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Finally moved into the new house and have two new mounts on the wall. Bufflehead and pintail from canada last fall. full-1003-38830-20131108_155235.jpg

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Not so fancy in nodak. Broke ice to set decoys and end ended up with a bunch of scrubs. North wind tomorrow could prove eventful. All the the rain this afternoon/evening could make getting to a spot an adventure. full-283-38843-2013_11_0811.03.56.jpg

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Bryce, if you're in ND right now I highly recommend you hunt fields if you have the gear for it. There's a lot of mallards in ND and they are feeding hard all day long... mallard limits in the field are pretty easy right now but only saw the one pintail and a couple widgeons (missed both) for bonus ducks.

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Disclaimer... yes I realize we shot a lot of hens

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Weren't using our fields. Lots of refuge roosts to refuge feeds or crossing into sodak. Rest were roost/feeds in the same field seperated by less than 200 yards. Wasn't meant to be this year. full-283-38944-rps20131112_121140.jpg

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Heres a pic of my oldest boy putting the 'death grip" on his first goose.

Lots of birds to be had....not too much time left.

sorry its crooked.

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That is a cool pic Lunker!

I got one more hunt with a past college roomie in WA - in January....I'll post pics if we have any luck. Wont be like a MN/ND hunt but will be fun nonetheless.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

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Good Looking bird lunker, I got my first two widgeon this year one in MN and one in Manitoba. If I actually get a mature one that is the next bird on the wall.

Kettle

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missed the duck season on here but ill post a couple pics so you guys can see my ugly mug

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the boy bagged his first duck with a sxs 410 that's now been threw 3 sets hand and soon to be his on his 8th birthday

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we got his limit before school took him in came back out with just daughter and shot my 3.

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then I shot this guy while on the phone one handed and on the fly with the 20g that's all I used today

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Did I mention it was a great day?!

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Hillbilly great photos! The years I have spent hunting snows I have never picked them up over water. Great to see you are getting your kids into hunting. Hopefully if I have kids someday they will have the enjoyment in hunting like yours do!

Kettle

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Thanks guys... daughters second year boys 4th and those snows landed right next to canada deks. They came in on there own and i didnt see or hear them till they were 2 foot off water i was playing with my daughter in the blind

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Hunted the last early season honker day and a 5 pack did the dance and 1 got away great end to the 5 a day limit. Now I have to wait till Saturday to pull the trigger. full-24389-49338-img_20140922_160240_295

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Wow Bryce those drakes have some plumage! Quite a bit more than usual for opening day wouldnt you say? And is that a pintail on the far left?

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Very poor opener for us, the group that I hunt with has hunted the same beaver pond for 35 years, there has always been two other groups as well, this year when we pulled into our parking spot there were two vehicals parked there, we make the hike back to the pond hoping that they were at least in a different area, nope , sad part was they drug a boat all the way back there, which I'm sure they scared most of the birds off befor legal shooting time, which they apparently didn't know, first shot they fired was 22 minutes befor.. I don't mind getting beat to the spot it's public water but I can't stand a cheater, got pictures of the plates, one of our group's son inlaw is a warden, he's looking into the plates..

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Saturday opener was my wife's first time in the field with me... we had a good time and stayed an hour and a half after limiting just to enjoy the show.

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Check out the 1 beautiful greenhead on the far right... one of the nicest colored mallards I've ever seen in September but of course this one showed up when we already had limits on the ground.

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This bird seems to have lost its mind!

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This goose was so dumb it landed in the spread twice, both times my wife chased it out of the spread and walked to within 10 yards before it would fly away.

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Opener didn't quite go as planned but Saturday my dad, friend and I limited out with 8 woodies and 10 teal. Mosquitos were the worst I have ever experienced! Ducks were not decoying at all so we ditched the pond after bagging only 5 ducks. Moved to a rocky land bridge between two small swamps and shot 4 more. Went back to the truck and ate lunch and watched some teal and woodies dive into a pond tucked away into the woods just a few hundred yards from the parking lot. So we went in there and scared up about 30 birds and shot out remainder of our limit.

I could definitely tell duck numbers werent necessarily as high as previous years. Had to work a little harder this year. Builds character.

Did get my first, second, and third bands of my life though!

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    • gimruis
      I hunt in the rifle zone so I don't have a need to use a shotgun to hunt deer, but I would be looking at this if there was ever a need to.   There could be state legislation introduced next summer that eliminates the shotgun zone completely.  It has bipartisan support.  Wisconsin removed theirs years ago and MN is usually later to follow.  They've tried to pass it more than once and it came up just short both times.  Probably just a matter of time.
    • Wanderer
      Oh, h e l l no! 
    • leech~~
      Screw that, here's whatch need!  😆   Power-Shok Rifled Slug 10 Gauge 766 Grain Grain Weight: 766 Shotshell Length: 3-1/2in / 89mm Muzzle Velocity: 1280
    • Wanderer
      20 ga has become a real popular deer round in the last 5 or so years.  The rifled barrels are zinging those sabot slugs with rifle like accuracy out to 100 yards easily.  Some go so far as dialing in for a 200 yard shot but really, by 150 they’re falling off pretty low.   I have a single shot Ultraslug in 20 ga that shoots really well at 100 yards.  Most everyone I know that has bought a slug gun lately has gotten the Savage 220 in 20ga.  Problem can be finding the shells you want.
    • leech~~
      My son always bugs me about getting a nice light over-under 20ga for grouse hunting.  I say Heck no, I'm getting a 3 1/2" 10ga so I can put as much lead in the air that I can!!     So, I'm keeping my 12ga.  
    • 11-87
      That’s almost exactly what I was thinking.  Have slug barrels for both   One for turkey and one for deer.      I have a 20ga mosseberg as well. (Combo came with the scope but never used.   I always liked the 12 better
    • leech~~
      Wanderer is right on the money and covered it well.  I was wondering too if you had a slug barrel for one of your guns?  If so you could make that your slug gun with a scope, and the other your turkey gun with the Red dot.  As you can afford it. 
    • Wanderer
      Kinda depends on if you want magnification or quick target acquisition.   More magnification options and better accuracy with a scope.  You get what you pay for too so get comfortable with a budget for one.  Tasco and Bushnell work but I find they lose their zero easier, have low contrast and don’t gather light well in low light conditions.  That said, I’m still using one I haven’t replaced yet.  Vortex has been the hot brand for the past several years for bang for the buck.  Good products.  Nothing beats Swarovski though.  Huge dough for those.  Burris is another decent option.   There are some specific models for shotgun/slug hunting in the economy brands and bullet drop compensation (BDC) reticles.  Based on experience I’d recommend not falling for that marketing ploy.   Red dots are usually lower magnification and easier to get on target.  Reasonably accurate but don’t do well with definition, like searching the brush for your target.  I put a HAWKE red dot on a .22 for squirrels and it’s been good.  For turkey, that’s probably the route I’d go.     If your slug shots are normally not too far and too brushy, I’d think a red dot could work there too if you’re only buying 1 scope.  You’ll be better off dimming the reticle to the lowest setting you can easily use to not over shine the target and get a finer aim point.   If you don’t have a slug barrel, you might appreciate one of those.  I had a browning with a smoothbore slug barrel that shot Brenneke 2-3/4 inch well.  The 11-87 would well fitted with a cantelever rifled barrel. 
    • 11-87
      Looking for recommendations on scope or red dot    I basically hunt turkey and whitetail, live in southern MN. So it’s all deer/ shotgun    looking to add a scope/ red dot as my eyes don’t work like they used to to with the open sights.    my gun options are 11/87 12. Browning BPS 12    not looking for the most expensive or the cheapest    pros and cons of one over the other
    • SkunkedAgain
      That's good news. I haven't seen any ice in Black Bay yet, but it looks like the small bays should start to freeze up this weekend. Hopefully we make some ice next week.   Below is the forecast for Cook. We should have temps mostly below zero . The bottom section below shows that it should not be windy, and no snow is predicted. All good signs for making ice.  
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