09-29-2002, 04:01 PM
Me too… It has been years since I have eaten one of them tasty Quackers, weather it be a goose or a mallard. I don’t get out much any more because of a disabling accident but I do remember how I used to hunt them.
Lets start with our loads,
For ducks I suggest that you use high brass number 4’s
For geese I suggest that you use one of these, 00 buck – 0 buck – or number 2’s
When at the ammo department at your next reload take a look at the design of the shells and their ranges, I could give you spec’s but it would be on memory and may be out dated.
Make sure when you are hunting goose that you are in a range where you will not have to worry where your shot lands (i.e. a large piece of open land)
I used to hunt the cornfields for geese, wearing my cammo and stalking through the woods edge, sneaking up on the geese to get in range of a good shot. Of course it is the most difficult way to hunt them, but I found it most exhilarating. Geese have keen eye site and excellent hearing. But if given enough time they will get used to you being there.
On the up hand they are noisy critters and make their presence known. That is except in the early dawn when they are waiting for first sun’s rays to take flight they are at their quietest are most alert to any thing moving. And on them foggy morn’s and the ground is soft and quiet and the geese have stayed too long then is quackers for the soup.
Any thing liter than a number four on them ducks will only tickle their bellies. Don’t bother with long shots either.
Flat bottom boats are the boat of choice with their cammo walls and roofs. I am not a much of a boat hunter I prefer to stalk the woods like the wolf this leads my hunts less productive but more rewarding in adventure.
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Lets start with our loads,
For ducks I suggest that you use high brass number 4’s
For geese I suggest that you use one of these, 00 buck – 0 buck – or number 2’s
When at the ammo department at your next reload take a look at the design of the shells and their ranges, I could give you spec’s but it would be on memory and may be out dated.
Make sure when you are hunting goose that you are in a range where you will not have to worry where your shot lands (i.e. a large piece of open land)
I used to hunt the cornfields for geese, wearing my cammo and stalking through the woods edge, sneaking up on the geese to get in range of a good shot. Of course it is the most difficult way to hunt them, but I found it most exhilarating. Geese have keen eye site and excellent hearing. But if given enough time they will get used to you being there.
On the up hand they are noisy critters and make their presence known. That is except in the early dawn when they are waiting for first sun’s rays to take flight they are at their quietest are most alert to any thing moving. And on them foggy morn’s and the ground is soft and quiet and the geese have stayed too long then is quackers for the soup.
Any thing liter than a number four on them ducks will only tickle their bellies. Don’t bother with long shots either.
Flat bottom boats are the boat of choice with their cammo walls and roofs. I am not a much of a boat hunter I prefer to stalk the woods like the wolf this leads my hunts less productive but more rewarding in adventure.
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