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RE: puddlers or divers ?

Talkinquack — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:52:55 GMT

bullsprig (4/9/2008)

what part of the country do you hunt TQ ??

I live smack dab in the middle of NC but I usually take a trip somewhere outta state once a year!

RE: puddlers or divers ?

twowetdogz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:35:34 GMT

Personally, I prefer puddler hunting, both field a water.

But.....if the right opportunity arises, I don't turn down a diver hunt either.

RE: puddlers or divers ?

bullsprig — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:32:24 GMT

what part of the country do you hunt TQ ??

RE: puddlers or divers ?

Talkinquack — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:17:15 GMT

Mostly hunt puddlers around my neck of the woods. Did manage to kill some bluebills and ringers around here this year. Also smoked a redhead drake in Louisiana back in Dec.

RE: puddlers or divers ?

bullsprig — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:05:11 GMT

xOZx (4/1/2008)

Chasing a duck that don't eat fish is/was my fav. Shooting them fish eaters tends to be more of a shoot than a hunt...kinda like dove hunting, only dove taste good.

how about this ,

yeah I know it shocked me a little too, but you can bet I'll still eat him.

RE: puddlers or divers ?

bullsprig — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:05:09 GMT

right you are , cans taste alot like mallards and gadwalls. I will eat cans and blue bills , but that's where it stops . I do know people who will eat ring necks though.

call it what you want , I call it fun when we're waitin on new flights of mallards to show up.

here is one of my partners hunts last year , I had a guide trip that day.

RE: puddlers or divers ?

Gauge — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:57:35 GMT

Both...I love Waterfowl Blasting.
Canvasback is some good eaten duck. Um Um Good.

I don'y care for Ringneck or Scooters of any kind.

RE: puddlers or divers ?

bullsprig — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:38:00 GMT

well actually I like to hunt certain species of divers , canvasbacks [ for example ] don't eat as many fish as you think , they actually eat alot of aquatic vegatation and they were nearly extinct due to market hunting a long time ago meaning they were targeted by market hunters for food .

RE: puddlers or divers ?

cwraesmith — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:52:37 GMT

I agree with oz. Its hard to call hunting for divers even hunting. You can sit there on a bank wide open and seem to fill you bag limit with divers. Its more like shooting than anything else. Not to mention they are the hardest to breast/clean in my opinion. Puddlers all the way.

RE: puddlers or divers ?

xOZx — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:44:42 GMT

Chasing a duck that don't eat fish is/was my fav. Shooting them fish eaters tends to be more of a shoot than a hunt...kinda like dove hunting, only dove taste good.

puddlers or divers ?

bullsprig — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:49:59 GMT

what do you guys like to hunt the most ?

I have to say I'm a puddler guy but I do hit the divers pretty hard 5-6 times a year.