Josh’s Duck Strips
February 5, 2009 by Chris Hustad
Filed under Duck Hunting, Featured
Josh’s Duck Strips – Duck Recipe
Yields Two Duck Breasts – An easy, yet quick way to enjoy your ducks in a unique way. One of my favorite duck recipes.
Marinade Needs (You may want to change upon your own taste)
¾ cup A1 Steak Sauce
¾ cup Heinz 57 Steak Sauce
2 tbsp French Dressing
1 ½ tbsp Chocolate Syrup
1 [...]
Internet Scouting – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
February 3, 2009 by Chris Hustad
Filed under Blog, Featured
It was early in the morning while we eyed our watches waiting for shooting time. Mallards were constantly buzzing our heads in their pursuit to land in our decoys. Finally, the little hand hit the 12 and the game was on. 15 minutes later, myself and my 2 close friends were picking [...]
Painting a Drake Mallard Decoy
December 23, 2008 by Chris Hustad
Filed under Duck Hunting, Featured
By John Potts
In this article, I wrote it to be a very simple gunner paint job. But at the end, I put a few techniques to fancy it up a bit. If you’re planning on trying that, read the entire article before you start to paint the decoy.
COLOR LIST=Gesso ( white ), Titanium [...]
Calculated Shotgun Shell Pellet Count
December 23, 2008 by Chris Hustad
Filed under Featured, Goose Hunting
The pellet count in shotgun shells is useful information for hunters and reloaders. Sometimes manufacturers’ shot counts are hard to find. People commonly post on the DHC Shotshell, Reloading, Ballistics, and Choke Forum
requesting pellet counts for various loadings.
For my own use, I assembled the following tables which give the calculated pellet counts [...]
Lanyard Instructions
December 17, 2008 by Chris Hustad
Filed under Duck Hunting
By Erik Laing
As waterfowlers, we are often the do-it-yourself types. After all, when it really counts our equipment needs to simply enough, work. It’s important when you’re trying to trick the wariest of opponents, protect us from Mother Nature, and keep us comfortable. It’s no wonder why most people don’t make or maintain a lot [...]
The Four Subspecies of the Common Eider in North America
December 17, 2008 by Chris Hustad
Filed under Duck Hunting
By The Downeast Duck Hunter
The Hudson Bay Eider, note the band on it’s leg…
Due to my proximity in Downeast Maine, I figure that almost 100% of my duck hunting takes place on the Atlantic Ocean. Within my bag exists the likes of the bufflehead, common goldeneye, old squaw, lesser scaup, merganser, butter bill scoter, surf [...]
