How long do you guys sit in blind for ducks

What the other guys said AND as soon as you decide to pick up, more will come in... Chuckle!

I think after the morning flight ends, the movement of hunters bumps ducks back up & that is why we see birds when picking up...

Cheers
Jay
 
Jay said:
What the other guys said AND as soon as you decide to pick up, more will come in... Chuckle!

I think after the morning flight ends, the movement of hunters bumps ducks back up & that is why we see birds when picking up...

Cheers
Jay
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Both points are very true. Ducks and geese always know the perfect time to come in when you are not paying attention. It just happened to me 15 mins ago when I decided it was time to take a piss. And often times when the shooting stops and hunters start packing up, they bump birds and get some flying again
 
220 said:
Till they quit flying!
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1963beretta said:
Took the words right out of my mouth
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1963beretta said:
Both points are very true. Ducks and geese always know the perfect time to come in when you are not paying attention. It just happened to me 15 mins ago when I decided it was time to take a piss. And often times when the shooting stops and hunters start packing up, they bump birds and get some flying again
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Around here? Long before they quit flying. Usually limited out within 10 - 20 minutes of legal shooting time!! Gotta love Saskatchewan waterfowling.
 
The weather is usually the denominator that sets a "best before" time. On a bright sunny day field/stubble shoots ducks is usually ending 8:30-9 oclock, geese can still be coming after 10 if they get shot out somewares else.

Change that to a dirty, wet, rainy, snowy day and good shooting can be had all day, especially in the "pot hole" situation you specify. The windier & blizzardier it is the better...don't be a wuss on these types of days, good steady shooting can happen all day. Later in the fall, the colder it gets the more a bird needs to eat to maintain body heat so they will eat periodically all day (back and forth from potholes to field continually).
 
We are not in a major flyway, the local birds quit flying about an hour into shooting light, by then they have settled down somewhere to feed for the day. It is usually not worth staying much longer unless you are working with a dog or shooting the breeze with a buddy... at least as far as actually shooting ducks... but I can think of worse places to be whiling away the hours.
 
fingers284 said:
The weather is usually the denominator that sets a "best before" time. On a bright sunny day field/stubble shoots ducks is usually ending 8:30-9 oclock, geese can still be coming after 10 if they get shot out somewares else.

Change that to a dirty, wet, rainy, snowy day and good shooting can be had all day, especially in the "pot hole" situation you specify. The windier & blizzardier it is the better...don't be a wuss on these types of days, good steady shooting can happen all day. Later in the fall, the colder it gets the more a bird needs to eat to maintain body heat so they will eat periodically all day (back and forth from potholes to field continually).
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Thanks!!
 
I haven't had the opportunity to go duck hunting yet. I've tried (unsuccessfully) to get some off a few lakes two years back, but I don't have any decoys or anything so setting up a blind isn't in the cards yet....

Although if anyone in the lower mainland needs another gunner in their blind, I'm glad to help set up, tear down, clean birds, whatever else needs doing...
 
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