Duck Hunting?? How about it,,Tred barta did it tonight on his show,,AWSOME

[J-dog]

Yeah use something to impede penetration, just so you dont get too mamny flyers. I am going to tryit this year my self. I am hunting anything (legal) with my recurve this year.

Later

J

[KyleAllen]

I took a gadwall hen last season with a home made cane arrow and a .38 blunt. Of course it was a skillet shot (on the water)     We did some aerial shooting but it was tough shooting because of how we were forced to hunt last year. East texas was a desert last year. No shortage of water this year though. Pick your shots and arrow loss will be minimal. Ive lost none thus far. Calling and decoying skills will be vital to your success on aerial shots. You want that in your face back pedaling shot. Man im excited. We will roll film...

Kyle

[bsh_jr]

We jump shoot ducks out of irrigation ditches and a river where we can get really close shots.  We've use flu-flu shafts (4-fletch unburned 4" feathers) with snaros or broadheads in the past, but this last year we used that "Gobbler Guillotine" head which actually worked great.  Our Chesapeake bay dogs love it because most birds went down wing-tipped crips for them to chase.  Without good retrivers, no tschnique I've tried would be workable, you would lose way too many crips.

Brannon

[chrisg]

There you go, 'heavy' wooden arrows and snuffers/woodsmans - a proper arrow for a tough bird! Off ye go then, me lad!
chrisg

[J-dog]

Wish you could shoot swan in Pungo! November hunt they come out of the lake at treetop over yer head while you are on the stand!

J

[Lee in S.C.]

I have hunted waterfowl since I was old enough to shoot a shotgun. It is by far my favorite type of hunting and as much as I like hunting with a bow and arrow I think you are doing a disservice to waterfowl to do it with archery tackle. Ducks are a rapidly dwindleing resource that we cant afford to squander. The crippling losses will be horrendous. I dont think there is any way to consistently kill waterfowl on the wing with a bow. Stalking and shooting on the water may be feasable but I would restrict the wingshooting to pen raised gamebirds or crows maybe. I think we need to be careful not to let our enthusiasm for archery cloud reality and common sense. If you insist I think having a shotgunner for backup would be the only responsible course of action.

[joebuck]

I have hunted waterfowl basically my whole life. I handmake my own calls,I am currently running my own lab in senior AKC hunt tests that I'm training myself,i even make my own cork decoys plus I competed nationally in duck calling contests. i have never met anyone more intangled in this sport of waterfowling than myself. I can't think of nothing much more challenging than standing in flooded timber trying to connect an arrow with a greenhead on a foggy morning. One will cripple 50 fold more ducks each season with steel shot than arrow.

[robslifts]

need some more company tim and jason  I think I could plan for that if the timing is right.


rob

also I dont think you can shoot at a duck unless it is in flight in michigan  I will talk to a dnr rep about that if I can

[bluegill]

Hello All,
 
I have hunted canada geese with the bow and it is fun. They are tough birds, I used MA-3 broadheads with flu-flus at decoying birds 20 yds and less, they worked very well. I think any quality broadhead would work. We also shot in teams each team consisted of an archer and a shotgunner. The shotgunner played clean-up on birds not hit well. The archers would have shot priority on incoming birds. This system worked well and resulted in the harvesting of birds that would have been lost, communication between team members is a must.

I do not recommend dogs in this situation, nor do I recommend chasing wounded birds that can run, use the gunners.

Sean

[whitebuffalo]

Yes please do,,I looked the book over from front to back several times and didn't see any specifics on where there legal to shoot except the normal like deer hunting,

I can't make the call bud but would love to have ya,,PM Tim and see if you can go,,these are his buddies and they are backing us up with shot guns,,Sounded like late season as well,,Should be a good time,,J

[Tim Fishell]

I say the more trad bows the marrier!!  The more arrows we can get in the air the better our chances!!  My buddy and I were just talking about it tonight.  I think we have a few corn fields picked out for scouting.  We have permission on a few and some we would have to ask.  It will probably be late season when the corn is down.  These plans are still preliminary but I think if we get a good showing of trad bows it would make for a great day in the field!!

[whitebuffalo]

Man did anyone watch Tred barta nail that goose out of the air tonight,,He nailed it and it was down for the count right there on the spot,,kinda funny it was on tonight when I've been throwing around the idea for a long time now,,His words in the end,,Never give up,,         but I don't think he'll see it      JB

[owlbait]

You want to be careful about dogs and birds with broadheads in them. also, most farmers hate to have broadheads lost in their fields, especially if they lead to flat tractor tires. Good luck and have fun if you can make it happen.

[Bowspirit]

I agree whitebuff...quite an episode of Barta...

[TRADITIONAL ONLY]

in Alabama the law reads that you can use a bow to hunt waterfowl. nothin more in the book about wether in the air or not. crap! i cant hit em with a 12 gauge, i sure as he!! cant hit em with a bow... :D