Duck Hunting = $$$
That is the truth.Duck Hunting = $$$
But did you kill any birds?
Get two 12 packs of flambua mallard drakes and hens, 24 decoy anchor rigs, academy waders, a buck Gardner duck and goose call combo, and some warm clothes and he’s good. Assuming you already have a shotgun.I am going to budget 300 for him to start up so it sounds like I can get him a decent start. Never heard of Banded so I will check those out. What’s a decent price on dekes and do I need more than just mallards?
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You also need a gator tail motor and a little boat. Start lookin
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Like @Ckwilli said get a cart for hauling gear. The best one is a jet sled. You clan use it for deer or duck.Haha that’s on him
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I refuse to use a motorized boat for duck hunting. If you can motor to it, chances are it's getting hunted too hard to be worth it. I love those little creeks and ponds that you have to get out and pull your canoe over log jams. Those places hold ducks like a manhole holds roaches.Kayaks have changed the way we get around a lot in the last decade for sure.
Can't disagree. If you are on the X, nothing else is needed but to shoot straight!I refuse to use a motorized boat for duck hunting. If you can motor to it, chances are it's getting hunted too hard to be worth it. I love those little creeks and ponds that you have to get out and pull your canoe over log jams. Those places hold ducks like a manhole holds roaches.
@kelly.jayp, something to consider is that decoys and calls can quickly become more of a hindrance than a help. If you're spending more time thinking about and tinkering with your spread and calls than you are with being where ducks want to be, you're losing.
I would advise new deer hunters to hunt from the ground, and new duck hunters to hunt without calls or decoys for a bit. Makes you pay attention to what the animals are doing.
I do not hunt a body of water unless I know ducks will be landing in it. Dekes and calls are just icing on the cake to coax the birds into doing what they already want to do.
It's hard to cover 39 square miles in a kayak. That's the size of the body of water I hunt. We have shot lots of limits over the years and generally hunters in our area shy away from big water. No way you can hunt it without decoys either. On the other hand, I will say that I hunted it out of a canoe for several years. Using the limited capacity of the canoe, and having to break the big water down into small areas, made me a better waterfowler. The canoe made me think more about the areas I hunted and how they hold ducks because of its limitations. Now that I use a duck boat I still find myself hunting those productive areas I found with the canoe. To each his own I guess.I refuse to use a motorized boat for duck hunting. If you can motor to it, chances are it's getting hunted too hard to be worth it. I love those little creeks and ponds that you have to get out and pull your canoe over log jams. Those places hold ducks like a manhole holds roaches.
@kelly.jayp, something to consider is that decoys and calls can quickly become more of a hindrance than a help. If you're spending more time thinking about and tinkering with your spread and calls than you are with being where ducks want to be, you're losing.
I would advise new deer hunters to hunt from the ground, and new duck hunters to hunt without calls or decoys for a bit. Makes you pay attention to what the animals are doing.
I do not hunt a body of water unless I know ducks will be landing in it. Dekes and calls are just icing on the cake to coax the birds into doing what they already want to do.
I like the thought process on this a lot as far as staying away from other hunters. However, it is very convenient to cover some water with a bigger boat, and then toss the kayak out for the drag / very skinny water.I refuse to use a motorized boat for duck hunting. If you can motor to it, chances are it's getting hunted too hard to be worth it. I love those little creeks and ponds that you have to get out and pull your canoe over log jams. Those places hold ducks like a manhole holds roaches.
@kelly.jayp, something to consider is that decoys and calls can quickly become more of a hindrance than a help. If you're spending more time thinking about and tinkering with your spread and calls than you are with being where ducks want to be, you're losing.
I would advise new deer hunters to hunt from the ground, and new duck hunters to hunt without calls or decoys for a bit. Makes you pay attention to what the animals are doing.
I do not hunt a body of water unless I know ducks will be landing in it. Dekes and calls are just icing on the cake to coax the birds into doing what they already want to do.