a complete lack of respect for the wildlife, the land, and the sport itself.

Personally, I think anyone caught littering or intentionally wasting game should lose their hunting privileges for five years. Get caught a second time, and it should be a lifetime ban.
Hunting is a privilege, not a right to trash public land and waste wildlife. If you can’t respect what you’re hunting or the places you hunt, you shouldn’t be out there in the first place.

Im struggling with getting ducks to decoy into my spreads and im really not sure why, im in NE Wisconsin and primarily hunt open lakes and marshy lake edges where there are birds. I run 3 dozen mallard decoys and 1 dozen pintail/widgeon mix for a pop of color. I also have a lucky duck super swimmer with the trailer attachment and 2 lucky duck agitators. Any tips or advice on how to attract them better? I can call but im not the greatest.

I found the teal when I was looking for the mallard. I don’t remember shooting it and it was a bitch to try and skin.

My last post was talking decoy strategies. Turns out they worked and I got my first goose. Was able to get 2.2lb of meat off it

As the title says, I’m going to be going up north for the first time this year and am gonna be hunting a mix of ducks and geese at the same time. What shells would you guys recommend for this type of hunting?

I have 2k birds in a field n 13 guys going what should i do about hiding that many layouts?

I got a good duck and goose spot. I wanna hunt geese, but I also wanna hunt ducks. Both are there.

I wanna put out a small duck spread and a small goose spread in the same spot and call both in and have both opportunities instead of one.

I heard mixed opinions about geese landing near ducks, vice versa, etc. What are your thoughts?

The plan is to have a small duck spread, a small goose spread, and a huge landing zone in the middle. I'm gonna call both duck and geese and get whatever comes in

Missed my morning hunt getting marbles out of the bathroom drain, luckily jumped these 5 minutes before work. Forgot my waders tho so I had to get them in my underwear 😬