Tailfeathers

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Greetings from over here. I came across what I believe is a good idea in setting large decoy spreads and wanted to share it with you. I usually set my decoys traditionally, one at a time with each one having it's own line and weight. I have also seen and used a gang rig, where one line has about a dozen decoys with a3 pound weight on each end and the decoys clipped on to the main line with different lengths of individual line. Here's a link to a video that shows something even easier and quicker. It's called a " net rig " that they use in the state of North Carolina. A smart way to s

I joined last year and I wished that I had joined years ago I can thoroughly recommend the club 20 miles of shoreline, that is incredible. The price is great and no doubt the members too. Wish I could retire early with a lot more money than I will . I'd buy a tiny place, an old running heap of a car, and I'd spend a month or so of each season and more during the hunting season there. Oh well, so much for pipe dreams. Just wondering, does the club accept foreigners?

Sorry, the first link didn't work. I's good now!

Enjoy viewing this youtube. I just found even more space in my heart for retrievers. Tailfeathers

Concerning dogs. Unfortunately, I don't have one currently. I am looking into getting one this year. Thing is, I live alone in a house and am away during the work week from 4:30 AM to around 5:30 PM. I am looking into installing a dog door in my garage and then one that gives access to my house from the attached garage. This way, the dog can go out directly into a dog pen while I am away, then when it gets too cold or too hot come back into the heat or air conditioning during the day. I am considering a Boykin Spaniel. This is an American breed, started in South Carolina, bred to hunt in s

Thinking of air rifles, I think of my Dad's Red Rider from the 1930's he passed on to my brother and I back in the 1960's, and also of the Red Ryders that are still made today and found under Christmas trees. I never knew air rifles were manufactured way back in the late 1700's. Heres a good video by the Firearms Curator at the National Rifle Association's National Firearm Museum here in Virginia, USA. Amazing how one rifle protected these men in the wilderness from being overtaken by the native people, and enabled these men to add so much to our history. Enjoy, Rich

Continue asking here, someone will lend a hand. I would also go to the BASC site and find the most local waterfowling club, make contact and see if there is any way you can link up to talk waterfowling. Sometimes they have social events and you can be invited as a guest, or volunteer at a club event, even though you are not a member. Ask around where you live and buy a waterfowler a beer or two or..... and before you know it, you will have tons of info, maybe more than you want,ha. Breaking the ice is the hardest, but it will come.

Do your canadas migrate from other european Countries? In the US, in addition to migrating from Canada each year, we have many Resident Canada Geese here all year long, known for their fertilization additions on our golf courses. This started about 20 years ago, I believe. We actually have an early Resident Goose season that starts in September before the migration and the bag limits are big. A whopping 5 a day! If they managed it right in my opinion ( expert) we would have an unlimmited early season, unplugged shotguns, electronic calls like we do in the Conservation Season for Snow Geese.

well said mate What a very good idea Heres a link to our Wounded Warrior Project. It is nationwide, but can be as humble as you home town. http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,840/ Heres a link to a local Game Farm that held a fund raiser for Wounded Warriors. I volunteered that day doing photography. One of the best things I was ever involved in. Something warm to watch a soldier, loading his shotgun with a prosthetic hand as quick as he can, to be ready for the next pheasant. Guys who went through so much, just wanting

Thanks for the welcome. I mostly hunt Canada Geese from farm fields. We have a hunting lease, 22 members 6 field blinds. One blind for ducks in the creek. I place about 30 Canada decoys out in the field. Sometimes a few crow decoys as " confidence" decoys. Confidence for the geese, not the hunters,ha. The geese were tough this season, but got better when we combined decoys with other hunters and put out around 70 to decoys. A number of our members tow 20 or 25 foot closed trailers to haul their ATV's and decoys. Our fields, because of the silty soil, will not always support our pick up tr

Perhaps some clubs allow members to have guests. All the clubs/ leases I belong to these many years and currently allow this. We are always open to invite our soldiers that are home on leave as guests. In fact, our waterfowling orgs regularly hold veterans hunts with hunting, trap shooting mid day, and a good lunch. I would like think a club that doesn't allow guests, might consider a reduced membership fee, even with the number of hunting days restricted to something workable. Extending our sport to those who serve in foreign lands for us is a worthy thing.

Greetings fellow wildfowlers across the great Atlantic. In 1974 I was an exchange student in England and have had a place in my heart for the UK ever since. I didn't duck hunt then, but entered our shared sport a year or two later while in college. I grew up on Long Island , NY, about 20 miles east of New York City, suburbs on the mainland, but incredible barrier beaches and marshes all the length of Long Island,70 miles of it. We were marsh rats as kids and my adult life's biggest enjoyment is retracing my tracks in the marsh, any marsh. Mud makes me happy. I am currently living in Virg