Hunting partner managed to get this yesterday on the last day of the VT season. Not quite as "blonde" as others I have seen (or shot), but I think it looks better. Thought you would enjoy the pictures.
Well I just got back from Saskatchewan on Monday morning and am trying to catch up on things around the house, my daughter comes home from school and wants to go goose hunting. OK, no problem we will go up the road where there has been a bunch of canadas going in all week.....along with one...
My daughter and I didn't go hunting.............but we did go on a 14 hour road trip and ended up with this :D (not the dumb cat :nutz)
"Addi" she is a Cedarwood puppy from Maine
From Bill Crenshaw and going to the F&W board. There is a map also, but I can not get it to post......
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
Waterfowl Zone Boundary Change - 2011
BACKGROUND: Guidelines for state waterfowl zone boundaries are regulated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
Guys (and gals) I went down to the local Dicks sporting goods yesterday with my daughter and came away with a heck of a deal.
They had youth size waterproof/breathable insulated bibs and jackets in camo on sale. (their Field and Stream brand)
Starting price $49.99 each
50% off on the rack...
Had a nice visitor to the decoys this morning on Champlain :grvn
We have been getting one just about every year, towards the end of the season. This was shot by one of my hunting partners (who also shot one the last day of the 2008 season)
Cant always get a couple of nice drake common mergansers!!
Oh yeah :eek:
All VT banded birds, geese were 2007, 2009 and ducks were this summer. They really have not pushed south in any numbers yet.
Just got back from the meeting in Whitehall NY, another meeting in Burlington tomorrow night (wednesday).
Bill's proposals
Lake Champlain zone
Ducks- open 10/6-10/10, reopen 10/23-12/16 (6 per day)
Canadas- open 10/20 for 45 straight days (3 per day)
Brant-10/6-11/24 (2 per day)
Snows-...
Just posted it up for my hunting partner, and posted it here because the classified pages turn over way too fast.
http://www.refugeforums.com/refuge/showthread.php?t=786647
My buddy was up in Vermont over Thanksgiving, and shot this beautiful mallard/black hybrid on Lake Champlain.
He sent it down to Shane and now it is on its way back north.
Great job :tu
I posted a picture of my buddies mallard/black hybrid over Thanksgiving, it was in my post of the "neck collared merganzer" the one with the seal from a canning jar over its head. Well he sent it down to Shane, and now it is on its way back north.
Before
After
Stefan asys...
Well, somehow a common merganser ended up in the boat this morning, shot by a friend who will not be named. We got back to the boat launch and were pulling the birds out of the boat and something caught my eye :scratch
This is what I saw
So I start moving some feathers around and see...
Took the weekend off from duck hunting to bring my 9 year old daughter out for youth deer season. This is her second year going deer hunting, and last year she was lucky enough to kill a 132 lb. doe. Sunday morning was much like last year, we were watching a large field and at 6:25 a single...
I just ordered my licence over the phone, and the lady informed me that starting this year anyone born after Jan. 1 1971 (exactly 9 months before my birthday) needs to carry a copy of a completed hunters saftey course in the field. I mean I completed this course here 28 years ago, and all you...
Last day on Lake Champlain (NY/VT) alot of green and a little purple ;) Sorry about the "other" green headed duck. This is the third mature drake Barrows we have killed on the lake in the last 4 years.
Is it what I think it is? Buddy killed it this morning on the southern end of Lake Champlain in Vermont over a mallard rig. Had a positive ID as an eider on the way in, but when the dog came back the bird was about the size of a hen mallard and then the "hump" on the bill. Definatly a juvie...
Anybody know if the bag depot is still in business? I have been trying to order a couple more 12 slot bags, but the credit card page is screwed up and there is no answer on the phone??? Thanks
I was looking for a good all weather blind for my new 1760 Phowler Exterme with a 36 Pro-Drive w/FPR, I have had scissor blinds in the past along with others, and they all had some down fall to them. In the north we run the heaters alot when it gets cold and we tend to carry a good bunch of...
Guys I just reposted my Lund for sale in the classifides. I would really like to move it soon, and local seems to have the best chance. Might even be able to work on the price a bit more, for someone who is serious. It is a great duck killing rig and has served me well on Lake Champlain...