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[Hnthrdr]

I echo what others say about waterfowl hunting consuming you and also prone to making you buy things you do not need or, in fact, or not even useful. But, rather than expand and "improve" on your current waterfowl hunting that you described, I suggest you enjoy it while it lasts. Rarely, if ever, are locations productive year after year, plus if the birds dont change, the water or mud might, rendering unhuntable or harder to hunt. The key is when your spot does dry up, do not try to buy gear in order to mitigate it. Now, finding new spots can also be extreme. I would think twice about traveling across your state, leasing land, paying guides, even hiring a small airplane pilot to scout for birds as many guides and rich hunters do, you just dont hear about it. Once you start setting the bar at bagging a limit, or otherwise duplicating some of your best days, or what others are doing, you are putting yourself on a treadmill or hamster ball if you prefer... I would get a dog though, best bet a labrador retriever and do the training yourself, 10 minutes a day, if you can do that once a day, okay, but if and when you can give it ten several times a day, all the better. You should expect to train an 8-week-old pup for about two to three years and not take it hunting until it is two years old or maybe two and a half or three years old. If you start buying boats, motors, boat trailers, decoy trailers, that is on you...

Exactly! Had a public spot that was killer for two seasons… well guys down river heard us shooting and then it was a race every weekend to get there and after non stop pass shooting and sky busting the birds won’t even frequent the corner of the river at all… just have to find new spots which can be tough, but sometimes it’s amazing when you do