Lessons Learned from This Past Season?

[gimpfinger]

Oh my.... we have a genuine bromance going on here....

It's a'ite fowler, you're still my b***h.

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[Musher]

Dog needs more work.

[emptymag]

Get a faster boat, or hunt where there are less people.

[gimpfinger]

Get a faster boat, or hunt where there are less people.

I would go with less people, even with a faster boat people will just get to the spot you're on and set up fitty yards from you. Problem then is you will be setting up already.

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[get-n-birdy]

Seems I'm re learning a lot of the same lessons. Always have a plan a,b,c and d. If you are in a good spot to many decoys are a butt pain. In a bad spot, 13 dozen are about half of what you'll need, with about a bakers dozen spinners. Weekday hunters seem more polite. Decoy hunting is a lost art form. Not sure why some guys put out decoys when they are basically just pass shooting? A good spot light is a treasure. Good head lamps are one of the greatest inventions for the modern day hunter. Dry pus waders are so, so, so, very much more better than neoprene's. Fleece and gortex have come a long way. I love my sling more with each passing year. My mud blind bag and my shell belt have become like old friends. A couple extra zip loc bags are a good idea. Moving a few decoys during the course of a hunt out of the kill hole can save a few from sinking. Moving the spread a little can pay off huge. Moving all together can pay off huge as well. If birds prefer another area there is very little reason to stay put other than laziness. The older I get the less and less junk I clutter myself with out in the field. Simplicity is another lost art form. I still prefer my face mask to face paint. I carry face paint and put it on my way to white ish yellow lab, he sticks out like a sore thumb without it. But he sure hates me putting it on him. Candy bars, Gatorade, waters and coke become valuable commodities when other people forget theirs. The bottom of a boat is a soaking wet place when duck hunting and gloves, hats and jackets always find the deepest puddles to sit in. Maintaining outboards, boats and trailers is best done at the public access while there is a line of people behind you. Or so it seems by peoples actions. Preparation and preparedness are highly overrated. The smaller your spread the less likely it seems people will down wind you? Greet CO's with a friendly hello and some cookies. Talk their ear off so they try and avoid you next time around. This is a highly under rated tactic. If they know you are going to try and talk to them about their political leanings, their thoughts on abortion, legalizing gay marriage and the high price of oil per barrel, they'll avoid you like the plague.

[ducksmuggler]

best lesson I learned was how to use FB to " thrown a wrench" into D-bag friends internet scouting.....

[greatwhitehunter3!]

best lesson I learned was how to use FB to " thrown a wrench" into D-bag friends internet scouting.....

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