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I saw a massive buck this morning. Almost walked out on the road ahead of me.

Thank for posting Bri.

I just assumed they stocked it every year...

My ride in. About 10 minutes north of Barrie on hwy 93.

Hit the Barrie sign on 93, and literally, the roads where dry.

Wow. First time ever duck hunting, and your going to Longpiont!

One heck of a way to start duck hunting!

I've been duck hunting for 10 years, and have never hunted Longpoint. That's a bucket list destination for me!

Nice drive in this morning. Plows where out last night. But the roads where still covered, and I have a 14 month old in the back, with my summer tires on...

Great post Joey.

It's been tough finding time to get out these days. We're gunna have to hit the ice again this winter! Maybe head up your way.

I also highly highly recommend going skeet shooting a few times before you go duck hunting for the first time.

Nothing worse than losing a crippled bird.

I can't take you out. But the season is going to start to heat up soon with the cold temps and snow!

Worst case... Watch some you tube videos, and hit Cook's Bay. They have blinds there that you can drive a 14' boat in too, and bingo bango, your ready to hunt.

That's great!

They should do that once a month in certain areas!

Excuse my ignorance as I'm not familiar with hunting but are you able to sell the meat or can you only use it for your own personal consumption? If you can I'm guessing the elk tags lottery would be very profitable for a hunter who wins.

You can't sell the meat. And I don't know any hunters that would ever want to.

Elk meat is amazing! Atleast the farm raised stuff I've had.

Crazy video. How do you guys know it's fake?

Didn't expect to see that coming at all.

Amazing tiger for sure!!

Nice report man!

Talk about the lingo Nick, Sinker said;

 

and took 3 11 year old kids out this morning.

 

I hope he took a few children on a hunting trip and didn't bag any old goats. That's not very sporting.

Good thing a read this before my morning coffee, and not during... Or it would have been on the floor, or all over my 870...!!!

Good call farsider. That's a feasible option.

Ya, the migration shut down last week. Where I hunt anyways.. I think it has something to do with th weather.

But thy are calling for snow. And Drifter is talking about ice fishing. So that should get the birds on the move.

Every year seems a little different.

Aside Knowing the lingo... Learning the migration patterns and knowing the signs can really effect your success.

Nice report and some sweet pics. Next time you are out back l

et me know ill pick you up at the dock and maybe try for some fish.

You might be hearing some gun shots tomorrow... Just sayin!

Text me later.

Good news.!

looks like a great long weekend for you, gotta love this time of year

Yep! And my weekend was kind of extended. Been at home with a sick baby for the last 2 days

Green with envy, Nick!

Seasons just getting started Joey!

Love your shots man!

Great stuf

Good stuff Nick! Sucks about the skybusters, but seems to be the trend for us so far this season too. We managed a limit sunday morning, 11 bills and a mallard, and took 3 11 year old kids out this morning. I'm surprised they didn't scare every duck in the county they were so loud and couldn't sit still lol......they had a lot of fun though, and somehow, we managed to get 5 ducks to top it off. Love this time of year!! Take care of the young lad! Hope he's feeling better!

 

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Yikes! 3 kids would be a little to much for me! Where you in a field of a pond? We have enough trouble keeping the canoe upright with 2 adults in it

nice photos

Thanks! Good old I-phone

Awesome stuff Nick. Except for the trip to the hospital, that should be a great tradition to continue.

That's the plan! I can't wait for Alex to be old enough to come for the duck hunt.!

Great pics , too bad about the sky busters.

Hope the little guy has a speedy recovery .

Skybusters are the bane of my existence.. I wish there was something I could do about it...

The little guy should recover fine. I hope. He has a follow up appointment this morning. Some sort of Bronchial infection.

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to everyone!

This is my favourite weekend of the year. And with all the duck hunting chatter on the board, I thought I'd post a report from my weekend.

I had vacation days booked for Thursday and Friday. So it was a nice 5 day vacation!

Drove up to a friends house after work Wednesday.

We got out for a wood duck jump shoot in the morning.

There is nothing like jumping a drake woodie. Or having 2 or 3 come in to your decoy spread with their landing gear down. It's an amazing site to see. They really are a beatiful bird.

(Ignore the clip on's... That's all I could find in my car...

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We set up for geese, but had not luck. With the high hunting pressure, and messed up weather this week, they where really really shy.

Drove home Friday. Got to spend some time with my Son and dog playing in the leaves.

It was amazing weather this weekend. We where able to eat dinner on the porch, in shorts and a T-shirt!

My Son has been sick for a few days. But with the nice weather, I thought the fresh air would do him some good. So I got us both geared up, and went for a walk in the back 40 in attempt to flush some grouse. I was using a 625FPM pellet rifle.

We didn't flush any birds out back.

Later the next day I went out alone with the pellet gun. Flushed two birds, but I was no where close to getting a shot off. The birds in this area flush way to easily....

This morning I woke up at 4:30, and drove up to meat my hunting partner at the duck blind. Had a decent Ringneck shoot. Some other hunters built a blind about 150 yards away from our blind. The only other blind in a 100 acre swale.... They where sky busting all morning. Messing up our hunt really bad. The ringers used to circle two or three times before dropping in to the spread. We would just call, and wait for them to come in to 30 yards before shotting.... These idiots are blasting at anything inside 100 yards... I guess our spot is blown.... Atleast we still got a few birds...

Some shots from the ride home.

The road in to the blind.

My road.

When I get home, I find out my son's condition has worsened. So I spend from 11:30 till 5:30 at Georgian Bay General... The boy is sleeping now, but has to go back tomorrow for a follow up...

Between the X-Rays, Ventilators, Injections, and constant probing from the Doc's... He still found some time to practice his climing skills!

I bet they watch the nature channel!

 

I'm hesitant for winter this year as its my first year owning property...it'll be nothing like the easy days at the Condo.

I'm not looking forward to the oil bills.. Specially now that we've got a kid, and actually have to keep the house warm!

Still though. I LOVE the winter. Every Canadian should. It sure beats being negative about it!

You Tube

Weed out the rubbish, and it can be extremely educational.

I'm not a moose hunter.. But the adrenaline that must be pumping when you see a moose, let alone an albino moose, must be close to overwhelming.. As previously mentioned, the last thing on the hunters mind would be native traditions...

SO GOOD!!!!!!