I got some good news tonight after dinner and it looks like I'll be able to swing buying some waterfowl gear for my Christmas present from my wife! :smiley_clap: I know I need some goose dekes and I want to get a different goose call. Along with filling the needs, I need to pick up some of my own ground. I have a buddy who hunts some, but we usually go on his dad's boat and he is only allowed to hunt once or twice a season it seems. I have access to a small John boat (and canoe) and have waders. So I need ground where access is fairly easy and retrieving ducks will be as well. My dog ain't worth a shit when it comes to actual birds, so he is no count there...
I'm knew to this and really will be learning how to do this on my own with y'all's help. I have one area scouted out that is back water of the Ohio on private ground. There is a small island we could build a blind on and my wife said she always saw birds in there last winter. It's no more than 200 yards from the river. I'm hoping to stop down this weekend and see if I can get permission there. I also need to call out local GW and see if we can waterfowl on the Veto Lake. I cannot find anything on it. I saw a bunch of woodies out there last summer, but none this summer. The geese tend to hit it in the afternoons all the time.
I understand a few basic principles on duck habitat and selecting places to hunt. Can someone kinda relate deer hunting principles to waterfowl hunting principles? For example are there waterfowl funnels? If I can't hunt the corn, what "browse" should I hunt? Hunt bed to feed/feed to bed?
I'm knew to this and really will be learning how to do this on my own with y'all's help. I have one area scouted out that is back water of the Ohio on private ground. There is a small island we could build a blind on and my wife said she always saw birds in there last winter. It's no more than 200 yards from the river. I'm hoping to stop down this weekend and see if I can get permission there. I also need to call out local GW and see if we can waterfowl on the Veto Lake. I cannot find anything on it. I saw a bunch of woodies out there last summer, but none this summer. The geese tend to hit it in the afternoons all the time.
I understand a few basic principles on duck habitat and selecting places to hunt. Can someone kinda relate deer hunting principles to waterfowl hunting principles? For example are there waterfowl funnels? If I can't hunt the corn, what "browse" should I hunt? Hunt bed to feed/feed to bed?