Little KS duck hunting pics for your viewing pleasure

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I messed up and posted this on the main pheasant hunting forum by accident. I meant to post it here....



I love upland hunting more than waterfowling, but since my wife won't let me get another dog I'm left with my trusty yellow lab Gus. He's one hell of a retriever and we've had a great year for sure. Had my brother from Alabama come up, had some great hunts with him while he was here. Took my best friend out for his first duck hunt ever. Took another buddy out for his first hunt as well. So far as a group total we are at 75 mallards and 121 total ducks. Only hunted with more than a group of 3 one time and that was when I took my in-laws out.

I felt like posting this here since I really enjoy this group. The waterfowl forums are full of rude and critical people and honestly, they just flat out suck. So thanks to everyone for making this a great forum to read. I've really enjoyed it. Hopefully now that waterfowl season is winding down I can get out after some roosters maybe once or twice.

Since I'm terrible at uploading pictures I just made a photobucket slideshow.

Enjoy!
http://s725.photobucket.com/user/mab7799/slideshow/Duck Hunting Pics 2014
 
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Great pictures. I used to duck hunt like that when I was your age. Now it seems like a bunch of work. I did make it out a couple times. One great day, one slow. I like the boat.
 
Very nice. I've not seen that rig around.

I'm a waterfowler at heart and always will be. If I had to choose it would be the ducks. I'm in my 43rd year of it. Have had some great mallard hunts this year.

I like to hang out here more as well. People are way more friendly!!!

Next month I pick up my new lab pup for hunt tests and can't wait to get the little guy home and start training about May.
 
Labradors

Hey there,
Labradors make exclent pheasant dogs. I think hunting behind a flushing breed actually makes you a better hunter. Think about it, you have to be ready at all times, not just at the point. I've had Labs for 16 years and think they are the ultimate in "versatile breeds". My Labs were pheasant hunting legends in my neck of the woods. It really irritated the pointer guys that a "dumb lab" could find and retrieve the birds. This is the first year without one or two and I miss having a Labrador badly. Get Gus on a few birds, he'll get it.
By the way, I agree with you about this website, best one I've ever found.
 
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COWAN said:
Hey there,
Labradors make exclent pheasant dogs. I think hunting behind a flushing breed actually makes you a better hunter. Think about it, you have to be ready at all times, not just at the point. I've had Labs for 16 years and think they are the ultimate in "versatile breeds". My Labs were pheasant hunting legends in my neck of the woods. It really irritated the pointer guys that a "dumb lab" could find and retrieve the birds. This is the first year without one or two and I miss having a Labrador badly. Get Gus on a few birds, he'll get it.
By the way, I agree with you about this website, best one I've ever found.
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I've had Gus out once for upland and got him into 1 covey. He retrieved the 1 quail we shot really well. Was a little hard mouthed on it but I've been working with him since I kept the wings of the bird. I haven't got him into any pheasants yet but I want to try in January.
 
Nice bunch of greenheads! :thumbsup:

Reminds me of much younger days when I was about the same age as you & raised my two sons waterfowling alongside me & the labs. These days walking around behind the dog at gentleman/bankers hours is a lot more appealing than getting up long before the crack-@$$ of dawn, rolling around in the mud, freezing me arse off and putting-out/picking-up dekes (especially massive snow goose spreads) for a bunch of liver tasting birds... ;)

I do sometimes deeply miss the sights/sounds/smell of the marsh, the interactive-calling, the spinning/cupping/fluttering into the dekes, and enjoying the dogs do their water-work or hand-signal to blind retrieves though.

Keep it up, you've got at least another 20 yrs of muck & swamps in you till you start gittin' tired of yer dry feathers turning muddy & wet like some of us old farts! :cheers:

P.S. If you've already got Gus well-trained to his duck-blind & retrieving manners, turning him loose for the quarter-&-flush game is the easy part! A truly birdy & mannerly, retrieving-machine lab is a second-to-none beast to be reckoned with in the pheasant fields!
 
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