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[sportyg]

Every thing went as expected NOT.... Had #10 draw. Tom put Bob & I in a great blind. (Thanks Tom). We got out and I set out the deeks. Someone did shart shooting about 8 minutes early not unexpected. Ducks were flying every where. But we held off until shooting time. Missed the first few. (first time out this season and my shooting was way off) About 7 AM Bob knoxs one down he goes out to get it and has a fall. I also down one a few minutes later but he swims away I couldn't get a follow up shot due to some tullies. Poor Bob is really cold due to the wind. Bob downs another only he does not kill it. He shoots at it two more times. Then he decides he needs to ajust his choke, He was shooting a Mossburg with a poly-choke. He sets his choke to what he things it should be. About 15 minutes go by and a single duck flys by I tell Bob to take him. I see a splash a couple of yards out but don't see the duck in the water. Next thing I know Bob has lost his choke. He ask If I think he should shoot with out a choke, I told him I wouldn't, but then I have never used a shotgun with a poly-choke. So poor Bob just sits there wet & cold. Findly he says he going back to the suv to get warm. Bob is gone about 45 minutes there was no ducks flying at that time anyway. When I see him coming back I figure he is ready to leave but no he says I came back to watch you hunt. But I tell him No, your going to shoot. As he has not hunted ducks in 20+ years. So I give him my shotgun and I spoted for him until 11 AM when we packed it in. During that time he took one bird. As we were leaving the birds took to the air again. All in All we didn't shoot well as there was lots of ducks. I missed ten shots. Not sure how many Bob missed. Even with his misadventures we had a grand time and he wants to return. He is even applying for a res for the rest of the season... Fun times just begining...

[fishandhunt4ever]

I am sorry to hear about your adventure, I have had two days where I forgot my waders, one at SJ and the other at Wister. You guys should have stayed out longer. I was out at SJ today, didn't get to a blind til 10, had my first shot at 1030 and limited out by 2pm. It ended up being my best day of duck hunting ever. I am not trying to bloat, but I just wanted to share my good experience since we all have days of good times and unfortunate times out in the blinds.

[sportyg]

Well done fishandhunt4ever Post up some photos if you have them... Not to worry, Bob is hooked now even with all his misadventures.. He applied for ressi's for the rest of the season...

[fishandhunt4ever]

I will post them in a bit. I have to email them from my phone and resize them.

[fishandhunt4ever]

Here is a pic of the time I forgot my waders at Wister(I think it was December) and it was very cold.  3.jpg   19.89K   8 downloads

[fishandhunt4ever]

Here are some pics from SJ yesterday.  2.jpg   22.58K   9 downloadsI want to have this mounted. Does anyone know of a good bird taxidermist here in Southern California?  3.jpg   20.54K   8 downloads

[fishandhunt4ever]

I used the Remington HyperSonic Steel for the first time, and I really did see the difference in my shooting. I was able to hit them between the 30-40 yard range with consistency. I would recommend the No. 4 shot though(I made the mistake of buying the No. 2 shot). They do kick harder than my 3.5 inch rounds, but it is wel worth the extra kick.

[turkeyman85]

Does anyone know if I can buy the day pass at walmart....Im on the phone with them right now but the suck at answering the dang thing...

[fishandhunt4ever]

Yes, anywhere where they sell licenses with the new machine, they have those too. It is better to buy the 2 day pass. If the person doesn't know, just walk them through it. If not, Big5 is where I got mine at.

[turkeyman85]

Ya I'll just go down to turners here in corona. I've been kinda not wanting to go to Walmart since someone in there organization decided to donate a larg amount of money to the antis for closing down some ocean waters to rec fishing.

[sportyg]

Yeah the two day passes are a much better deal

[fishandhunt4ever]

I am going back out this Saturday. @Turkeyman85 Will you be out this Sat?

[turkeyman85]

No I was out today. My buddy and I got limits,with a pretty good mix bag of wigeon,redhead,mallard,spoony,teal blue and cinnomon.

[fishandhunt4ever]

Good Job. Post up some pics. We might as well make this the Official San Jacinto 2011/2012 thread...

[turkeyman85]

These are the pictures of yesterdays hunt at San Jacinto Wildlife area.Now Im not the Raiders fan lol Thats my buddy Chris in the second picture...

[fishandhunt4ever]

Nice pics... I can't wait to go back out again tomorrow.

[ShooterJohn]

Thanks for sharing it looks like a great day.

[sportyg]

Looks like a great hunt... I need to get drawn again !!!!!

[fishandhunt4ever]

The skyscrappers were sure out in force yesterday. It must be nice to be able to afford all the ammunition to shoot at the moon with. Other than that, it was a decent day at SJ. With this rain, this weekend should be good as well.

[sportyg]

Yeah last time I was there saw some hunters shooting at ducks I wouldn't even think about trying to shoot. They must have been using 3 1/2" ers to reach out as high as they were shooting. Sounded like they were shooting a cannon...

[fishandhunt4ever]

Most of the time I shoot 3.5 inchers, and I still would not waste ammo like that. Sure enough, everytime the ducks would flare off and fly away higher. Nobody is perfect, but if the duck is the size of your sight bead or smaller, don't shoot.

[sportyg]

I'll be doing the sweat line on the 21st...

[zippy1970]

Nobody is perfect, but if the duck is the size of your sight bead or smaller, don't shoot.

I have never hunted Ducks but that is funny Andy