Believe it or not that one is just a frame of a video I took. It's an iPhone 12 Pro. I knew the camera was supposed to be great but I did not expect to be so great.
Low light picture are are incredible. This one was taken at 6:31 AM.
-
ODT Gun Show & Swap Meet - May 4, 2024! - Click here for info
Stupid "technical" question about Waterfowl hunts
- Thread starter Buck119
- Start date
Low light picture are are incredible. This one was taken at 6:31 AM.
I was talking about the ducks. Lol
As a beginner to duck hunting I was confused about that
.The shotgun is a 20GA 22” Charles Daly pump action. It's really too small for him now, but he does not want to retire it.
As a beginner to duck hunting I was confused about that
The shotgun is a 20GA 22” Charles Daly pump action. It's really too small for him now, but he does not want to retire it.
That’s cool, but I was asking if the two ducks in the pic were mergansers.
Good morning 
.
Now we have a question about the behaviors of these nice birds.
Last time when we arrived, there were non birds on the water. We had the first one which landed close to our six decoys (we had 12 but we had put only 6 on the water...). Four more landed just before or just after sunrise. I think the last one was just before 8 o'clock. We left at about 9am after about an hour of not having seen anything else flying.
This morning, we arrived again that it was still dark. We put all twelve decoys in the water and waited. This time however there were already birds on the water, all scattered in "teams" around the pond. We heard them chatting before we could even see them. They were all mallards, from what we could see. Before sunrise they began leaving the pond in groups of maybe seven or ten. After taking off they kept circling over the pond few times (maybe they were waiting for our decoys to join them ....
) and then left for good. My son was able to shoot only one bird from the last group, since those were the only ones that flew low and close enough to us.
So my question is about the wood ducks that were flying into the pond (and got attracted by the decoys), 'Versus' the mallards that were already there and then left the pond at sunrise. Is that the the typical behavior of those two species?
.Now we have a question about the behaviors of these nice birds.
Last time when we arrived, there were non birds on the water. We had the first one which landed close to our six decoys (we had 12 but we had put only 6 on the water...). Four more landed just before or just after sunrise. I think the last one was just before 8 o'clock. We left at about 9am after about an hour of not having seen anything else flying.
This morning, we arrived again that it was still dark. We put all twelve decoys in the water and waited. This time however there were already birds on the water, all scattered in "teams" around the pond. We heard them chatting before we could even see them. They were all mallards, from what we could see. Before sunrise they began leaving the pond in groups of maybe seven or ten. After taking off they kept circling over the pond few times (maybe they were waiting for our decoys to join them ....
) and then left for good. My son was able to shoot only one bird from the last group, since those were the only ones that flew low and close enough to us.So my question is about the wood ducks that were flying into the pond (and got attracted by the decoys), 'Versus' the mallards that were already there and then left the pond at sunrise. Is that the the typical behavior of those two species?
Ok what I’m guessing is that your hunting decent size water which is where bigger ducks like to roost. Wood ducks like to roost in smaller pockets of water and fly to bigger water, creeks or rivers. Those mallards were roosted there this morningGood morning
Now we have a question about the behaviors of these nice birds.
Last time when we arrived there were non birds on the water. We had the first one who landed close to our six decoys (we had 12 but we had put only 6 on the water...). Four more landed just before or just after sunrise. I think the last one was just before 8 o'clock. We left at about 9am after about an hour of not having seen anything else flying.
This morning, we arrived again that it was still dark. We put all twelve decoys in the water and waited. This time however there were already birds on the water, all scattered in "teams" around the pond. We heard them chatting before we could even see them. They were all mallards, from what we could see. Before sunrise they began leaving the pond in groups of maybe seven or ten. After taking off they kept circling over the pond few times (maybe they were waiting for our decoys to join them ....
So my question is about the wood ducks that were flying into the pond (and got attracted by the decoys), 'Versus' the mallards that were already there and then left the pond at sunrise. Is that the the typical behavior of those two species?
Yes but a lot of times they will show up after sunset(after shooting light). But it is definitely worth a shot
