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 As good as it gets in SETX
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01/09/17 08:54 PM
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john paul
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We had a horrible hunt at our place on Saturday and thankfully a friend invited me and a couple other guys to go try an oxbow at his place Sunday morning. I grew up hunting out there but in the last 4 years they have done a lot of work to the oxbow getting it back in good shape. As you can see the hard work is paying off for them. This is by far the best hunt I've been a part of in SETX. We killed 17 mallards, 4 mottled ducks, and 3 teal for our 4 limits. The icing on the cake was a hen mottled duck lighting in the decoys and seeing the band on her leg before I shot her!  
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I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/09/17 09:10 PM
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That's a nice shoot for any part of the state!
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/09/17 09:14 PM
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Nice shoot and pics. I always hang my ducks heads up in the straps, easier to carry for me 
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/09/17 09:18 PM
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Nice shoot and pics. I always hang my ducks heads up in the straps, easier to carry for me You can see the road we pull the buggy up on behind me in the second picture. We didn't have to walk very far  I don't have a preference either way as far as hanging them goes but I think the strap pictures turn out much better when they are hung by their feet.
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I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/09/17 09:18 PM
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/09/17 09:45 PM
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Called in the band info yet? Always cool to see the age and location of banded birds.
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/09/17 09:59 PM
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Called in the band info yet? Always cool to see the age and location of banded birds. I'm a baby killer and an egg stomper...  INFORMATION FROM OUR FILES: Species: Mottled Duck Date banded: 08/09/2016 Banding Location: NEAR HIGH ISLAND, CHAMBERS COUNTY, TEXAS, USA Age: WAS TOO YOUNG TO FLY WHEN BANDED IN 2016 Sex: FEMALE
I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/09/17 10:10 PM
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/09/17 10:37 PM
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Called in the band info yet? Always cool to see the age and location of banded birds. I'm a baby killer and an egg stomper... INFORMATION FROM OUR FILES: Species: Mottled Duck Date banded: 08/09/2016 Banding Location: NEAR HIGH ISLAND, CHAMBERS COUNTY, TEXAS, USA Age: WAS TOO YOUNG TO FLY WHEN BANDED IN 2016 Sex: FEMALE Natural selection.....it was a dumb one.
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/09/17 10:43 PM
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Nice strap! Congrats on the band!
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/09/17 11:58 PM
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/10/17 02:24 AM
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/10/17 02:58 AM
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Nice strap! Congrats on the band!
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/12/17 08:01 PM
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That's awesome!!! I've been at this for 8 seasons now and have yet to shoot a banded bird! Let us know when you get the info! I wonder if she came from one of the coastal refuges... I know they band a bunch down there.
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/12/17 08:02 PM
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BTW, That is a GREAT hunt!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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01/12/17 09:18 PM
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That's awesome!!! I've been at this for 8 seasons now and have yet to shoot a banded bird! Let us know when you get the info! I wonder if she came from one of the coastal refuges... I know they band a bunch down there. I posted the info above. Obviously your best chance of killing a banded duck in Texas would be a mottled duck. I have 2 mottled duck bands and have killed over 100 in my lifetime. I have friends who average about 1 band for every 10 or so mottled ducks. Just like any other band, luck has a lot to do with it. Where I killed this one, they have killed a total of 20 or so mottled ducks this year and this was the 3rd band this year.
I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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Re: As good as it gets in SETX
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And thank you! Probably will never top that one down here!
I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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