Ducks and deer opener same day?

[SurfNHuntSD]

Got a dilemma, not really a dilemma since I'll always pick duck opener over deer opener but this is the first one in awhile I remember that they open on the same day. Who's hunting what? I'll be hunting the quacks, whether on the refuge or freelancing on the sea. Good hunting all

 

[ilovesprig]

Got a dilemma, not really a dilemma since I'll always pick duck opener over deer opener but this is the first one in awhile I remember that they open on the same day. Who's hunting what? I'll be hunting the quacks, whether on the refuge or freelancing on the sea. Good hunting all

Jason,

I'll be getting back from Montana on Thursday (10-21)....Then I'll decide after I see if I got drawn, or someone invites me to hunt the duck opener with them.....If not, then we'll (Jacob & I) be hunting the "16"....In 40 years of putting in for opening day, I've never been drawn.........

My old teammate Cal at SC on the opener at Wister....1975....14 pintail from the C area.

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[SurfNHuntSD]

Jason,

I'll be getting back from Montana on Thursday (10-21)....Then I'll decide after I see if I got drawn, or someone invites me to hunt the duck opener with them.....If not, then we'll (Jacob & I) be hunting the "16"....In 40 years of putting in for opening day, I've never been drawn.........

My old teammate Cal at SC on the opener at Wister....1975....14 pintail from the C area.

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Rad pix as always Steve. Cal is missed..

 

[HortoTheSlayer]

I'll be chasing whitetails in GA 10/20-10/27 for the first time ever..good luck on duck opener Jason. Hopefully we can get another duck hunt in this season!

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

I'll be chasing whitetails in GA 10/20-10/27 for the first time ever..good luck on duck opener Jason. Hopefully we can get another duck hunt in this season!

Let's do it Jorge.. let me know if you draw, and likewise..

 

[ilovesprig]

Rad pix as always Steve. Cal is missed..

Yep Jason.....It was tough losing a hunting & fishing partner since 1968.....Remember our 1st hunt together like it was yesterday.....Chukar hunted Scodie Mt. and we drove his '66 Mustang to the bottom of the mountain.....Brutal road too.....

1977 Oceanside honker hunt, where Wal-Mart sits today.

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[Snake Charmer]

Yep Jason.....It was tough losing a hunting & fishing partner since 1968.....Remember our 1st hunt together like it was yesterday.....Chukar hunted Scodie Mt. and we drove his '66 Mustang to the bottom of the mountain.....Brutal road too.....

1977 Oceanside honker hunt, where Wal-Mart sits today.

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Yea he will be missed, he always had good things to say and treated everyone like you were his best friend. Good man for sure....

 

[YETI]

Opening day was the same for both last year. I had set up in my hidey hole about an hour before shooting light about 200 yards or so from a pond. Somewhere around dawn, I heard a shot, followed by 3 or 4 more shots. I though to myself, "Man, that dude is a terrible shot if it takes four bullets to get a deer." A short time later, I heard another volley of shots and could not figure out what was going on, but knew that if there had been any deer in the area they were long gone.

On my way out, I stopped by the pond to check for tracks. Turns out there was a duck hunter on the pond. At least he scored on opening day.

 

[Designed2Hunt]

I only knew Cal for a relatively short time, but one of the best I have ever known.
He always invited me to ride in his truck on the QF work days.
Sad that I never got to hunt with him.

J, how is this even a question? Hunt deer during deer season, especially since you know where that monster buck beds
See you at NWTF. We'll talk.