What does this mean?

It took awhile but turkey hunting has gone the way of duck hunting.

Primos first video launched that craze.

if you take a close look at the Duck Dynasty thing, they never even duck hunt really. Just sitting around laughing at Si and his sweet tea out of a Tupperware cup from a bygone era. Phil had some good videos. Him and Warren Coco shooting humpback 16's with lead sitting on buckets amongst the decoys....shooting deer out of the duck blind...spitting in a shell hull...it's raining jacks boys (may be my all-time favorite).

DAMN guys, thread went to hell quick didn't it?

I have not been around any GREAT dogs, but have been around some good ones. Whining in the blind I cannot stand. Dog busting out of the blind as soon as someone stands up to shoot is another one.

One thing you have to remember, duck hunting will evolve and change like deer hunting. Some will stick with it, new ones will enter the sport, some will quit, and some will just start loosing the passion, like me. But, before I started loosing the passion, I passed it to my Son who is eat up with it! He is so obsessed, he has been to North Dakota last two years with his friends and loved it.

Wish I still had a hard on for it like he does....................................................

One of my favorites too. I enjoy those videos.

Don't let ignorance get in the way of a good story. I have no idea how many ducks any of my dogs have picked up hunting but I know I can only count a couple in the timber that didn't get recovered over their lifetimes.

And do me a favor, if your going to make fun of a dogs accomplishments try and get it right. Juice is an FC GRHRCH, the only one in the history of the world. I don't send semen all over the country because he's common. You sound like the one guide I hunted with in my life. After the first few volleys he realized my dog Rowdy was just a bit different than his dog with thousands of retrieves under his belt, so he said anyway. Ole fido didn't get sent anymore after the embarrassment wore off and he finally choked down his pride. The guy would have fainted had he hunted over Juice

Duck hunting has changed a lot just in the last few years. The public woods we hunt in Arkansas have turned into a circus even more so than they were already. The 4am rule has just made it worse if you ask me. We have a couple field leases just as a byproduct of the woods being so crowded. Id much rather be in the timber than a pit but there are times you can't even get around on the black thanks to the crowds. Years when there is low water its even worse--everyone is condensed. Let the river get out and it helps a lot.

As far as the dogs--no one should have to put up with a vocal or breaking dog. There is nothing worse than listening to noise--most people have no idea how to address it and therefore they let the dogs turn into monsters.

Folks used to pay guys to sit on their holes overnight to hold it--some still do I'm sure but your not supposed to be in the GTR's after 1 anymore. Not long ago you could stay in a hole overnight if you felt like it--that's what they are referencing.

Juice is right about breaking dogs. When dogs break they can create unsafe conditions really fast for themselves and the hunters. Dog breaks from the box in a pit when some teal come by low puts himself dead level with the shotgun blast. in other situations, he can run into shooters with guns coming up and the safeties being knocked off.

And in the end he will be the worst marking dog since he couldn't mark what he didnt see!

I rarely have to deal with a break but one of the young dogs is going to try it at some point every year. I absolutely crucify their ass when they do. It is not a pretty sight at all lol. Most of the guys I hunt with train with me a lot and come work their dogs so they get to see corrections and some of the things that take place training. Folks that aren’t prepared for a big correction will have eyes as big as saucers lol. They don’t break but once though.

Forgive me for the text last nite, should’ve put the phone down after #2 Tito’s and cranberry. I do agree about dogs breaking. Mine would break the first day or 2 of season and then would settle down and yes he was almost killed doing so. I do get upset about where the sport has ended up. I have a 7 yr old that is ate up with hunting. He’s already killed a pile of deer but really wants a dog and start duck hunting more. I hate telling him no but my goodness even a crappy blind over here is $5K.

I’ve never had a dog that hasn’t broken on a duck hunt. Juice has never broken in his life at any event but he fair caught a teal last year while I was taking a piss.

What part of Louisiana are you in?

This thread is great. Y'all keep going.

But please, encourage your kids to do it. We've gotta get the next generation in, whether you agree with their approach or not.

I agree. We get a bunch of kids out every year and you hook a few and some you don’t. A few youngsters had their first hunts last year on a morning we just happened to kill 60 big ducks by 10. Wind was wrong and they were shooting em in the ass but it was a good day. I got to run my dogs and let them get worn out, shot a couple ducks and watched a bunch of 10 year olds blow through a case of shells. It looked like a war had taken place when we cleaned up the shells!!

My Son was 5 when I took him the first time. His first name is my call name on here. He is now 20. Still has his Charles Daly 20 youth. It has killed hundreds of ducks. He can run a call at his age way better than I ever was even when I was hunting 30+ days a year. I have got some pics of him on youth hunts at a friend's place holding three straps of Red Heads! Man that was a good day for the youth on that hunt. He had several more close to it until he turned 16.



There is one thing I will have before I check out of this world, hopefully. I want one more good dog. Period.

Mine are 23 and 20 now and they have killed way more than their fair share of deer and hogs BUT they will leave with me and drive all night in time to get their feet wet. We've carted quite a few of their friends along over the years and like Juice said some of em get hooked, some of them don't. The ones that don't I've always believes had DNA issues! LOL

Damn whats dun happened in here?

Lafayette. That is funny you say that about the dog and a teal. One of the last years my dog hunted he was swimming toward a downed bird and a about 5 green wings came in and lit on the water in front of him. He caught a drake by the ass. I would have mounted the bird but he beat his wings so hard I swear he only had a few feathers left on his wings.

I’ve never hunted over that way any. I have a buddy that lives at shell beach if you know where that is. Closest city I can remember is Violet. They are outside Levi protection right on a canal. They have some private land near hopedale and we hunt the Biloxi marsh also. It’s been hit and miss and mostly miss the last few years. That Biloxi Marsh is pretty awesome though. Barely any hunting pressure compared to what we deal with in Arkansas but it’s one hell of a boat ride getting out there.

Juice you think there is no pressure now...shoulda been there late 80's early 90's. I guided 3 winters in the Biloxi marsh and you had to get near stump lagoon before you would even see a duck hunter. We kept our barge close to where Bayou Grande crosses SW branch of Bayou Biloxi right in the middle of the whole 80,000 acres. of course it was 3 duck days and we rarely shot small ducks, Gadwalls and mottled ducks. 10 or so mallards and pintails per season with 18 possible limits each morning. We saw more game wardens than hunters. a few fishermen