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Disappointed
#3710366
10/31/12 06:29 PM
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TXduckCommander
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Went out scouting yesterday afternoon and saw maybe 40 birds total. I hunt public land only and usually do pretty good early season. Guess Ill head to the ranch and deer hunt this weekend. 
BLACKCLOUD: Dropping ducks and bucks like rain.
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: TXduckCommander]
#3710439
10/31/12 06:49 PM
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Beretta
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Two kinds of people vote democrat. Rich people that don't have to work, and poor people who don't want to work.
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: Beretta]
#3710542
10/31/12 07:10 PM
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Featherduster
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Can't get em unless you hunt em.
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: Featherduster]
#3710568
10/31/12 07:16 PM
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Aggieduck
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Same here and the birds seen were at the easiest access and can mostly be seen from the road so it will be stacked with folks
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: Featherduster]
#3710570
10/31/12 07:16 PM
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wal1809
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I could care less how many come in. I am glad to just go sit down in the blind. After this massive amount of work, the number of ducks really means nothing to me. I just want to sit down and drink me a cup of coffee in the blind and watch the morning come to daybreak. I have half of a mind to not even take a shotgun and just let my wife hammer at whatever comes in. A no pressure kick back type of morning is to me a whole lot better right now than the running and gunning I have done for the past 37 years.
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: TXduckCommander]
#3710590
10/31/12 07:21 PM
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Gdogg
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Went out scouting yesterday afternoon and saw maybe 40 birds total. I hunt public land only and usually do pretty good early season. Guess Ill head to the ranch and deer hunt this weekend. Since you scouted in the afternoon, maybe there will be more ducks in the morning.  Be where the ducks want to be and you will have no worries. Just be early.......
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: Gdogg]
#3710607
10/31/12 07:26 PM
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#Hayraker
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I'm going to have a good weekend whether I shoot a duck or not, however I still want to kill a whole [censored] pot full of em.
#sigline
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: wal1809]
#3710648
10/31/12 07:36 PM
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1000YRDSTARE
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I could care less how many come in. I am glad to just go sit down in the blind. After this massive amount of work, the number of ducks really means nothing to me. I just want to sit down and drink me a cup of coffee in the blind and watch the morning come to daybreak. I have half of a mind to not even take a shotgun and just let my wife hammer at whatever comes in. A no pressure kick back type of morning is to me a whole lot better right now than the running and gunning I have done for the past 37 years. 
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: 1000YRDSTARE]
#3710696
10/31/12 07:49 PM
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ishootspoonies
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go deer hunting. save those 40 birds for someone whose happy to find 40 birds on public water.
I like spoonie, his humor is dryer than my duck lease.
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: ishootspoonies]
#3710713
10/31/12 07:52 PM
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Hooligan
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Militavi Non Sine Gloria
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Re: Disappointed
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#3710734
10/31/12 07:58 PM
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SweetTea
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Can only shoot 6.... 40 ain't bad
OMG, this is the best slumber party ever!
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: SweetTea]
#3710784
10/31/12 08:15 PM
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Guy
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Get out there any way, never know what the duck gods will give you. Scouting has not been that great for me either thru early teal and youth, but still had good morning shoots, so you never know.
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: Guy]
#3710845
10/31/12 08:30 PM
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TXduckCommander
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Ill pass this weekend. There will be plenty of more weekends to duck hunt. Plus all the family is going to the ranch this weekend. Good luck guys.
BLACKCLOUD: Dropping ducks and bucks like rain.
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: TXduckCommander]
#3710970
10/31/12 09:03 PM
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SNAFU
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haha starting my 3rd season of duck shooting and i been lucky if i've seen 40 birds for the season that were not on a pond in an apartment complex
Were all here, cuz were not all there !
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: SNAFU]
#3710989
10/31/12 09:10 PM
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Baylor_Bears
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Saturday, all my private tanks were empty, but the birds where in all the others. Ive got the groceries so it was disopointing. Got word a mass of birds moved into my area yesterday and this morning. We normally dont have god shoots till the last weekend of the first split, but still going because its what we have waited all year for right?! 2 test monday so ill prolly have a Biology and Ecology book in the blind with me
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: Baylor_Bears]
#3711103
10/31/12 09:37 PM
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Erichugh22
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Scouted Centex too and didn't see crap either
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: Erichugh22]
#3711300
10/31/12 10:39 PM
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Bill Waldschmidt
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I'd rather be deer hunting this weekend but that didn't work out. We've got a ton of ducks on the place we hunt up near Bonham though, so I guess I'll do that
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: SNAFU]
#3712321
11/01/12 04:06 AM
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chilled shot
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haha starting my 3rd season of duck shooting and i been lucky if i've seen 40 birds for the season that were not on a pond in an apartment complex That's about the most depressing thing i've heard yet.  I think you need to think about plan "B"
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: chilled shot]
#3713584
11/01/12 04:30 PM
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E-Tx
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40 birds...6 bird limit...You only need 1 for every 6.66 that fly by. That's some decent odds.
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Re: Disappointed
[Re: wal1809]
#3713725
11/01/12 05:34 PM
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Team Hillbilly
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I could care less how many come in. I am glad to just go sit down in the blind. After this massive amount of work, the number of ducks really means nothing to me. I just want to sit down and drink me a cup of coffee in the blind and watch the morning come to daybreak. I have half of a mind to not even take a shotgun and just let my wife hammer at whatever comes in. A no pressure kick back type of morning is to me a whole lot better right now than the running and gunning I have done for the past 37 years. Well now your there a true Duck hunter  for us Old farts it not all about the killin and more about just being able to watch the ducks swing in
Last edited by Team Hillbilly; 11/01/12 05:36 PM. Reason: fat finger
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