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 SKYBUSTERS!!!!
#5488971
12/20/14 02:47 PM
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SharpShooter18
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I just need to get this rant off my chest. Today must not have been opening day for the second split instead I think sky buster season opened up today. Right as legal rolled around it sounded like world war three for at least 15 min. You can go ahead and argue that they were at the X but there are not anywhere near enough ducks around for the amount of shooting there was. As I type this from my blind I watch four guys burn all three on one duck at least 65 yards up. My only guess as to why they shoot this way is because they're afraid those dastardly ducks are going to steal their $20 flambeau decoys. End of rant.
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 Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SharpShooter18]
#5488999
12/20/14 03:04 PM
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 6,680
Hopedale
THF Trophy Hunter
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We need to impose a 15 shell limit on WMA.
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SharpShooter18]
#5489002
12/20/14 03:06 PM
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Posts: 28,087
Navasot
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Hollywood
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sucks when someone else is in the right spot huh...
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SharpShooter18]
#5489054
12/20/14 03:29 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,721
Dave Speer
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"Because (I/we) sometimes drop one" is the main excuse I've heard used by people who insist on shooting outside of 40 yards. I guess "because you always educate a few" and "you often cripple or kill birds unknowingly" is not good enough to keep people from taking the hail marys.
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: Hopedale]
#5489190
12/20/14 04:57 PM
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Posts: 19,051
ducknbass
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We need to impose a 15 shell limit on WMA. This
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SharpShooter18]
#5489191
12/20/14 04:57 PM
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 408
JRR
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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I would limit to 15 shells and run every newcomer out of hunting since I NEVER miss......
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: Hopedale]
#5489224
12/20/14 05:19 PM
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Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,626
Erichugh22
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We need to impose a 15 shell limit on WMA. Yepp.
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SharpShooter18]
#5489229
12/20/14 05:24 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 540
Esh and Hattie
Tracker
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15 shells sounds like a good idea right after the wardens can effectively enforce shooting early, shooting late, illegal vehicles, no plugs, hunting proper zones, bag limits, carrying proper permits, and anything else you can think of. 
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: Esh and Hattie]
#5489243
12/20/14 05:41 PM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,073
Limit Extender
Pro Tracker
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Pro Tracker
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Is there anything more useless than complaining on the internet?
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SharpShooter18]
#5489248
12/20/14 05:45 PM
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Joined: May 2009
Posts: 10,618
Ramball36
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Yea flambeaus are for losers and poor people!!! Nobody's ever killed a duck over a flambeau
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: Limit Extender]
#5489348
12/20/14 07:15 PM
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Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 1,037
Whack n stack
Pro Tracker
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Pro Tracker
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Is there anything more useless than complaining on the internet? BOOM!
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SharpShooter18]
#5489430
12/20/14 08:08 PM
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Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 2,943
Ben Lilly
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I just need to get this rant off my chest. Today must not have been opening day for the second split instead I think sky buster season opened up today. Right as legal rolled around it sounded like world war three for at least 15 min. You can go ahead and argue that they were at the X but there are not anywhere near enough ducks around for the amount of shooting there was. As I type this from my blind I watch four guys burn all three on one duck at least 65 yards up. My only guess as to why they shoot this way is because they're afraid those dastardly ducks are going to steal their $20 flambeau decoys. End of rant. Well, while you were busy typing we were skyblasting these fellas over Hot Buys with 2 3/4" superX's. 
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: Ben Lilly]
#5489456
12/20/14 08:27 PM
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Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 547
Fowlman
Tracker
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Tracker
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Nice. 
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: Limit Extender]
#5489487
12/20/14 09:05 PM
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Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 14,278
Fooshman
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Is there anything more useless than complaining on the internet? Other than people that can't tell time or judge distance?
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SharpShooter18]
#5489709
12/20/14 11:29 PM
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 408
JRR
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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Can't kill them if you ain't shooting, plus makes them better trophies for the experts !
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: Hopedale]
#5489746
12/20/14 11:48 PM
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 961
TTUGrad08
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Tracker
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We need to impose a 15 shell limit on WMA. Yep!
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SharpShooter18]
#5489818
12/21/14 12:27 AM
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 328
outfitter1
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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15 shells? My Dad would say Here you go boy 6 shells 6 ducks make them count. Teaches you real fast to wait till those feet are down.
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: outfitter1]
#5489826
12/21/14 12:32 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 540
Esh and Hattie
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Tracker
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15 shells? My Dad would say Here you go boy 6 shells 6 ducks make them count. Teaches you real fast to wait till those feet are down. Or paddling for some 
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: Jeff Elder]
#5490091
12/21/14 03:25 AM
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Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 110,840
dogcatcher
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back.
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SharpShooter18]
#5490277
12/21/14 06:05 AM
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Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 7,139
SR025
THF Trophy Hunter
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SharpShooter18]
#5491026
12/21/14 09:43 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 19,100
dgilbert
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Sounds like someone needs to learn how to SKYBUST, lol. Hope it made you feel better.
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: SR025]
#5491754
12/22/14 02:26 AM
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 60
catwhacker
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Dang skybusters, early shooters, and people that say Spray and pray!! Thank You, Jim Spray
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: dgilbert]
#5492178
12/22/14 08:08 AM
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_Scooter_
Pro Tracker
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Sounds like someone needs to learn how to SKYBUST, lol. Hope it made you feel better. I've been watching a lot of the so-called professionals on youtube channels and even with camera angles and whatever I see them dropping ducks out pretty far away most times. They're all using PM chokes and slaying greenheads at what I estimate as 40+ yards consistently. Heck, there's one group of guys on youtube that I swear they've never even finished a group of mallards and yet they still drop them like rain on the first or second pass. Makes me wonder if I'm holding back too much. Last hunt of the 1st split Hopedale had to pretty much kick me out of my seat on a wigeon that I thought was too far away... He kept saying "Shoot it, shoot it" and I was sitting there saying "No, it's too far"! I ended up caving in to the peer pressure and dropping that bird on the third shot. I was being too cautious and almost missed out on a great looking bird. Moral of the story: I'm going to be a skybuster next time I hunt.
Wasn't born in Texas, but I got there as fast as I could. 
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Re: SKYBUSTERS!!!!
[Re: _Scooter_]
#5492232
12/22/14 12:21 PM
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Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,626
Erichugh22
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Sounds like someone needs to learn how to SKYBUST, lol. Hope it made you feel better. I've been watching a lot of the so-called professionals on youtube channels and even with camera angles and whatever I see them dropping ducks out pretty far away most times. They're all using PM chokes and slaying greenheads at what I estimate as 40+ yards consistently. Heck, there's one group of guys on youtube that I swear they've never even finished a group of mallards and yet they still drop them like rain on the first or second pass. Makes me wonder if I'm holding back too much. Last hunt of the 1st split Hopedale had to pretty much kick me out of my seat on a wigeon that I thought was too far away... He kept saying "Shoot it, shoot it" and I was sitting there saying "No, it's too far"! I ended up caving in to the peer pressure and dropping that bird on the third shot. I was being too cautious and almost missed out on a great looking bird. Moral of the story: I'm going to be a skybuster next time I hunt.
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