Come on, no hero opener day pics posted yet???

[That1uncle1776]

That's it, I'm moving to Yankton.

Ive been going up near A5's area. Its not been easy.

 

[Limitless]

What it's like *everywhere* in east river SD this year:



You don't want to be the slowpoke with the unzipped red jacket when the roosters come.

 

[That1uncle1776]

The sky has to be black for me to get a limit.

 

[Limitless]

The sky has to be black for me to get a limit.

Easier to hit the broad side of a flock with that punt gun shooting roofing nails and AAA batteries.

 

[That1uncle1776]

Easier to hit the broad side of a flock with that punt gun shooting roofing nails and AAA batteries.

It going to need to snow or down pour rain before I take it out. Birds need to be close and it pukes a little fire out.

 

[Limitless]

It going to need to snow or down pour rain before I take it out. Birds need to be close and it pukes a little fire out.

Cooks the deer ticks off 'em? Bonus!

 

[wingsnfins]

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That right there is a happy dog! Good multi-species day!

 

[That1uncle1776]

That right there is a happy dog! Good multi-species day!
Yeah, it was one of the hunts I wouldn't need pictures to remember. My boots got a little wet though.

 

[A5 Sweet 16]

Ive been going up near A5's area. Its not been easy.

I hunt far & away the most challenging part of the state. East river anyway.

 

[Goosemaster]

I had a chance to shoot a mallard Drake the other day, and I did not shoot. In my younger days, I would have dispatched that bird.

 

[That1uncle1776]

I had a chance to shoot a mallard Drake the other day, and I did not shoot. In my younger days, I would have dispatched that bird.

Gotta please the dog Goose.

 

[That1uncle1776]

My God! What are you feeding those roosters?!

All of them were full of soy beans. All were shot next to corn. Riddle me that,wtf? lol

 

[Limitless]

All of them were full of soy beans. All were shot next to corn. Riddle me that,wtf? lol

Guess they heard about the benefits of "crop" rotation.

 

[That1uncle1776]

Guess they heard about the benefits of "crop" rotation.

Or they dont like the taste of the chemical pumped corn. That is wild...

 

[Limitless]

Or they dont like the taste of the chemical pumped corn. That is wild...

Maybe they got pushed out of where they were eating? Or the beans just got harvested, so they moved?

 

[That1uncle1776]

Maybe they got pushed out of where they were eating? Or the beans just got harvested, so they moved?

Beans get harvested before corn. There arent any standing beans near there and wasn't during resi season.

 

[A5 Sweet 16]

All of them were full of soy beans. All were shot next to corn. Riddle me that,wtf? lol

That's interesting. Something about the beans made them easier &/or safer than the corn.

 

[That1uncle1776]

That's interesting. Something about the beans made them easier &/or safer than the corn.

Why?

 

[birddude]

Maybe it was sweet corn, and they were just having desert.

 

[A5 Sweet 16]

Why?

How should I know? You were there! Why were they by the corn? No clue. But something made beans preferable to corn. Had to have been safer, easier, or both. If you have any reasonable guesses, let us know. Unreasonable ones too.