Ducks At A Distance » Duck Hunting http://ducksatadistance.net Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:49:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Duck hunting Sea ducks hunt – Browning’s Best Part 2 with SeaduckHunt.com http://ducksatadistance.net/duck-hunting-sea-ducks-hunt-brownings-best-part-2-with-seaduckhunt-com.htm http://ducksatadistance.net/duck-hunting-sea-ducks-hunt-brownings-best-part-2-with-seaduckhunt-com.htm#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:24:52 +0000 admin http://ducksatadistance.net/duck-hunting-sea-ducks-hunt-brownings-best-part-2-with-seaduckhunt-com.htm
Waterfowl hunting for Eiders and other seaducks as they come to the gun in this action packed hunt. Watch Ruben Perez in nationally syndicated “Browning’s The Best There Is” show, as hunters use layout, and big boats to hunt with East Coast Guide Service, for eiders and bluebills. Visit www.SeaduckHunt.com for more info.

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]]> http://ducksatadistance.net/duck-hunting-sea-ducks-hunt-brownings-best-part-2-with-seaduckhunt-com.htm/feed 3 Newer 25 h.p. Yamaha boat motor? http://ducksatadistance.net/newer-25-h-p-yamaha-boat-motor.htm http://ducksatadistance.net/newer-25-h-p-yamaha-boat-motor.htm#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 01:32:29 +0000 admin http://ducksatadistance.net/newer-25-h-p-yamaha-boat-motor.htm I have a newer (2-3 years) old Yahama 4 stroke 25 horse boat motor. Yesterday it ran fine on the way out to go duck hunting. We got ready to go and it wouldln’t start. It had full tank of gas and hot battery. We walked it out of the woods and took the cover off. The oil is a milky drippy color (like brown water) and the motor will start but white smoke comes out where the prop is. What in the hell is wrong??? Also the same brown substance is coming out of the air intake under the motor cover. If you need more details please ask!
Run perfect on the way in. But when it came time to start home it wouldn’t start a like. It didn’t overheat.
It was pumping water also

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]]> http://ducksatadistance.net/newer-25-h-p-yamaha-boat-motor.htm/feed 2 Using Wild Duck Decoys http://ducksatadistance.net/using-wild-duck-decoys.htm http://ducksatadistance.net/using-wild-duck-decoys.htm#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 17:23:50 +0000 admin http://ducksatadistance.net/using-wild-duck-decoys.htm Every respectable wild duck hunter should have the best duck decoys available on the market. The reason for this is because the chance of catching more ducks using these decoys greatly improves if they are used properly. The main purpose of these decoys is to create a more natural looking environment which will trick the ducks to fly overhead, thinking that it is a very safe place to land, which obviously it isn’t.

 

In the early days of wild duck hunting, tamed ducks were used in order to attract other wild ducks towards an area with water. The pond was manufactured using a wickerwork tunnel that was very long and cone-shaped. Barriers were wisely built to hide a so-called “decoy man” from the birds which were near the pond side of the tunnel, while he was being revealed to the birds that were in the near vicinity of the trap end of the tunnel. The decoy man employed the use of a highly trained dog as well as grain in order to attract the birds towards the tunnel. The moment they have entered the tunnel, the birds slowly moved away from the decoy man towards the dog. Afterwards, the birds are driven into a small-sized trap set up at the end of the tunnel where they were killed.

 

In the present, wild duck decoys are actually toy decoys that are custom made at home or bought from the local hunting store. There are many widely known wild decoy manufactures: Taylor Decoys, Columbia River, E. Allen and others as well. Of course, hunters have the possibility to purchase these decoys not only from local shops but also from the Internet; some of the websites have very good prices, even better than the ones in the local shop.

 

In order to give your decoy spread a more natural look, it is highly advisable to use a wide variety of wild duck decoys, such as: Mallards, Canada geese, Drakes, Gadball, Ringnecks and Pintails. Placement of the decoys is critical that is why experienced hunters recommend placing them so that you create a natural and alluring environment so that the wild ducks won’t find anything suspicious. Decoys should be placed facing different directions ( to improve authenticity ) so that it won’t matter from where the ducks will come, you will have great chances nevertheless.

 

Choosing the most optimal wild duck hunting decoys shouldn’t be a very hard thing to do, you just have to take few things into consideration: motion- the best decoys are those that use bobbing heads and flapping wings as these look more realistic and will attract more ducks; control- decoys should simply be turned on and then left alone to do their job; another wise choice would be purchasing duck decoys that are controlled using a wireless remote control; power- power is one of the most important aspects you have to take into consideration before purchasing a duck decoy that is why hunters should always check to see how long will the battery last because a decoy with a low-life battery won’t be efficient because you would have to change the batteries very often which will scare the ducks away.

 


All things considered, with a little bit of research and planning every hunter will have improved chances of catching more of these birds with the use of duck decoys that are placed optimal so that they can create a natural look that will fool these birds.

 

Razvan Marian Jr. is the manager of www.wildduckhuntinginfo.com where enthusiast hunters can find general information about duck hunting as well as valuable and useful duck hunting tips .

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]]> http://ducksatadistance.net/using-wild-duck-decoys.htm/feed 0 Why does it seem like all the pretty boys that want to be hunters like duck hunting? http://ducksatadistance.net/why-does-it-seem-like-all-the-pretty-boys-that-want-to-be-hunters-like-duck-hunting.htm http://ducksatadistance.net/why-does-it-seem-like-all-the-pretty-boys-that-want-to-be-hunters-like-duck-hunting.htm#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 22:53:58 +0000 admin http://ducksatadistance.net/why-does-it-seem-like-all-the-pretty-boys-that-want-to-be-hunters-like-duck-hunting.htm I am so sick of seeing 16 year old boys in the suburbs driving jacked up trucks, bought with daddy’s money, with Ducks Unlimited stickers on their back windows. Why?????
RE: RE: I hunt between 80- 100 times per year. I am a member of bass andsupport conservation efforts for every type of wildlife. My question was not slamming DU. My question was aimed to the little punks that buy the $2 stickers so they look cool. I am on your side, I promise.

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]]> http://ducksatadistance.net/why-does-it-seem-like-all-the-pretty-boys-that-want-to-be-hunters-like-duck-hunting.htm/feed 5 Duck Hunt – Get Your Crosshair Set On The Duck? http://ducksatadistance.net/duck-hunt-get-your-crosshair-set-on-the-duck.htm http://ducksatadistance.net/duck-hunt-get-your-crosshair-set-on-the-duck.htm#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 04:48:27 +0000 admin http://ducksatadistance.net/duck-hunt-get-your-crosshair-set-on-the-duck.htm The first hunting game which was developed happened back in the 1980 which was named Duck Hunt. It was made for Nintendo game systems and it was the 1st of its type “back in those times”. The game requires a special controller which looked like a pistol and you would be shooting ducks with a light which was programmed for responding the system. From the 1st day when Duck Hunt came to the arena, it became very popular with gaming people.

The graphics in the Duck Hunt were basic, especially if we compare it to what we enjoy today. You were given an outdoor setting with some trees, bushes and stuff and these ducks will come into the picture from lots of angles such that you may shoot them up. You also have another choice; you can also shoot clay pigeons in Duck Hunt. You would be accompanied by one nameless hunting dog which would clap when you get a bird and will laugh if you miss one.

As you become better in shooting those ducks, you will move up stages in Duck Hunt till the 99th stage. As with earlier video games, there was no proper ending to tell of in the Duck Hunt. After one player has advanced to stage 99, the next stage will be 00. At this stage, you will hear the wing’s flapping, but no ducks will emerge. After 10 non-duck appearances, this game might end. Another version of the game shows a dog laughing in the starting of round “0″ (not level “00″). These ducks then appear randomly behind [the background] rather than flying in the usual manner; this phenomenon happens thrice. Then the dog will be laughing till “game over” appears.

There were very less reviews done on Duck Hunt, but when it was initially very popular with gamers in the early time, critics weren’t big fans of these. One critic suggested that while this game is fun for a very short time, but it became old after some stages. Even so, players loved the way Duck Hunt was especially with a special gun controller as it simulated real time duck hunting.

Though Duck Hunt wasn’t especially advanced, it was during the time it was fought and it is the basis of some duck hunting games we possess today. Computer programmers have discovered very new technologies and have applied them for video games such that now these choices include realistic environments, weapon choices, and many advanced levels which make these games very challenging. Duck Hunt started as a video game craze and helped for continuing, even today.

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Featherworks Waterfowl Taxidermy. Decoying ducks 2 weeks before season.

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]]> http://ducksatadistance.net/pre-season-2008-featherworks-duck-hunting.htm/feed 9 Ensuring Wood Duck Breeding Success http://ducksatadistance.net/ensuring-wood-duck-breeding-success.htm http://ducksatadistance.net/ensuring-wood-duck-breeding-success.htm#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 04:47:47 +0000 admin http://ducksatadistance.net/ensuring-wood-duck-breeding-success.htm
The Brice Prairie Conservation Association has placed more than a thousand man-made wood duck houses along the Mississippi River. Join Greg Egan and MVC Executive Director Tim Jacobson as they monitor nests during a break from duck hunting to track breeding success.

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Featherworks heads to South Dakota to hunt mallards in dry corn fields and make it rain green with TORK3030.

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A morning duck hunt at Dorchester Hunting Preserve in SE Georgia. Host Mark Noble hunts with his daughter and Charlie Gaskin.

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]]> http://ducksatadistance.net/morning-duck-hunt-se-georgia.htm/feed 0 Duck calls, shell size? http://ducksatadistance.net/duck-calls-shell-size.htm http://ducksatadistance.net/duck-calls-shell-size.htm#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 04:47:32 +0000 admin http://ducksatadistance.net/duck-calls-shell-size.htm Are there good and bad types of calls. Where I hunt their is alot of mallards and wood ducks. Is threr a better call for those types or are they all the same. Prices are so different, does it matter? What is the advantage/disadvantage to using a 3 1/2 inch shell vs. a 3 or 2 3/4 shell? I am new to duck hunting all help appreciated.

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