Never hunted them, but I took my little row boat in to where my main tree stand is this time of year only to find that the tree it's in is way out in the water, had to wade thigh deep water to get into it and it's normally 40-50 yards in from the shore line. This is going to change the movement patterns of the deer enough that I think I'm going to have to hunt somewhere else.
It was a real experience getting that little boat out though. Had it 25 years or so, but not in the water for at least 15, and she rows nice, easy to get in and out of the water from an undeveloped spot and is stable. With the flooded lake, negotiating through all the flooded timber and such was fairly easy in it too. Though the deer hunting didn't work out, I have NEVER seen so many ducks in my life.
I'm not going to go all out and buy a bunch of decoys and such, but it occurred to me it would be real easy to hide that little boat in the brush packing the old 835 and just shoot at them as they flew over. Could it be that simple? I had a lot of them fly over within shotgun range during the couple of hours I say out there. Can anyone recommend a good book with pictures of the various species? This is what KDWP says are the limits and I'm not real sure I could identify them on the wing;
"Six ducks is the daily bag limit, which may include no more than two canvasbacks, two redheads, two pintails, three wood ducks, three scaup and five mallards (only two of which may be hens). The daily bag may comprise six of any other duck, such as six teal, six gadwall, or six wigeon."
I sure don't want to get in trouble for shooting the wrong thing. I'm seriously considering giving this a go.