Well if there are any of you who don't mind lying in a frozen cornfield for just three Geese there are more coming your way. I thought I saw the last of the Geese weeks ago, but I was wrong. I kept seeing flock after flock heading south throughout the day today. Good luck and try to keep from freezing. Three Geese that sucks I'm sorry.
Geese still coming through
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870 ,We were back on the same river today,Had to fight a pounding snow and alot of other problems but hammred the geese today .The ducks did not want to play nice today,only 3 for the day. :sad: .I am seeing a bigger boat in my future ,something scarry about trying to navigate a swift river this time of year with 2 hunter,2 dogs and all our gear in a canoe is just not fun any more.
A CANOE OUCHDukBum said:
Sorry DukBum I just have heard of too many guys going deep six in canoe's. No way, not for this little gray duck. You won't catch me any where near one of them even in the summer. Good luck DukBum with the rest of the season and try to keep from going swimming :yes:870 ,the canoe belongs to the guy I have been hunting with the last few days.I will tell you for sure I have not had a great feeling the last 2 days in that canoe that is for sure,and everything about it had this could turn bad in a hurry written all over it.Myself most of the time I hunt from a marsh/layout style boat.I would like to buy a 14'-16' boat with a blind on it before next year.I am thinking this would be ideal for late season hunting.
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Nothing wrong with a canoe IF you know what you are doing. I dont blame you Dukbum, for being worried as it sounds like the canoe was overloaded. dogs and canoes are a bad mix, in my opinion.
I was brought up canoeing, and still do pretty much year round. Dad has also been canoing for 40 years, and has never flipped one on accident, even over hundreds of late season duck hunts. All it takes is some basic canoeing skills, knowledge of the water, and good judgement. I personally think they are a great tool. Every year we shoot everything from woodies and teal to whistlers and buffleheads on the bigger water.
Safety first fellas, but as I said, with good judgement,and some canoeing skills a canoe can be used successfully in a variety of conditions. With that said, some people just cannot handle canoes, cant balance right, and are disasters waiting to happen. They are the accidents you hear about.
I was brought up canoeing, and still do pretty much year round. Dad has also been canoing for 40 years, and has never flipped one on accident, even over hundreds of late season duck hunts. All it takes is some basic canoeing skills, knowledge of the water, and good judgement. I personally think they are a great tool. Every year we shoot everything from woodies and teal to whistlers and buffleheads on the bigger water.
Safety first fellas, but as I said, with good judgement,and some canoeing skills a canoe can be used successfully in a variety of conditions. With that said, some people just cannot handle canoes, cant balance right, and are disasters waiting to happen. They are the accidents you hear about.
WK,you have knowen me for awhile ,and you know that I do alot of hunting from a kayak so I dont scare easy.The weather played some into the facter that I felt so uneasy about the conoe,along with the water being real swift.My hunting partner for the day was also some what new to waterfowling also and that add to the whole thing.It snowed 8'' in the five hours that we were out there also.870 I will send you a PM with my thought of what I am think might work for me as a boat.
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Ya, I remember you sent me some pics of your kayak, real sweet looking boats If i recall.
870, did you ever make it down this way to hunt the second split?
870, did you ever make it down this way to hunt the second split?
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