do you duck hunt in the evening?
11-30-2006, 12:01 PM
#3
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern Indiana
Posts: 950
RE: do you duck hunt in the evening?
time, work, etc.... this year i'll give it a few tries. do you have just as much success as a traditional morning hunt? that should have been my question.
11-30-2006, 12:57 PM
#4
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Virginia
Posts: 440
RE: do you duck hunt in the evening?
I don't think the mornings can be beat, but here and I am not sure of the laws elseware we can shoot 1/2 hr. before sunrise until sunset. I have often wondered why can't we get that last additional 1/2 hr in the evening because the birds seem to fly best in the evening during that last 1/2 hr.But all in all we do OK in the evenings.
11-30-2006, 01:36 PM
#5
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: New York, Long Island
Posts: 230
RE: do you duck hunt in the evening?
Heres my take on it, Ive done better in the evenings then the morning SOMETIMES Mostly Morning is best though. Ive shot a lot of puddleduck on the marsh in the evening because theyre lookin for a place to settle.But it beats sittin at home twittleing your thumbs
11-30-2006, 05:10 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NW Ohio , 5 min from Ottawa National / Magee Marsh
Posts: 2,051
RE: do you duck hunt in the evening?
Due to work , I mainly hunt evenings
IMO if the birds have been bumped a few times in the morning .
The evening can be better .
As long as you don't have abright suny day
Johnch
IMO if the birds have been bumped a few times in the morning .
The evening can be better .
As long as you don't have abright suny day
Johnch
12-05-2006, 08:38 AM
#8
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 23
RE: do you duck hunt in the evening?
I have hunted the evenings before and have been succesful. I found that it really does pick up till the last 1\2 hour and a lot of the time it's pass shooting but still set upthe decoys cause I have had ducks still decoy.
12-05-2006, 12:01 PM
#9
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Morgan County, IL
Posts: 1,073
RE: do you duck hunt in the evening?
At the lake I hunt evenings can be fairly good. most of the other hunters are out in the morning, bangin' away till noon or so. after that they all go home and everything quiets down. makes the birds alot less spooky.
12-05-2006, 10:57 PM
#10
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 26
RE: do you duck hunt in the evening?
Hunt over decoys in the morning, jump some ducks mid-day, bowhunt deer in the evenings. I've had mixed success in the evening for ducks, but i think the above schedule works best for me and my area. Western South Dakota.