You are a good person. Sounds like so much fun, it makes me want to drive the 7 hours up to join you. Keep up the good work and enjoy your weekends.
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You are a good person. Sounds like so much fun, it makes me want to drive the 7 hours up to join you. Keep up the good work and enjoy your weekends.
I would love to join a weekend hunt. If ever I get a chance soon then I will send you a text and meet up at the site. I did a bit of rabbit hunting in Marlborough forest this past winter and found a few nice ponds for duck/geese. I even camped overnight in a hammock in February with my brother in law last year..lots of deer sign in those cedars..Do you enter off Paden Road?
I used to go off Paden to the ponds I hunt in that area, I find using heaphy road better now. The "bridge" at the pond is an ATV/Sled bridge...I would not drive a very across it, much less my F250 with camper. I have seen cars and truck drive across it...it only has a plywood top over the beams. I have gps co-ords for each spot and directions wrote out that I can send.
I will be curious to see how the marsh (reed beds)has shifted this year with high waters. I suspect it might be difficult to access the pond edges with high the high waters.
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Originally Posted by anfield21
If your ever up this way, by all means. I carry a tent as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by sabmgb
I am going to keep bumping this to the top. And other points.
-I have 3 outdoor chairs.
-Water for washing dishes comes from the ponds. If you need to shower, I have the shower in a bag, you heat up water in the big burner, grab a tarp and go shower...trust me..you don't want to fall into the muck..you will need to shower.
-Drinking water needs to brought in. For coffee water, I have a 5 gallon blue jug...go thru lots of coffee on weekends...lol
-Walmart 24 pack of bottled water is $1.88.
-I burn all paper and burnable garbage and have garbage on site, they get locked up at night.
- Decoys I have 12 bigfoot land geese, 32 floater mallards and wood ducks, 1 floater goose. If you have deks, then bring them. I have enough for one pond but will split up to cover two ponds.
- it has been my experience, that those who sleep in camper...sleep hard and snore (me too), bring earplugs.
- The back seat of my F250 is 6ft across and has been used to sleep in...see above point..lol
- I have 2 of each goose/duck calls
- The Primos cheap calls at CTC work, I have Capital Waterfowler goose/duck for long distance turning, but generally stick to cheap calls (as ponds are 70% pass/40% call patterns). If you are a caller, great, if not I can teach.
- 3 life jackets only - If you have one or access to bring it. It is surprising how many people fall out.. Excitement, or non familiar with canoes.
- A change of clothes...in case you fall in, step on a solid weed bed..then go up to crotch on muck..everyday....
-the camper has a heater, and works great to dry even duck coats and duck boots..if you can stand the smell in camper of nasty wet swamp/sweat socks. Better to hang dry footwear..
-a spare pair of boots, or hip waders. I only use CTC Muck Boots, and buy felt extra liners, and silver colored inserts at Dollar store. 10 packs (felt pads/liners) for $20.00, cheap and burnable. You do not need to be high tech. The felt liners that (boots), come with dry quickly.
-I have no music on my phone, or stereo for camper. I like it but don't bring me. Love all kinds of music.
- I have yet to be visited by a CO, so ensure to have a cheap gun sock (after dark), or a floating gun case...just saying...magnets work well to retrieve sunken guns.
-the swamp muck on edges...is deep...like crotch deep
As always, line, you're a hell of a man and a hell of a sportsman! I hope I can make some time to come out this fall!Quote:
Originally Posted by line052
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Chewy, I will not forget you finding my goose shells out in the bush and returned them. Pro Patria Brother. Look forward to sharing a few with you and maybe knock dome ducks down.
Wrong royal, that wasn't me finding the shells, but I am sure he is a hell of a man too! LolQuote:
Originally Posted by line052
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Really, sorry man...offer still applies for a meet up. Offer extended.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chewy836
Bump to top. Excited for my own trip to Alberta hunting in 4 days. You wont see on this forum after the 5th Sept until I return on the 17 Sept. After that, the next weekend is duck opener. Man I can't wait. I love the fall, the woods, the good times shared, nature at it's finest.
These are incredible times for hunting!!!!