2022 Duck season

[FLATHEAD]

That has been my experience with steel on ducks. Been buying Hevi Shot a little at a time
and looking to get some Bismuth. These Boss loads look to be an option when they are
available.

 

[Oregon]

I shoot cheap steel and ducks die violently. 2 3/4" #3's.
todays shoot

 

[shotgunwilly]

finally getting some migrators here.

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[Oregon]

Nice immigrant.

 

[shotgunwilly]

welcoming some more migrants to Colorado

 

[Cant hit em]

Cali needs more migrants, even the ducks wont come here.
Sweat line at the refuge today. Managed 1 , not much out there today.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Spent the afternoon in our Upper Delta yesterday, saw ONE Wood Duck.
Rode over to the Lower Delta this afternoon, plenty of Coots. Possibly some
Gadwall but nothing too impressive yet.
Fishing tomorrow.

 

[Ron.C]

Had a good shoot today. Tides were no good early and late so I headed out mid morning and set up in my layout canoe as the tide came in.

Was amazing. Birds decoying right in in for nice close shots. Ended up with 4 pintail, 2 mallards, 1 spooner and 1 teal

 

[midwestkilla]

finished off the duck season in Minnesota yesterday, good luck this season guys!


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[Sir_mix88]

Went out a couple days over thanksgiving, should have had my mallard limit in NY but missed my follow up shots. and was surprised by a few while setting up( was running late)

 

[Ron.C]

Was a blue bird afternoon yesterday but had a bit of snow overnight. My best friend joined me this morning for a shoot. Lots of birds decoying well.

 

[Cant hit em]

Refuge warrior again today , foggy as hell. Still not a whole lot of birds at the refuges ive been hunting. Ended with 3 teal and a spoonie today

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[Cant hit em]

Was a blue bird afternoon yesterday but had a bit of snow overnight. My best friend joined me this morning for a shoot. Lots of birds decoying well.View attachment 352964View attachment 352963

Always awesome pics Ron


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[tcpip95]

Anybody got any word on ducks in W. Tennessee? Going up there for a late January hunt.

 

[Eltigreblanco]

Not a bad morning

 

[T28w]

Yesterday was my first time using them. We are eating the birds tonight, but when I cleaned them yesterday I didn't find anything. These were teal and were very close for what it's worth, prob 15-20 yd shots. I will say, my buddy next to me was using a 12 ga with regular steel, #2. His birds would kind of sail after hitting them, mine would drop like a rock. So far Im impressed....I didn't get any shots at some of the larger ducks we saw. Would like to see how it does on those......

My experience is similar. Significantly less follow up shots needed with bismuth. Boss shells are good been using them since they came out and used to be better price than other bismuth but now they are more expensive. I have two cases left and will prob start with heavy shot bismuth or Kent bismuth. I really liked the Kent but switched to boss when I heard about them and they were cheaper.

 

[willfrye027]

I shoot cheap steel and ducks die violently. 2 3/4" #3's.
todays shoot
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Yep, I also shoot cheap 2 3/4 #3s and ducks die. Doesn’t seem to matter when they’re inside of 40 yards.


First refuge hunt of the season, had to leave early one bird short of limits.

 

[T28w]

Anybody got any word on ducks in W. Tennessee? Going up there for a late January hunt.

I hope better than ne Louisiana. Just saw a survey that reported an 86%decrease in the 5 year average counted in the survey. They wanted to compare to last year as it was dry also but an equipment malfunction resulted in no count being recorded. We had a paultry opener and I was headed back yesterday but got a call from guys that had been hunting since the day after thanksgiving and said they were headed home due to so little ducks around.

 

[Cant hit em]

Found some today , got a mix of 6

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[JBrew]

Anybody got any word on ducks in W. Tennessee? Going up there for a late January hunt.

W. TN here. Are you coming to hunt with an outfitter or are you hunting a WMA?