Duck Opener this Weekend in QC

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Duck Opener this Weekend in QC

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Going this Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Hope to catch my first ever ducks. Past years, the little fellas were faster than I.

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go shoot now !!!

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get a box of shells and try shooting before the seson starts well worth it you shoot more ducks :lol: :lol:
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I bought a case of shells for trap and already went at two full day shooting. Once south of Valleyfield, the second north of Lennoxville in the Eastern Tomship.

I beleive I have corrected a few mistakes. But clay pigeon are not fast flying ducks on the opener.
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Best of luck this weekend!

I wish I could get out for some waterfowling.
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Keep your gun pointing up....

Some of those ducks are like F-16's!!!
You can shoot at a pack of them and still miss!
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Jimmy, nobody shoots INTO a flock, if that is what you are referring to. :(

Poor ethics. Too many losers out there on opening weekend and the next just go to fire as many rounds as possible and make a mess of it. Pretty sad to watch people unloading at 75 yard birds. Not saying that you do this, just hoping that isn't what you meant, so please don't take it the wrong way.

Pick a single bird, preferably a drake, and make sure it's within 35 yard limit over your decoys. Better to lead a bird too much than to shoot back on it and cripple or wound. Head shots will kill a duck and leave the yummy meat nice and unshot up.

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Have a fun safe season, I can't wait till our opener here.
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sounded like a war zone this a.m in rockland,hope someone mistook cormorants for ducks.
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bruce wrote:sounded like a war zone this a.m in rockland,hope someone mistook cormorants for ducks.
I was hoping the same thing Bruce... :lol:
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Are you guys refering to theses Beautiful Birds... :wink: 8) :lol: :lol:


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bruce wrote:sounded like a war zone this a.m in rockland,hope someone mistook cormorants for ducks.
That happened to me last year. After trying to shoot the fast moving ducks and the slow moving geese out of range, I saw this nice bird coming right towards me at the right speed. My first impression was great a big overweight duck that can't fly fast. BANG. There it comes down 20' from me.

As happy as a kid at Christmas morning to unwrap its present, I squrry to the bird to find out that was the ugliest duck I had ever seen. When I noticed it was a cormorant, I tossed it in the ditch.

It's afterwards that I found out that they were not only protected in Ontario, but also on the QC side of the river.

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Anyway, I did managed to catch for myself, 2 mallards (puddlers) on Saturday, and 4 divers on Sunday which was quite a foogy morning.
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LeGrand wrote:
bruce wrote:sounded like a war zone this a.m in rockland,hope someone mistook cormorants for ducks.
That happened to me last year. After trying to shoot the fast moving ducks and the slow moving geese out of range, I saw this nice bird coming right towards me at the right speed. My first impression was great a big overweight duck that can't fly fast. BANG. There it comes down 20' from me.

As happy as a kid at Christmas morning to unwrap its present, I squrry to the bird to find out that was the ugliest duck I had ever seen. When I noticed it was a cormorant, I tossed it in the ditch.

It's afterwards that I found out that they were not only protected in Ontario, but also on the QC side of the river.

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And you're bragging about this on a forum?? Might want to edit your post and learn to indentify your prey before you pull the trigger next time.. :roll: :roll: :roll:
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Post by bruce »

yes learn to identify cormorants... and keep shootin em!
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bruce wrote:yes learn to identify cormorants... and keep shootin em!
Not to worry, I know what the ugly things look like now. It's like people shooting crows. I don't since I don't eat them.

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