tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post5031408931589378322..comments2024-03-10T01:57:38.017-08:00Comments on NorCal Cazadora: I am dumb, and other lessons from the marshHolly Heyserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-87462003919869337652011-11-30T08:04:32.920-08:002011-11-30T08:04:32.920-08:00I've had a chance to try this since writing th...I've had a chance to try this since writing this post, and while I didn't always get a duck, I don't think it ever flared one. So I say if it doesn't flare, who cares?Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-40628961594143464342011-11-30T07:06:20.287-08:002011-11-30T07:06:20.287-08:00Im glad that Im not the only one who rotates!! My ...Im glad that Im not the only one who rotates!! My husband is always getting on to me and saying that I move too much but where we hunt (Alabama's Gulf Coast- Upper Delta Mangagement Area) we are often in the woods and there is a canopy, a thin one but none the less there is one.CoCohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03776190328531726153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-82470447095498470792011-11-16T07:54:45.548-08:002011-11-16T07:54:45.548-08:00Galen: Well, good thing I like learning...Galen: Well, good thing I like learning...Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-56873347324378602862011-11-15T22:56:08.886-08:002011-11-15T22:56:08.886-08:00Holly, The only thing I've learned about duck ...Holly, The only thing I've learned about duck hunting is that I don't know as much as I think I know and I don't know what I don't know so I am always to learn something. <br />My brother told me that thirty years ago and it is still true! <br />glgGalen Geerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11252610309377046803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-69666727495777544062011-11-15T18:19:14.219-08:002011-11-15T18:19:14.219-08:00keep the good wor my friend
best regardskeep the good wor my friend<br /><br />best regardsmichaelhttp://game-camera.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-8392740743550854362011-11-10T17:33:14.476-08:002011-11-10T17:33:14.476-08:00I used the face mask for years and I even proved t...I used the face mask for years and I even proved that it works wearing one and not, but cant stand having it on.Peebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500696862042051077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-55671576987570963432011-11-10T08:44:36.467-08:002011-11-10T08:44:36.467-08:00I've always wanted to put a drone in the air o...I've always wanted to put a drone in the air on a hunt day to see what we look like. It'd probably get damaged by some skybuster, though.<br /><br />I already wear chest waders and sit on a submerged stool, but I hate maskes, unless it gets cold. I'd much rather paint my face, bad as it is for the complexion.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-82794995261678347382011-11-10T08:33:02.687-08:002011-11-10T08:33:02.687-08:00I went to a duck hunting seminar last night with a...I went to a duck hunting seminar last night with a state wildlife biologist who is a duck fanatic.<br /><br />He is big on mesh face masks, illustrating his talk with photos taken from the air when doing duck surveys from the air -- hunters' faces, blinds that don't blend in, etc. <br /><br />Also big on sitting on a submerged stool in the water while wearing chest waders, of cours.eChas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-73597042760336369782011-11-09T10:17:09.261-08:002011-11-09T10:17:09.261-08:00Cool! And pick away :-)Cool! And pick away :-)Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-37842525935867743832011-11-09T07:50:38.067-08:002011-11-09T07:50:38.067-08:00First hunt ever - starting at 40. (Hunting at leas...First hunt ever - starting at 40. (Hunting at least; I'm not counting the hulicat foragesf trip where I met you and Hank - that was my first time fishing as an adult). Wanting to learn how to fill my freezer and cook game. Hoping to pick your brain sometime about different outfitters and such for pig (bison?) hunts too.Toxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11799267431915615549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-87365185039745665522011-11-09T07:36:01.220-08:002011-11-09T07:36:01.220-08:00Peebs: Yeah that toad hunter got on my nerves - es...Peebs: Yeah that toad hunter got on my nerves - especially because he kept getting ducks!<br /><br />I can't wait to try this tactic next time I get to Delevan. But you know I'll be putting on face paint to do it.<br /><br />Tox: Thanks! If you make it out to Delevan, will it be your first hunt ever, or your first duck hunt?Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-40566693871092071692011-11-08T23:53:41.840-08:002011-11-08T23:53:41.840-08:00Good luck!
In theory, waders that fit just arrive...Good luck!<br /><br />In theory, waders that fit just arrived in the mail. Hoping to make it out to Delevan this season to try hunting for the first time.Toxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11799267431915615549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-72689570327493947932011-11-08T17:05:49.103-08:002011-11-08T17:05:49.103-08:00If possible I always move with the birds if your w...If possible I always move with the birds if your watchen them you can see when they look at you(for me it also helps me calling the birds display little body movements that indicate what they are going to do) This group I think I actually turned around twice. The first passes were to far out to worry about shooting position but we had these birds on a string and I knew that the pass I shot on wasPeebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500696862042051077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-4419773694798749932011-11-08T14:09:57.842-08:002011-11-08T14:09:57.842-08:00OFS, I do that a lot. Whenever there's a reall...OFS, I do that a lot. Whenever there's a really impressive goose flight in the stratosphere, I always look down because I know that's when those wily ducks will sneak up on you.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-72326688078692549282011-11-08T14:05:26.814-08:002011-11-08T14:05:26.814-08:00The ducks always come
from the direction you'r...The ducks always come<br />from the direction you're<br />not looking. So, look that<br />way.<br /><br />ofsoldfatslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16090493770521723251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-77958440186380991932011-11-08T08:04:33.691-08:002011-11-08T08:04:33.691-08:00Rich: I don't think your choke or shot choices...Rich: I don't think your choke or shot choices make that much of a difference at this stage. If you want to take longer shots, use the tighter choke. But if you like to get 'em close, use the more open choke. The reality is that if you're on the bird, you're going to hit it, regardless of shot or choke.<br /><br />As for walking in water: My new workout regimen is gold. I climb upHolly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-33319111155382635512011-11-08T04:12:21.547-08:002011-11-08T04:12:21.547-08:00Like anything, there's a happy medium, Holly. ...Like anything, there's a happy medium, Holly. You'll find it. One way to find that you've gone too far will be to keep your head up (fully up) and/or walk around in the marsh as birds are working. Especially if it's NOT sunny.<br /><br />I was picking up decoys on a hunt about 10 years ago and look across the marsh at my brother's position. All I could see of him was Kirk Mantayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556560258304201823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-62008517744735757122011-11-08T02:22:53.748-08:002011-11-08T02:22:53.748-08:00I'm cut of the same cloth, another who keeps t...I'm cut of the same cloth, another who keeps thinking I have it down, only to discover I've bought an expensive tule seat that doesn't work, losing a decoy bag as a dog jumps out of a boat, and realizing I've been hunting and shooting at ducks with my Improved Cylinder choke, instead of the modified I thought I was using. Then, I bought the rounds with 1-1/8 oz of shot, when I Rich Mellotthttp://mrmellott1003.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.com