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 How do you scout?
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11/05/10 12:04 PM
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Guybo
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So I'm checking my honey hole out in McKinney and was wondering how do y'all scout? Do you go in the morning? Mid-day? Evening? At sunrise or a Lil later?
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Re: How do you scout?
[Re: Guybo]
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11/05/10 12:16 PM
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beaversnipe
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Re: How do you scout?
[Re: beaversnipe]
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11/05/10 12:17 PM
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Jasb
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Drive out in the boat at about 8 or 9 and listen for shots and look for dekes...... 
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Re: How do you scout?
[Re: Jasb]
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11/05/10 12:20 PM
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Drive out in the boat at about 8 or 9 and listen for shot and look for dekes......  Drive many miles, find a "good lookin" spot, get out and hike more miles to see if indeed the spot is good
IF I DONT SUCEED I WILL DIE TRYING
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Re: How do you scout?
[Re: Guybo]
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11/05/10 12:53 PM
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Guybo
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So far ive seen group of 4, a single, a pair, then a group of 5. The single an pair were shovelers. Couldnt tell what the rest were. Weak.
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Re: How do you scout?
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11/05/10 01:01 PM
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duckiller
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Most of my scouting is in the afternoon. I also make a point to scout after I get done hunting in the morning. I have a rule of thumb that everytime you hunt on public you should learn something new about the place before you leave.
I have heard people say that scouting in midday or afternoon is not good because birds will be somewhere different in the morning...well those people don't know what they are talking about. If you find a pile of birds on a spot in the evening you should be able to shoot a pile of ducks there the next morning.
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Re: How do you scout?
[Re: Jasb]
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11/05/10 03:06 PM
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nogeese
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Drive out in the boat at about 8 or 9 and listen for shots and look for dekes...... then walk the shoreline and look for spent shells and footprints!
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Re: How do you scout?
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11/05/10 03:06 PM
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Re: How do you scout?
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11/05/10 03:09 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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I bring my 475 ultra..ultra mag drive to the middle of the lake...grab my swaro 100x91 spoting scope..
Fire off a few shots and look for where the birds take off from
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: How do you scout?
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11/05/10 03:13 PM
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ccvidimos
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i just roll around with the punt gun and fire a few. then wait for the masses to move
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Re: How do you scout?
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11/05/10 03:42 PM
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I bring my 475 ultra..ultra mag drive to the middle of the lake...grab my swaro 100x91 spoting scope..
Fire off a few shots and look for where the birds take off from that had me litteraly laughing out loud
IF I DONT SUCEED I WILL DIE TRYING
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Re: How do you scout?
[Re: TXHC]
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11/05/10 03:50 PM
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Moose K
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I bring my 475 ultra..ultra mag drive to the middle of the lake...grab my swaro 100x91 spoting scope..
Fire off a few shots and look for where the birds take off from that had me litteraly laughing out loud I really do that. Ask Bobo, he was there. 300 mag out across the lake, see what takes off. 
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Re: How do you scout?
[Re: ccvidimos]
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11/05/10 03:52 PM
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wlgorman
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Eat a big can of wolf brand chili, wait 2 hrs, drive to the middle of the lake and unpinch your buttcheeks
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Re: How do you scout?
[Re: duckiller]
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11/05/10 08:34 PM
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drakecutter
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Most of my scouting is in the afternoon. I also make a point to scout after I get done hunting in the morning. I have a rule of thumb that everytime you hunt on public you should learn something new about the place before you leave.
I have heard people say that scouting in midday or afternoon is not good because birds will be somewhere different in the morning...well those people don't know what they are talking about. If you find a pile of birds on a spot in the evening you should be able to shoot a pile of ducks there the next morning. Listen to this post. Couldn't have versed it better brother.
"Always Chasing That Next Group"
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