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Skyblasters... #6576458 12/07/16 09:11 PM
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Just don't understand how someone will take a 70-80yd shot at ducks that are working someone else's decoy spread... Public land hunting though, oh well.

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Re: Skyblasters... [Re: Deerslayer94] #6576491 12/07/16 09:33 PM
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Because people don't understand what working decoys means. They think that, because they're now flying overhead, they are interested in their spread, when in reality they are working your spread. So they take 80 yard overhead passing shots and screw it up for everyone.


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Re: Skyblasters... [Re: Deerslayer94] #6576529 12/07/16 10:02 PM
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Last time someone did that to me was probably 10 years ago. I left and haven't hunted the area since. Duck season is too short to deal with idiots.

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Might also be the two parties might be set up to close together. Espicially if you can tell how far there shot is


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Re: Skyblasters... [Re: Deerslayer94] #6576549 12/07/16 10:16 PM
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Every thing looks different depending on where you are looking from. To you it looks far. To them it looks close. I hunted Tishomingo NWR back in the early 1980's. A flock of small Canada geese were circling the field. When they came over me I stood up and dropped two in two shots. The limit. When I got to the check station I was detained. Reported by the other hunters for sky busting. I told the top dog, I only shoot twice this morning and I have a limit of two geese. He told me it was not sky busting from my angle.

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Every thing looks different depending on where you are looking from. To you it looks far. To them it looks close. I hunted Tishomingo NWR back in the early 1980's. A flock of small Canada geese were circling the field. When they came over me I stood up and dropped two in two shots. The limit. When I got to the check station I was detained. Reported by the other hunters for sky busting. I told the top dog, I only shoot twice this morning and I have a limit of two geese. He told me it was not sky busting from my angle.



I can understand, These guys came in and set up about 100-120 yds from us. The shot was clearly WAY to far to take lol just saying. no point in really arguing, there will always be the hail mary shooters out there.

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Every thing looks different depending on where you are looking from. To you it looks far. To them it looks close. I hunted Tishomingo NWR back in the early 1980's. A flock of small Canada geese were circling the field. When they came over me I stood up and dropped two in two shots. The limit. When I got to the check station I was detained. Reported by the other hunters for sky busting. I told the top dog, I only shoot twice this morning and I have a limit of two geese. He told me it was not sky busting from my angle.



I can understand, These guys came in and set up about 100-120 yds from us. The shot was clearly WAY to far to take lol just saying. no point in really arguing, there will always be the hail mary shooters out there.


......and guys that whine about it on the internet.

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Might also be the two parties might be set up to close together. Espicially if you can tell how far there shot is


Yes, but that's how public goes sometimes. people don't always see your decoys that have been out for a few hours already or they don't care.


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Every thing looks different depending on where you are looking from. To you it looks far. To them it looks close. I hunted Tishomingo NWR back in the early 1980's. A flock of small Canada geese were circling the field. When they came over me I stood up and dropped two in two shots. The limit. When I got to the check station I was detained. Reported by the other hunters for sky busting. I told the top dog, I only shoot twice this morning and I have a limit of two geese. He told me it was not sky busting from my angle.



I can understand, These guys came in and set up about 100-120 yds from us. The shot was clearly WAY to far to take lol just saying. no point in really arguing, there will always be the hail mary shooters out there.


......and guys that whine about it on the internet.


Lol good one, its a bird hunting section on this forum, Ill whine what I want to whine about. grin

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If they can take 70 yard shots at birds working my spread then one of us need to move or hunt together.

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2 can play that game

Stupid game to play.

Re: Skyblasters... [Re: Deerslayer94] #6583615 12/12/16 07:50 PM
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Ran into a some skyblasters this weekend. A couple of guys in a really nice mud rig setup a couple coves down. Far enough away, but close enough that we could see a lot of what was working in to them. Over and over we saw shots at dux that were way up... 60 yards plus vertically. Saw them drop none of the high fliers, only a few that came in real close. I guess they don't know dux will work closer if ya let them?

Two other things... heard two guys shoot 7 times. No game warder call, didn't know how many of them were there until I saw them leaving. After the hunt I went to check out where they were cuz I didn't think there was much cover. Counted 40+ shells floated up across the cove. bang

I guess a bad arse mud rig doesn't mean ya really have any idea what you're doing any more... stir


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Originally Posted By: LarryCopper
Ran into a some skyblasters this weekend. A couple of guys in a really nice mud rig setup a couple coves down. Far enough away, but close enough that we could see a lot of what was working in to them. Over and over we saw shots at dux that were way up... 60 yards plus vertically. Saw them drop none of the high fliers, only a few that came in real close. I guess they don't know dux will work closer if ya let them?

Two other things... heard two guys shoot 7 times. No game warder call, didn't know how many of them were there until I saw them leaving. After the hunt I went to check out where they were cuz I didn't think there was much cover. Counted 40+ shells floated up across the cove. bang

I guess a bad arse mud rig doesn't mean ya really have any idea what you're doing any more... stir


It seems one way or the way other on the mud rigs. You either find some dudes that thought of the newest way to spend 20 grand and try this duck hunting thing out, OR guys that know how to use it to get where the ducks want to be. Don't know if I've ever seen a "middle of the road" duck guy in a nice mud rig.

Re: Skyblasters... [Re: Deerslayer94] #6583925 12/12/16 11:33 PM
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I hunt out of a 12' Jon boat with a trolling motor...and I can hear the airboats and mud rigs blaring around all morning, but I still get my limits...doesn't matter what ur in if you know what ur doing...

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For me the whole point of duck hunting is to call them in..I'd actually rather call and get birds cupped then shoot birds. I'm guessing skybusters are people who can't call.

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Originally Posted By: Wacm
For me the whole point of duck hunting is to call them in..I'd actually rather call and get birds cupped then shoot birds. I'm guessing skybusters are people who can't call.

I don't know a whole lot about duck hunting and my calling is marginal at best but I can hide with the best of them.

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We skyblast if the opportunity presents it self. Most of the time they come in but sometimes they only pass by. Sometimes we drop them and sometimes we dont.


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For me the whole point of duck hunting is to call them in..I'd actually rather call and get birds cupped then shoot birds. I'm guessing skybusters are people who can't call.


Ditto, pass shooting birds is not my thing. Getting them to decoy is where I get the most joy. Even more than the actual shooting.

Many times I have stayed in the blind with a limit in hand and guns unloaded just to see how may birds I could get to commit to my spread. One of my most memorable hunts ever was like this and I got a flight of around 40-45 Pintails to land in my Spread and just sit there and loaf around for about fifteen minutes.


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Ain't skybusting if your dropping them. wink

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Originally Posted By: Deerslayer94
Just don't understand how someone will take a 70-80yd shot at ducks that are working someone else's decoy spread... Public land hunting though, oh well.



You'd think Guy and Judd would know better. roflmao

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Originally Posted By: LarryCopper
Ran into a some skyblasters this weekend. A couple of guys in a really nice mud rig setup a couple coves down. Far enough away, but close enough that we could see a lot of what was working in to them. Over and over we saw shots at dux that were way up... 60 yards plus vertically. Saw them drop none of the high fliers, only a few that came in real close. I guess they don't know dux will work closer if ya let them?

Two other things... heard two guys shoot 7 times. No game warder call, didn't know how many of them were there until I saw them leaving. After the hunt I went to check out where they were cuz I didn't think there was much cover. Counted 40+ shells floated up across the cove. bang

I guess a bad arse mud rig doesn't mean ya really have any idea what you're doing any more... stir


Nope, just more dollars than sense in this case

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Ran into a some skyblasters this weekend. A couple of guys in a really nice mud rig setup a couple coves down. Far enough away, but close enough that we could see a lot of what was working in to them. Over and over we saw shots at dux that were way up... 60 yards plus vertically. Saw them drop none of the high fliers, only a few that came in real close. I guess they don't know dux will work closer if ya let them?

Two other things... heard two guys shoot 7 times. No game warder call, didn't know how many of them were there until I saw them leaving. After the hunt I went to check out where they were cuz I didn't think there was much cover. Counted 40+ shells floated up across the cove. bang

I guess a bad arse mud rig doesn't mean ya really have any idea what you're doing any more... stir


Nope, just more dollars than sense in this case

Went back today and another boat beat us to the X. We decided to go down where the skyblasters were. First time in a LONG time I didn't fire a shot, but we did pick up all the shells they left.


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Just don't understand how someone will take a 70-80yd shot at ducks that are working someone else's decoy spread... Public land hunting though, oh well.



You'd think Guy and Judd would know better. roflmao

Ha ha, not even! In fact I'm the opposite. I'm bad about letting the birds work too much and not calling shots that were in range. I shoot IC #4's, so my set-up is for short shot, long shots are not possible. I could be a damn good skybuster if I wanted to, full choke 3.5 inch #2, I'll make those skybusting shots too. But you start skybusting in an area with other hunters, then they start skybusting, and it just gets stupid....


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I like skybusters. They move the ducks off the big water to my small tanks. Keep the steel flying.

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