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Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
11-17-2009, 07:51 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,614
Posted By CAelknuts

Hen Hooded Merganser, no question about it.

Hen Hooded Merganser, no question about it.
Forum: '09 Turkey Contest
02-23-2009, 04:43 PM
Replies: 187
Views: 11,547
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: Team 6 Check-in Thread

My name is Dan. I hunt in California. Our season starts on March 23rd, and runs into mid May. I hunt mainly on two pieces of private property that I have access to, which total about 1,200 or so...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
02-16-2009, 03:38 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,982
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: Another tag fees rant...

This subject has been debated for years. The reality is that it isn't going to change, and those who are willing to pay the price will draw the tags. Those who aren't willing to pay the price will...
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
01-24-2009, 05:33 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11. Been away a while, duck hunting.

January 21
Danny - 1 Snow goose, 1 ross goose, 2 greenwings, 1 sprig

January 22
CAelknuts - 6 wood ducks (no damned mallards around at all!)
...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
01-14-2009, 09:21 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,181
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: Wolf hunting

I've shot two wolves, both in Alaska back in the 1980s. I'll definitely be applying for a wolf tag if Idaho offers non-resident tags.
Forum: Big Game Hunting
01-14-2009, 09:20 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 4,257
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: Really on the fence .270 or .300 for Elk

I've used a .270 very successfully on deer, ELK, Alaskan Moose, Kudu, Zebra, Sable, Caribou, Pronghorns, Dall Sheep, and other animals.

I'll be hunting in South Africa this summer and may very...
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
01-14-2009, 09:15 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11, Wed 1/14/09 Danny

1 mallard, 1 sprig, 1 spoonie, 2 cinnamons, 2 widgeon &1 specklebelly
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
01-14-2009, 04:43 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Wed, 1/14/09 Team 11 CAelknuts
1 Sprig, 1 Green wing, 5 Widgeon, 4 Specklebellies.


The Duck Wars continue.......
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
01-11-2009, 06:42 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,276
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 20 gauage for ducks?

One of my partners on my duck club shoots nothing but a 20 guage. He shoots 3" 4s. There is also a club just north of Sacramento, a very good duck club, that only allows 20 gauges, NO 12 guage guns...
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
01-11-2009, 06:40 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11

CAelknuts 2 wood ducks
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
01-08-2009, 01:17 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11 1/7/09
Danny 1 sprig, 1 mallard, 5 widgeon.
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
01-06-2009, 09:19 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11, 1/6/09
CAelknuts 5 wood ducks.
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
01-03-2009, 07:44 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,149
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: Pardner 12ga. for waterfowl

If you're going to shoot steel shot, you should go with a 12 gauge, or a 20 at minimum. If you're going to shoot premium, heavier than lead shells, then a 28 would be ok for certain situations....
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
01-03-2009, 07:41 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11, 1/3/09

Danny 3 ringnecks, 2 gadwall, 1 specklebelly
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
01-02-2009, 03:15 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Fri 1/2/09 Nice storm today! 20 mph south winds but no rain, I love it!

CAelknuts 1 mallard, 4 wigeon, 1 other
Danny, 1 pintail, 4 wigeon, 1 gadwall
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
01-01-2009, 01:15 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11, Danny, 2 wigeon, 4 teal, 1 specklebelly.
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
12-28-2008, 11:30 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11
CAelknuts 1 woody
Danny 4 woodies.
12/28
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
12-27-2008, 09:43 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

12/28 Team 11
CAelknuts 2 mallards, 5 wood ducks
Danny, 1 Gadwall, 5 wood ducks, 1 banded
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
12-27-2008, 12:31 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11

CAelknuts 4 wood ducks.
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
12-22-2008, 10:39 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,075
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: new gun turkey/waterfowl

Rory, do you find it surprising that people can kill ducks with 2 3/4" shells and 6s? I've been hunting ducks for 41 years and have shot a lot of ducks over that period of time, a lot of ducks. I'll...
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
12-20-2008, 10:38 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11.

CAelknuts 2 woodies
Danny 3 woodies 1 banded
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
12-19-2008, 11:33 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11, CAelknuts 5 wood ducks.

Looks like our leader has stopped updating the totals?
Forum: Big Game Hunting
12-17-2008, 09:42 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 16,800
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: Antelope Bullet for .243?

Allen, if you're spending $500. on a landowner tag and $318. for a license, why would you worry about spending $45. or so on a box of better ammunition? As long as it groups really well, premium...
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
12-17-2008, 09:39 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11, Danny.2 gadwall, 1 wigeon.
Forum: Small Game, Predator and Trapping
12-15-2008, 10:55 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,526
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: buckshot for coyotes?

If you're going to use a shotgun for coyotes, thereis no better load than Hevishot Dead Coyote. It is hevishot alloy made in T shot size. It really knocks them dead at longer ranges than you can...
Forum: Small Game, Predator and Trapping
12-15-2008, 10:52 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 4,041
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: Killed CUJO this morning! Good or Bad?

Where we hunt deer and turkeys, there is a standing rule with the rancher that we're to shoot stray dogs. Over the years we've killed a number of dogs, and the rancher still has suffered significant...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
12-15-2008, 10:42 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 16,800
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: Antelope Bullet for .243?

Any bullet that shoots accurately in your .243 will likely be fine. Nosler Accubonds, Swift Scirrocos, Barnes TSX, are all great bullets, but you don't need that high quality of a bullet for...
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
12-15-2008, 10:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,332
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: duck and gesse ?

Ducks love bean fields, especially flooded bean fields.

As for ice, what you want is to have the only open water in the area when everything else if frozen over. If you have access where there...
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
12-14-2008, 02:53 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,132
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: question about geese

Snow geese aren't the greatest eating, but I'd say they're as good as Canadians. I don't care for either one very much, though I think that Specklebellies are very good eating.

If you want to...
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
12-14-2008, 10:14 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,075
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: new gun turkey/waterfowl

There's a reason that manufacturers haven't offered guns with pistol grips over the years. It is more of a specialty use stock, and most hunters would not like it for wingshooting. An 870 is an...
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
12-14-2008, 10:08 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 12,114
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: shotgun shells debate

It's been interesting reading everyone's opinions about Black Clouds. I'll agree that they do a very good job of killing ducks stone dead, but I really do not like them and prefer that none of my...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
12-14-2008, 09:19 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 22,515
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: OTC Antelope Tags?

There are plenty of units north of Casper over to Gillette Wyoming that are a draw, but have leftover tags every year. There are tons of antelope and enough quality bucks. The reason there are...
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
12-14-2008, 08:54 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11
Danny Saturday 12/13 4 greenwings, 1 wood duck, 1 gadwall, 1 specklebelly

It's gonna get good now, and we have 6 weeks left, till Jan 25th. The Klamath Basin has over 750,000 birds in...
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
12-11-2008, 10:25 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11
CAelknuts 1 mallard, 2 wood ducks.

Cold weather is coming. It's going to get good from here to end of January! Lots of geese starting to show up too!
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
12-09-2008, 11:35 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11
CAelknuts 3 mallards, 1 wood duck, 1 wigeon, 1 gadwall
Danny, 3 mallards, 1 sprig, 1 wood duck, 1 wigeon, 1 gadwall
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
11-27-2008, 12:27 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11, CAelknuts. 1 Mallard, 1 Wood Duck. Great to be in blind, but not very good hunting.
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
11-23-2008, 03:45 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,210
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: speck call recommendations

I've used Haydels speck calls and, personally, I don't think they sound very good at all compared to the Lares. Of course, they are a lot cheaper.
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-23-2008, 12:19 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,108
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 30/30 For Elk

In this day and age, there are many "better" cartridges than the .30-30, BUT, stop for a minute and think of how many tens of thousands of elk have been killed with the 30-30. It is fine as long as...
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
11-23-2008, 07:46 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,210
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: speck call recommendations

I use a J.J. Lares speck call. I've used many over the years, and this is the best specklebelly call I've ever heard. The pitch and tone are perfect. Since I bought my first Lares speck call about 8...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-22-2008, 04:16 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 6,876
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: packing out elk w/o horses?

When we have to carry a bull out on our packframes, if the walk is more than about 3/4 mile, we are not carrying any bone. We normally handle our elk by the gutless method anyway, so there is no hide...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-22-2008, 03:57 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,604
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: Air Mattress or Cot?

If you get one of the large cots that Slumberjack or Cabela's makes, you can store gear underneath it, and they are very comfortable. I used air mattesses for years, till I tried a cot. I think a cot...
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
11-22-2008, 03:52 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11. On Wednesday,CAelknuts shot 2 mallards and 1 wood duck.

On Thursday, CAelknuts shot 3 mallards and 2 wood ducks.
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
11-17-2008, 06:29 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11, Danny shot a greenhead and specklebelly yesterday.
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
11-17-2008, 12:17 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11. Danny shot a greenhead and a specklebelly today.
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
11-16-2008, 12:08 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Team 11, CAelknuts shot 3 wood ducks today.
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
10-30-2008, 09:14 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 22,357
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: 2008 contest scores

Got out for a short hunt this AM. 1 Mallard and 2 wood ducks for team 11.
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
10-27-2008, 12:35 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 12,114
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: shotgun shells debate

For the last few years, I've mostly used HeviShot in 2 3/4" 1 1/4 oz #4s. Great load for decoying birds.
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
10-19-2008, 05:51 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,174
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: Brown Bull Pintail

It is very common for drake pintails to look like that at this time of year, at least out here in the Sacramento Valley. That is exactly what 90%+ of the bull sprig look like right now.
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
10-18-2008, 10:34 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,174
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: Brown Bull Pintail

It is very common for pintails to be difficult to distinguish drakes from hens in the early season. Most of the young birds of the year all look pretty much alike until about early to mid November.
Forum: 2008 Waterfowl Contest
10-18-2008, 10:22 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,408
Posted By CAelknuts

RE: team 11

AR, please add my son, Danny, to Team 11. Our season opened today and he was out with me. Since I'm now on a team all by myself, I'd like to either add him on, or go ahead and put me with one of the...
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