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Duck hunting in Southern Michigan 10/16/00
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Three words Hot and Cold.
Duck hunting so far has been a little disappointing.
But If you look back to the past years you'll see that
it's normal for Oct. With only a smattering of flight
ducks and mostly locals, they get wise real quick.
They find the local refuges to get away from the
hunting pressure. If you take one day off from hunting
you'll see we have good numbers of ducks they just
head out at daybreak to places that are now safe. The
key is to leave certain places go and don't hunt them
until they load up with secure feeling ducks. This is
what separates they men from the boys. I know
this because I've done both and a quality hunt is a
lot better then a few O.K. hunts. One of the problems
with this though is you may not have sole
permission on a given property. Well you can try
talking to the other parties but this does not always
work either. What I would recommend is to scout
on some of these days. You'll be amazed at what you'll
see and hopeful what you gain from doing this. You may
find new hunting spots or better yet what fields there
feeding in. When the ducks are using a particular
field you can have the best hunts of the year.
Most likely it is ducks from several potholes, rivers
and lakes. So you'll see lots of ducks that want to be
where your at, the ultimate Duck hunt. The way I
set up for field ducks is about the same for Geese.
One thing is most people don't have a big number of
duck decoys for the field. No problem just use your
goose decoys and put out a few water duck decoys
wedged in the dirt or corn stubble. Always keep the
goose decoys separate from the ducks. It's best to be
in the area you seen the ducks working in the field
but you can't, set up with the decoys 40 yards upwind
and then set in the fence row as long as it does not
have real high trees. I always look for open spots in
the fence row. If you do set up in the center and
layout in the field, just cover up a little and be
still and always be down wind from your decoys. Ducks
tend to start in Low and then climb up as they approach
close to the decoys. Keep a few duck decoys close
enough though so your calling looks and sounds real.
Good luck and remember the best is yet to come.
Mike Boyd of Coldwater
Charters
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"This is
what separates they men from the boys."
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