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They glue onto milk jugs for cheap decoys. This way I won't have to worry about losing My expensive decoys in the ice. Found them on etsy picked up 2 dozen. They had a couple difrent colors and bases for difrent jugs. Overall looking forward to it and will update if I have success.

First ever black duck. Fog was so thick for the first couple hours, couldn’t see the ducks until they were 30 yards away

Seems like the birds are finally starting to push down to the valley here in California. Lots of teal balls first thing and thousands of geese flying high. Sporadic groups of pins, spoons and mallards throughout the day

How do you guys prepare your ruddies/divers? Too many of these no-so smart birds around to not go pop a few.

I am looking for YouTube channels, podcasts, books on waterfowl hunting. I have the “Ducks at a Distance” booklet. Any & all recommendations are welcome.

Are they waterproof? I have a habit of tipping my kayak once or twice a year and tripping 5 or so. Don’t carry gun in waterproof case when walking. Will it ruin it?

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I have the drake 3 in 1 jacket and cannot figure out how to attach the sleeves of the liner to the shell. The shell has a snap loop, but the liner doesn't have any sort of matching setup. Consequently, whenever i pull my arms out, the whole liner comes with them. Great jacket, but i must be missing something.

Currently have an older pair of Drake Buckshot waders but want to get a new pair for a big trip coming up. I’ll be hunting in Buenos Aires and will be using them for a week straight.

Looking for something that will hold up and be comfortable. Hunts will last quite a while and a lot of walking through large bodies of water. I’ve got a lot of stuff from Sitka so I know how well it is, have heard a lot of good things about Chenee though. I do like that Chenee is a smaller family brand but haven’t met anyone with their stuff.

Do divers taste different in the middle of the country vs the coasts. Im wondering because I’m going to Utah to visit a buddy that has a pond on his property that holds a lot of divers. I live on the sf bay so all the divers around here eat fish and clams in the salt water and taste like crap so I do my best not to shoot them. I’m wondering if they will have a different diet when they are further from the coast or should I still steer clear

I have been wanting to get into waterfowl forever, but have always been nervous about mis-identifying waterfowl, so naturally I am working on my waterfowl ID skills with a variety of Apps. With that said, I am having a hard time with black ducks vs hen mallards especially when in flight. Having never seen them in flight in person, is there something obviously distinguishable between them in flight?

This was yesterday myself and 3 good friends were done by 945

I’m Moving to the DC area and will be living in Maryland next season. I hunt a lot of ducks in MO/KS. Mostly flooded corn or smart grass. Anyone from MD have some insight on the below? I am looking at the refugees in the bay and those will probably be where I spend my time.

1-how’s the public access and wadeable open land abundance?? Is the drawing process difficult? Thoughts on wading in vs a boat In public land. 2-hunt clubs worth it for just waterfowl? Any recs? 3-how busy do public areas get and is waterfowl pretty big out in MD (is there adequate land for people wanting to hunt)?

Really any inside is appreciated.

Most memorable hunt of my life so far. Got it done on some pressured birds with the guy that got me into duck hunting.

Getting my first pair of waders and deciding between the 2 pairs. Who's got experience with either?

What could I get my father who loves Duck hunting? I don't know the first thing about it. But knows that he goes in Northern California and also has an interest in whistle calling.