Where Are You From & Where Do You Hunt Waterfowl?

[spectr17]

How about some introductions?

Where are you from & where do you hunt waterfowl?

Who taught you to hunt waterfowl and when?

What is your favorite duck or goose to hunt?

What is you favorite shotgun?

What would be your dream waterfowl hunt?

I grew up in Missouri hunting the flooded timber and mallards. We also jump shot snows and honkers in the crop fields in teh snow a lot. My Dad didn't duck hunt and my one uncle who did duck hunt died when I was a kid so I learned from a couple buddies who I ran the rivers with.

I'm still lugging around my old Rem 870 pump.

Mallards were my favorite in Missouri but living here in SoCal has turned me into a sprig fan almost because of their wariness. Honkers were my fave geese but those specs really seem hard to fool.

My dream hunt would be to hunt Arkansas where Nash Buckingham hunted or a Canadian early season honker hunt.

 

[rammer]

I grew up in Minnesota and was very spoiled as I only had to drive about 2 miles out of town to where we hunted. Looking out from the deck of our house I could watch geese leave the refuge and get a good idea of where they were feeding. Now it's kinda hard for me here in San Diego to watch the refuge on the Salton Sea.(mountains are in the way don't you know)

My dad started taking me hunting when I was 6 or 7. Shot my first goose when I was 8 with a .410 (had it mounted and it's still in my old room at my parents house)

My favorite duck to hunt would probably be bluebill. Love hearing that air rip over those wings. Also really to like to field hunt mallards.

I guess my favorite gun would be my 870. Puts up with all the abuse I give it and stills does the job.

 

[PowDuck]

I'm from Texarkana, AR but originally from Newport, AR (NE part of the state) rice country. I grew up hunting the rice fields and flooded timber (my favorite) of NE Arkansas. I still make the trek up there to hunt with my cousin. My dad's not able to hunt any more.

My dad taught me to hunt and started taking me when I was around 5 years old. (almost 40 years ago)

My favorite duck is the mallard in flooded timber. Snow goose sneaking is next.

My favorite shotgun has been my trusty 870SP Mag. I'll be trying out my new Nova this coming season.

Dream hunt - that's a tough one. I've had so many great hunts with my dad and would like to relive some of those. I'd also like my daughters to be interested and get on lots of ducks with them. For me, I think I'd really like to do some decoying giant Canada geese right down into the decoys.

Jesse, maybe we could hook up if you're in Arkansas sometime. You've got an open invitation and you know how to contact me.

 

[widgnwhacker]

Born and raised in SO. CAL. Imperial Beach

Now live and work in Yuma , Arizona. I hunt Waterfowl in Arizona and SO.CAL.

Don't tell anyone. I am a self taught waterfowler but was introduced to it by a good fiend of mine after turning him on to Elk hunting in Az. My favorite Duck to hunt would be a big o mess of Widgeon

My favorite shotgun has to be my new SUPER X2

I would like to someday go to New Zealand or Argentina for a waterfowl hunt!!

WW

 

[socalducks]

born in so cal, raised in so cal, la verne to be exact. now reside in chandler, az. hunt wister almost exclusively and now begin scouting areas out here in az. this will be my first season in az but still plan to hunt wister every weekend. grew up hunting dove and quail along with pheasant. Dad has taught me how to hunt as well as fish. caught my first albacore at age 8 and got started on ducks a few years later. favorite hunt is probably a day when dad and i shot limits of ducks at wister topped off with my first greenhead, banded non the less. i love the sport and look forward to more exciting hunts with my dad and my dog drake, who really makes hunting fun.

 

[Chessie]

Born in NY, where I first was taught how to hunt ducks by my father. Have hunted Ducks in NY, WI, Ill., Oregon and SoCal. You'll find me as much as possible at SJWA during the season.

Favorite waterfowl to hunt would be Mr. Greenhead, but down in SoCal it seems Teal are the bird of choice. Love to hunt Canadians when I can.

Dream waterfowl hunt would be an early morning in a freshwater marsh, pulling in greenheads, then off to Salt water flats for a little late afternoon diver hunting.

Rammer, if you are looking for Bluebill, you have to get up to OR and hunt the Columbia River. What a great time hunting them bluebills.

Favorite shotgun is the one I use, Reminton 11-87.

 

[RutnNStrutn]

I live in East Central Florida, and this is where I learned to hunt ducks in the marshes, rivers and lakes.
My Dad taught me to hunt ducks in 1975. I was 15 years old. Sometimes, when he is up to it, we still hunt ducks together.
I love to shoot Florida mallards (mottled duck) and pintails. But both are in short supply, so the main birds I shoot are teal and bluebills.
The only shotgun I have ever owned, the Remington 870 Wingmaster. I have shot this same gun for 27 years.
Canada or northern US for geese, mallards, pins, widgeon and other big puddlers.

 

[mouthcallinmatt1]

Born in Northern California, Beale AFB to be exact, but I've lived in So. Cal since I was 2 mostly around north San Diego county.

My step-father taught me to hunt doves when I was 9 but it was my grandpa that got me into waterfowl hunting when I was 13. Been adicted ever since.

My favorite duck to hunt is pintail. I love to watch them work my spread circling & circling until they offer the perfect shot.

My favorite geese to hunt are probably snows because that is all we see anymore at Wister. However, I think all geese are my favorites, they all have their difference and I don't think I could pick any one as my definite favorite.

Since I've been shooting a Rem. 1100 all my life I guess that would be my favorite gun.

Canada has always been a place I wanted to hunt waterfowl and I was able to do that 2 years ago & might go back this year. It was everything I had hoped for. I would like to spend 2 or 3 weeks freelancing up there. I would also like to do an Argentina dove/duck/goose hunt and I would also like to hunt in Alaska.

PowDuck,
My grandmother lives in Newport Arkansas. My step dad grew up there and still has family and friends there. One of them is/was(?) the sheriff and one of his sons is a game warden. I haven't been back there for a long time but would love to go and do some hunting. We used to go to Greers Ferry Lake (sp) and fish when I was a kid.

 

[foulshot]

Born and raised in SoCal, San Diego to be exact. Not exactly the capital of duck hunting, but I try to make the best of it.

I am basically self taught. I didn't start hunting until about 6 years ago. I hired on to a new job and another guy that hired on at the same time got me into it. Never did any hunting as a kid, just fishing.

So far my favorite duck to hunt has been Ruddy! Just kidding, I really enjoy going for ringnecks if I'm on the San Diego City lakes or Pins down at Imperial valley.

I mainly use my 11-87 for hunting waterfowl. So far this has been a very dependable gun.

As of now I think my dream hunt would be somewhere in flooded timber. All the videos I have seen looked pretty kewl. As far as a goose hunt goes, I'd love to get back to that MO. spring goose hunt.

 

[wmidbrook]

I grew up in Marysville, CA. Back in the late 70s much of the land over there was being converted into rice from orchards.

Since my dad wasn't a bird hunter, I learned from my buddies. My granddad had an old A5 that he had passed on to me since he quit huntin'. A lot of the fellows I grew up with were from farming/ranching families.

Most of the shootin' we did was jump shooting...lots of mallards, some teal, woodduck, widg. the occassional flight of sprig.

I took a break from bird huntin from the mid 80s thru '97 during the time of my life the testoserone levels were at their greatest--mostly due to women and big game.

Then in 98 all of a sudden I got my first taste of Quack. Eureka~!

The feel of that call rising to my lips was something I could not get enough of in anticipation of a cupped bird dropping into my shot pattern.

I became a Llano Saco junkie.

Yes, I'm now a Quack Addict.

It was a life-changing event....I had become addicted to Quack and still find myself running through the house in an attempt to find my calls when the thought of a duck crosses my mind. I greet the mailman like a frothing madman asking if I any reservations have arrived in my mailbox.

Not really that addicted to it, but I sure have gotten into it over the last 5 years...

Dream hunts: alberta, mexico, agentina, & arkansas

 

[CaRudeDogg]

Born in Merced Ca, raised all over from Mich to NC to socal back to norcal live in Modesto now did not start hunting til i was 16 self taught

1st time duck hunting was real bad friend took me and my brother no waders just rubber boots to Volta yeah we got wet was closing sat place was packed no birds for us went back sunday each got 2 and hooked.

I really need to get a good call my calling is ok but my calls really suck.

Been using a old winchester I bought with some overtime i worked gun must be 15-18 yrs old now but it knocks them down.

dont really have a dream hunt but sure would like a triple on mallards.

 

[chavarriamj]

:recall davis sign: I have been hunting ducks for over 20 years. I had my fantasy duck hunt 2 years ago in Louisiana. Monroe to be exact with Phil Robertson. Like he says, "our women pick ducks" & "the duck defenately stops here".Currently I am the President of the Pozo Creek Duck Club 5 miles from the Kern Refuge. We have about 5 openings if anyone is interested. Pros and gentlemen only. Last year I wacked a lot of ducks even though it was a tough year. I am considered to be very relentless. I consider my self and so do others to be a very good duck caller. To me that's the art in duck hunting. Please feel free to respond to my little tid bit.

happy duck wackin,

MJC

 

[mouthcallinmatt1]

Welcome to JHP chavarriamj

Are you shootin' a mixed bag at your club like Kern does? What kind of ducks do you mostly see working your place and do you get any geese there? Just curious.

 

[spectr17]

Guys, it's an introduction thread. If you want to pitch your club please start another thread. We'd like to keep this to introducing yourself.

Thanks

 

[take-um]

Born & raised in So. Cal, born in Hemet, raised in 29 Palms, now live in Whitewater. Tagged along with my Dad since I was 3, started Hunting at 7. Found Wister when I was 16, hunted it ever since. I am sure I hunted with some of you on this page. I know I have hunted with "mouthcalllinmatt1" & his Grandpa. I shoot ducks when I have to, but the Snows are what I am after. I guess my favorite shotgun is my Barretta 390, (3 days a week for 7 seasons) My dream hunt, anywhere the snows are cupped & feet down :recall davis sign:

 

[foulshot]

take-um, welcome to JHP! Hopefully all of us Wister regulars will get to meet each other more often this next season.

Enjoy your time here!

 

[duckdogdad]

I grew up in nor cal in orland. 15 miles north of willows. I really did not how lucky I was until I moved here to Orange County. All of my friends had ranches to hunt, rice mostly, The bag mostly was mallard, sprig, teal, woodies, widgeon, snows and specs. We would get a few gadwals, cans. We also hunted the rivers and sloughs, my favorite. It was rare not to get limits, oh when I started was about 1980, when my older cousin took me to a slough threw an orchard, light rain, Christmas eve. We had our (his) 7 mallards in 2 hours, so until I had my liscence, It seemed to easy. eat sleep dream duck.

My gun was an old winchester 1200? 3" until it got stollen.


My dream hunt was to relive that first hunt, so I can again taste that first love, Im sure all of you know what I mean.


Great site, fist time on. Please, Im moving to PA right on the MD border any help on hunting would greatly be appreciated.

 

[one-bad-eye]

Hi all,

The One-Bad-Eye was born and raised in Iowa. Began hunting rabbits, squirrel, pheasants and waterfowl as young as I can remember. First Mallard at age nine at Riverton National Wildlife Refuge on the Missouri River flyway in southwest Iowa. The Snow Geese, in those days, were counted by the hundred thousand and were only taken when there were no Canadian Honkers in the area.

Hunted mainly at the Big Marsh State Wildlife Area in central Iowa with father and brother until I left home to join the Navy. In those years the hunting was bitter cold days in the Duckboat shooting #4 lead at tough Northern Mallards with their winter down flak jackets, Canadian geese bigger than I could carry with both hands and pheasants so numerous the limit was seven per day.

Did my twenty in the Navy and retired two years ago to live in Palm Springs, California. Now I hunt as much as possible at Wister and SJWA, using my trusty Rem 870 express, dropped in Wister mud to many times, but still works.

Never seen, or bagged, as many different waterfowl species, since I began hunting SoCal.
So my dream hunt would be, Wister in Dec. #1 draw, 1 Bull Sprig, 1 Drake Greenhead, 1 Drake Redhead, 1 Drake Widge, 1 each Drake Bluewing, Greenwing and Cinammon Teal and of course 3 Snows. In one day, before it gets hot.

Hope to see you all for the opener this year!

 

[Widux]

Born in NJ- spent 8 yrs in upstate NY in school- 6 in MN -good watewrfowl hunting-25yrs in Alaska- and now 4 in Wi.
Hunt MN, Ia, SD, ND, and this year La, Ar, and maybr KS and NE.
Like my LH Benelli & Rem 11-87--Canada's are my passion but like all manner of waterfowl shooting.

 

[foulshot]

SDHunter, Welcome to JHP!

It's possible that we hunted Otay at the same time. It really sucks losing a good lake like that, so now its Wister almost every weekend!