any duck hunters

whats up you all just want to see if their was a duck hunters out here. some might know i from michigan about 2 block from lake erie alot of good bird hunting in duck form out here its the local thing alot of bird hunters in this area. pretty excited want to see how people react unloading the boat from the rl(prob. think i turned into a yuppie lol) have alot of good pictures but believe theyare all on 35 mm would post but i know alot of people dont like seeing stuff like that and to be truthful i dont know how to post pic's anyway

Well, I'm not a duck hunter yet. :)

Hoping to get in with a buddy of mine from church next year when the season opens. Working on training a Golden (5 1/2 months) for retrieving the ducks.

All I need now is a shiny new Ridgeline to make my duck hunting equipment complete!!:D

We do a bit of duck hunting at our lease. We have 7 stock ponds that we jump ducks at during the season. A couple of our guys are big D.U. supporters and one fellow makes the best duck sandwhich you ever tasted.:D

i tell ya you have to post some recipies on duck i tell ya that is something that i never could do well they say only to cook it med-well if you dont it turns into boot leather.i tried seasoning the heck out of it still taste like liver.i herd of making sandwich"s out of it but never did that yet.i would say out of the ducks i would say that i like the wood duck the best,buffle heads are fun to shoot but dont care for the taste to well but i eat what ever i shoot.speaking of training dogs i bought a black lab she's about 1.5 yrs now but i tell ya they learn fast.my training skills are limited but she does everything that i want her to do.out here alot of open water hunting and marsh hunting he have a 16 ft gator with a 30 h.p dirt devil that thing just plows threw the cat tails.

i tell ya you have to post some recipies on duck i tell ya that is something that i never could do well they say only to cook it med-well if you dont it turns into boot leather.i tried seasoning the heck out of it still taste like liver.i herd of making sandwich"s out of it but never did that yet.i would say out of the ducks i would say that i like the wood duck the best,buffle heads are fun to shoot but dont care for the taste to well but i eat what ever i shoot.speaking of training dogs i bought a black lab she's about 1.5 yrs now but i tell ya they learn fast.my training skills are limited but she does everything that i want her to do.out here alot of open water hunting and marsh hunting he have a 16 ft gator with a 30 h.p dirt devil that thing just plows threw the cat tails.

For tender duck that does not taste like liver, try making some duck gumbo and simmer the duct breasts for a good while before adding the rest of the goodies in. Mighty fine vitals.
Of course you could use the famous bacon wrap recipe where you wrap the seasoned duck breast and a piece of onion or jalapeno with bacon and grill till the bacon is done. Remove from the grill and unwrap everything, eat the bacon and veggie and throw the breast over your shoulder.;)

I do much more huntin' than killin'. The past couple of seasons and really stunk it up for me and my son. Next year will always be better though.:confused:

lol outfitter now thats sounds like a good way to eat duck.

outhouse- what a name dont feel bad about your bad shooting im about the same i have very hard time leading ducks. just about every duck i miss i blow the rear tail feathers off so if you see any ducks out your way with a bald *ss it was prob. because of me.

my dog every time it goes out with me he thinks he's going to get some action about prime time she looking hard just like me waiting for those duck when they come pow pow pow nothing but butt feathers dog would turn its head at me i just look at me like i was some kind of moron or something.

In November ya'll need to come up to the World's Championship Duck Calling Contest and festival in Stuttgart Arkansas. I've got a bunch of relatives who are either professional guides or who provide some post hunt freezer packaging.

Do you know about Mack's Prarie Wings place where it all begins?

Truck Hunting Accessories at MacksPW.com (http://www.mackspw.com/SubCategory--Truck-Hunting-Accessories--m-101)

In November ya'll need to come up to the World's Championship Duck Calling Contest and festival in Stuttgart Arkansas. I've got a bunch of relatives who are either professional guides or who provide some post hunt freezer packaging.

Do you know about Mack's Prarie Wings place where it all begins?

Truck Hunting Accessories at MacksPW.com (http://www.mackspw.com/SubCategory--Truck-Hunting-Accessories--m-101)

Hey OwnerCS,
One of my hunting buddies is from the Stuttgart area and he and his wife are big DU sponsors there. He had the most incredible duck blind on his parents property I have ever seen. It was "developed" over many years and the best description I can come up with is that it looks like something from the Swiss Family Robinson tree house collection. It runs between a bunch of trees with different levels, a kitchen area, ramps and platforms for dogs, boat dock........The sad thing is someone bought the land next to his parents and he found out his blind was about 200 yards across their property line. He sure took it hard.
I know the hunting has been off for the last couple years, he is hoping the flyways have not changed permanently.
Macks is an awesome place also. Been there a couple times with him.

I hunt near Stuttgart AR, we had a bumper year last year. lots of water! The reason I traded my 04 Tacoma in was due to getting stuck in the front yard of the duck club. I am hoping the ridge will prevent that from happening again! I will find out in six months when Duck season starts again.

I saw a preivious post about eating Buffleheads. those are nasty!

I hunt near Stuttgart AR, we had a bumper year last year. lots of water! The reason I traded my 04 Tacoma in was due to getting stuck in the front yard of the duck club. I am hoping the ridge will prevent that from happening again! I will find out in six months when Duck season starts again.

I saw a preivious post about eating Buffleheads. those are nasty!

Welcome to the ROC, Spider G!
We really like pictures so be sure to post up some.

I live about 2 blocks from an urban lake that has lots of ducks and geese. The other day I saw 2 mallards (male & female) swimming in my pool. I chased them out of the pool and while the drake flew away the hen just started running around my back yard. I finally caught her as she trapped herself in a corner. I carried her down to the lake where I let her go. Am I a duck hunter? No not normally - just when they piss me off.

I had one get in my back yard somehow and my wife (notice it is not mine I don't claim this dog) has a Mini Dachshund (wiener as I call her)was going crazy. Needless to say I didn't know why till I let her outside. So the dog is all of 9lbs soaking wet and the duck is probably 2 times the size of her. She chased it into a corner and she was barking at it and the duck was making so terrible noise. I had to grab the dog and it took the duck a few min to calm down and fly out. I wish I had my camera it was the funnest stand off I have ever seen there for a min. I was waiting for one of them to draw it was like the old west... then the barking and noise came..... LOL

I started duck hunting a few years ago while i was stationed in ME, now in MD i hope to start hunting down hear this fall. I have to learn all the MD state laws and find some new hunting buddies (i dont care if the ever shoot a duck just not me!):D

Hey OwnerCS,
One of my hunting buddies is from the Stuttgart area and he and his wife are big DU sponsors there. He had the most incredible duck blind on his parents property I have ever seen. It was "developed" over many years and the best description I can come up with is that it looks like something from the Swiss Family Robinson tree house collection. It runs between a bunch of trees with different levels, a kitchen area, ramps and platforms for dogs, boat dock........The sad thing is someone bought the land next to his parents and he found out his blind was about 200 yards across their property line. He sure took it hard.
I know the hunting has been off for the last couple years, he is hoping the flyways have not changed permanently.
Macks is an awesome place also. Been there a couple times with him.

Duck hunting is way serious business in Stuttgart as it and rice are the town's industry. That annual Worlds Championship Duck Calling contest has hunters driving and flying (airplanes) in from all over. Actually a good friend of mine who bought his Ridgeline a couple weeks before I bought mine knows a rice farmer who also has a Ridgeline. He drives it out through the rice fields and it just keeps going no problem. That was a major influence in my purchasing decision.

Belonging to a duck club is not a "low cost" recreation.

Duck hunters need Honda ATVs and Ridgelines. We ought to have a Ridge meet there next November.

I hunt near Stuttgart AR, we had a bumper year last year. lots of water! The reason I traded my 04 Tacoma in was due to getting stuck in the front yard of the duck club. I am hoping the ridge will prevent that from happening again! I will find out in six months when Duck season starts again.

I saw a preivious post about eating Buffleheads. those are nasty!

Howdy Spider. Welcome to the ROC. Help me tell the folks on here about Mack's Prarie Wings and the World's Championship Duck Calling Contest.

Duck hunters need Honda ATVs and Ridgelines. We ought to have a Ridge meet there next November.

Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! Count me in. You're just across the river from me (Cordova). Me and the Ridge will be there!!!

Shoot yea! There's a huge crowd of people who show up for the contest and they all pile into Macks Prarie Wings that day. To get a hunt going, it would be for a different date as the good hunting starts later in the year. That is a great event for Honda ATVs and Ridgelines. I think we could get local Ridgers to help us make a presence.

Here's a clip about the event.

Most people think about turkey for Thanksgiving, but in Stuttgart, Arkansas, the World Championship Duck Calling Contest takes place Thanksgiving week. More than 60,000 people attend the festival, which is the oldest in the state. The first duck-calling contest, held in 1936, had 17 contestants, with the first prize of a hunting coat valued at $6.60. Today the contest is held in six divisions, including junior, intermediate, and women, and the prize package is worth more than $15,000.

www.CallingDucks.com - World's Championship Duck Calling Contest (http://www.callingducks.com/calling_contest_duck_worlds_championship.aspx)

Duck hunting is way serious business in Stuttgart as it and rice are the town's industry. That annual Worlds Championship Duck Calling contest has hunters driving and flying (airplanes) in from all over. Actually a good friend of mine who bought his Ridgeline a couple weeks before I bought mine knows a rice farmer who also has a Ridgeline. He drives it out through the rice fields and it just keeps going no problem. That was a major influence in my purchasing decision.

Belonging to a duck club is not a "low cost" recreation.

Duck hunters need Honda ATVs and Ridgelines. We ought to have a Ridge meet there next November.

OwnerCS,
Hunting is definitely not a low cost recreation anymore no matter what the critters are.
I am on board for a meet and "Have ATV's and Ridgeline, Will Travel":D

OwnerCS,
Hunting is definitely not a low cost recreation anymore no matter what the critters are.
I am on board for a meet and "Have ATV's and Ridgeline, Will Travel":D

We can get the planning for this started at the Texas ROC meet August 8-9.

Been duck hunting for about 7 years now...I love it, being in Ga though, good spots are few and far between. Most people get only woodducks around here. When we are in the mood for something different, we head off to Lake Seminole or Lake Guntersville. I have a few lakes that tend to get covered up in ringnecks occasionally which usually makes for a fun morning. But seriously though, for us, mostly woodducks, ringnecks, mergansers, a few mallards, and the occasional surprise.

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