waterfowlwizard
10-08-2008, 12:18 AM
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While scouting, my group found a wheat field full of mallards that was posted, so we took down the name and started knocking on doors until we finally found the right house and when we got there, no one was home. We were discouraged but we headed out to scout some more and found some flooded beans and the landowner said those three words we all love to hear,
"kill em all" so we set up and shot a bunch of mixed ducks that were using the field. We had a lot of fun there, but still wanted to get in the wheat badly, so we drove by one more time on the last night of our trip and saw a car in the drive! we went up and spoke with her and she was hesitant at first, but after talking for a while, she gave us the nod and we hurridly headed out to the field to set up. We arrived at the field access and started into the field only to find that the field was pure mud and the truck almost sank. we decided to walk. when we arrived at the knob the mallards had been feeding on, we crested the hill and saw a pond erupt with mallards by the hundreds. after some consideration, we decided to set up on the water because the field was so muddy. the pond was a transition pond hidden in the wheat field the birds had been using because it was only a short distance from the lake. we set out a few shells and floaters and got tucked back in while mallards started coming back in pairs and singles. long story somewhat shortened, the four of us picked greenheads out for the next two hours until we were done and had one of the best hunts we have all ever experienced! I cant wait for the 2nd trip in November!
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While scouting, my group found a wheat field full of mallards that was posted, so we took down the name and started knocking on doors until we finally found the right house and when we got there, no one was home. We were discouraged but we headed out to scout some more and found some flooded beans and the landowner said those three words we all love to hear,
"kill em all" so we set up and shot a bunch of mixed ducks that were using the field. We had a lot of fun there, but still wanted to get in the wheat badly, so we drove by one more time on the last night of our trip and saw a car in the drive! we went up and spoke with her and she was hesitant at first, but after talking for a while, she gave us the nod and we hurridly headed out to the field to set up. We arrived at the field access and started into the field only to find that the field was pure mud and the truck almost sank. we decided to walk. when we arrived at the knob the mallards had been feeding on, we crested the hill and saw a pond erupt with mallards by the hundreds. after some consideration, we decided to set up on the water because the field was so muddy. the pond was a transition pond hidden in the wheat field the birds had been using because it was only a short distance from the lake. we set out a few shells and floaters and got tucked back in while mallards started coming back in pairs and singles. long story somewhat shortened, the four of us picked greenheads out for the next two hours until we were done and had one of the best hunts we have all ever experienced! I cant wait for the 2nd trip in November!