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First Sandhills
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12/19/19 03:38 PM
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kman2017
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Popping these two yesterday made up for a one duck morning. Was driving around the property I hunt at and saw a few dozen Sandhills in one of the bare fields. They were next to a canal so I parked my truck and spent the next hour making my way through the canal and crawling on my stomach through fields. When I got to my closest point to the group I realized they were ~60 yards away and probably too far to shoot. As I was thinking on what to do a big group started circling the group in the field and passed about 20 yards over me. 2 shots later I had 2 cranes in the bag.
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/19/19 03:48 PM
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/19/19 03:50 PM
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/19/19 04:07 PM
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Ktexas14
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That is pretty cool, I need to book something up that way so I can get in on Sandhills some day.
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/19/19 07:57 PM
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TXCrossTimbers
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That's awesome. They are the best eating waterfowl by far.
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/19/19 10:29 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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That is pretty cool, I need to book something up that way so I can get in on Sandhills some day.
On my bucket list for sure....let us know haw they eat...
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/19/19 10:40 PM
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hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/19/19 11:48 PM
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/20/19 04:04 AM
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LeonCarr
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That's awesome. They are the best eating waterfowl by far. They are migratory, but not considered waterfowl. You can use lead shot if strictly hunting Sandhill Cranes. Just my .02, LeonCarr
"Whitetail Deer are extinct because of rifles with telescopes mounted on them." - My 11th Grade English Teacher
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/20/19 04:23 AM
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Delta Duckman
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That is real hunting. Your hard work and effort was paid off with some luck.
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/20/19 04:54 AM
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That's awesome. They are the best eating waterfowl by far. They are migratory, but not considered waterfowl. You can use lead shot if strictly hunting Sandhill Cranes. Just my .02, LeonCarr Unless you're hunting a wma
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/20/19 03:59 PM
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Turkey loads are the golden ticket on cranes.
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/20/19 05:44 PM
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/20/19 06:41 PM
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/20/19 08:24 PM
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/20/19 08:44 PM
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I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/22/19 07:19 PM
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kman2017
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Got another limit today. Used 7 repurposed Canada goose decoys that were spray painted flat gray and then a little red spot on top. Good decision to Target these and not ducks; only heard about groups of shots all morning.
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Re: First Sandhills
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12/23/19 12:28 AM
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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: First Sandhills
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12/23/19 07:07 PM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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