ever duck hunted with a trad bow?

[PAPA BEAR]

just wondering if anyone else has duck hunted with a trad bow.i used to have a nice little pond that nobody hunted but me.i killed several greenheads as they came in to my decoys and calling.very fun stuff.another method i used was spot and stalk on the irrigation ditches.i even got a canadian goose that way.pretty good practice to.

[highpoint forge]

Most of the deer I shoot at, duck. Does that count?

[PAPA BEAR]

hahahahahahaaa....NO

[bawana bowman]

I hunt ducks quite often. Have done the spot and stalk in ditches and small ponds, but really prefer hunting over decoys just as if using a shotgun. In fact I use a longbow while hunting with guys using shotguns. Have made a few pass shots but mostly shoot as they are coming in to land in the decoys.
(The shotgun guys will even sometimes let me shoot first, but they are greedy little SOB's.)

[T Lail]

never duck hunted, but I know guys that swan hunt every year here in NC.......

[wingnut]

A couple of years ago a young fellow from alaska came on and was talking about duck hunting with his bow.  He didn't know it was supposed to be hard and limited his first day.

Mike

[PAPA BEAR]

its pretty cool watching them greenheads come in tilting back and forth then the rush of wings as they make a desperate attempt to flee..in vain..sometimes.  

[Ragnarok Forge]

I have done it and plan to do it again if this shoulder and arm ever heal up.

[PAPA BEAR]

feelin any better clay?

[PAPA BEAR]

AFFFFFLACCCCCKKKKKK....had to let that one out man.

[BlacktailBowhunter]

I wanted to do some Badger hunting near Burns, but the ODFW biologist didn't have any good leads.

[Zbone]

Use broadheads, don't want a get-a-way to make the newspapers...

[oxnam]

I do it and have a lot of fun.  I can't believe with all these die hard archers, more guys aren't looking for excuses to extend their seasons.  

[kahunter]

I was wondering this very thing.  Duck hunting with a bow would be a blast.  I'm not good enough to try it yet, but I honestly don't think it would be all that hard to hit a mallard as they decoy in.  A pass shot on a teal would be a whole different story!

[Mike Vines]

I have taken malards before, but my favorite is geese.  I don't know how many times geese tick me off the whole year, and hunting season is my way to get back at them.  The one in my avatar was a head shot at 25 yards with an Ace Hex head.  It dropped like a sack of potatoes.  I think I was more surprised at the shot instead of the guys I was hunting with, but I played it off great, and I also had another arrow at the ready and was able to get another shot off at the same flock that came thru.  

  I also am very happy to chase pheasants with the stick and string.  If you are hunting over dogs, DO NOT USE BROADHEADS.  It is pretty self explanitory, but needs to be mentioned.  You really can't go wrong with ace hex heads.  Judo points tend to just push the birds along (in my experience), and the snarow points (the one's with the wire loops) are just good to look at IMO.  If your not hunting over dogs, bring out the broadheads.  On waterfowl, I love the "Spread Eagle" shot.  If you don't center shot a goose, be prepared to have your cross country shoes on.  Or have a very understanding dog at your side.  

My dog Grizzly (chocolate lab) just looked at me one time when a goose took off across the field.  I guess he had a pretty good memory of the last one giving him a good whooping all the way back to the decoys.  To this day, he will just go over and stand on the birds till one of us gets over to it.  All I can take from this is it hurts to be hit by a good wing while you have a mouthfull of the other wing.  He does the same thing for pheasants.  Alot of guys laugh at this, and I must admit I do too, but this way I get my deep knee bend exercises in when I take him hunting.  It's a team effort.  LOL

[JEFF B]

i would love to hunt Ducks with a trad Bow but we aint aloud to in New Zealand ya have to shoot em with a shotgun. thats the law full stop. you guys are so lucky

[Mike Vines]

Originally posted by kahunter:
I was wondering this very thing.  Duck hunting with a bow would be a blast.  I'm not good enough to try it yet, but I honestly don't think it would be all that hard to hit a mallard as they decoy in.  A pass shot on a teal would be a whole different story!

You had better think again.  Shotgun hunting them is hard, longbow and arrow is just insane, but in the same breath, it is a total blast.  I did take the tail feathers off of a green wing teal 2 years ago and I was extreamly lucky to get that.    Them things can move, not to mention their small size.

One thing I didn't mention in the last post, is if your hunting in water, use carbons.  they float feathers up.  Just a big bobber out there waiting to be retrieved.

[PAPA BEAR]

my goose came up from a wide ditch and was goin like hell tryin to get away,i was shooting a 70 pound ma11 with around 800grs of arrow.hit him just behind the head with a zwicky two blade.bout took his head clean off.dropped like a spud.bag cooked him..yummmm

[PAPA BEAR]

try stickin an arrow into a skimmer duck.(thats what we called them)them babys scoot along the top of the water at around 60mph.would take a miracle shot just to make him swerve.

[wildgame]

nope but want to try!! sounds like a good challenge i would love to complete!