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What is your dream duck spot in NY

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#1 ·
Lets see what everyone's opinion is.

I've only been hunting upstate NY for a few seasons and it is extremely different from the salt marshes that I grew up with.

I would say my dream spot is a low spot in the middle of a large corn field that holds water through the season. The only problem I see is that it would not give up a mixed bag of species?

How about everyone else?
 
#2 ·
This is only my second year of duck hunting. Simply put is has become on an addiction. I guess my first response would be any place I can get permission. The reason is that I have always been a bow hunter and had permission to hunt places for deer that are not duck spots at all. I really enjoy any place where I can wade in and set up my puppy to work. It is so much fun watching her work and scan the sky for birds. The flooded timber hunts I watch on tv look awesome as the birds drop out of the sky to land.
 
#5 ·
Yea I can see the drool already...........Just so you know I'm making up some longtail Dekes as I type. Just taking a break from the sanding. Man that takes a toll on your hands. Brother I got your back on those bad boys...Just bring the heavy artillary and a few stockings for the Drakes...........
 
#8 ·
Hey Matt guess what I saw out on the big pond today, squaws heading your way. :getdown:

The weatherman, if I could get my hands around his neck, he called for winds out of the west at 5 mph, it blew like hell wouldn't have it. :pissed:

On the way back we rode 5-6ft rollers YEEE HAAAA :eek:

The boy and I ended up with 12 ducks and 4 Canadas :salude:
 
#9 ·
Brother 870..................Took my 14 fter out in the Lake on Sunday. What a beauty of a day.....I think I went out about 6 miles or so. Took my string of Scoter Dekes and layed those bad boys out on a gang rig 70 yrs off the boat. Just drifter along and what do my weary eyes pick up, but a drake oldsquaw making a bee line for the dekes. Not a mounter, but hey its the first season, and I already got one of those tough guys on the water...............Can't wait for the split......We'll have to firm up a date(s) whan we get a little closer..............................
 
#10 ·
Matt, 6 miles out on Lake Ontario in a 14 footer, no kidding. I was just asking 870 on another thread about taking my 15-1/2 footer out on Ontario. I'll watch the weather and try it someday. I thought about going out on Ontario from Fair Haven on Sunday, but I wasn't sure about the 10 mph SSW that they were calling for (was afraid, with my luck, it would shift a little more to the west). I was thinking I should wait for a light South to Southeast breeze for my first trip. Anyway, on Sunday I went to the Little Island on Cross Lake instead and saw some broadbill, didn't get any shots though.
 
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