Lumber head 75
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No doubt......"We've got incoming!"........and like I said, I don't hunt waterfowl and that pic gave me wood! Gotta go with some of you fowlers sometime! Jesse, fire up the hibachi baby and I'll start cutting up taters and making sausage patties! Lol
Rutin
Senior Member
I think instead of "admin" or "supporter" they should get a special "master baiter" under their names...... gotta be clearish white though and only TOO members can see it with a black light!
Longdraw
Junior Member
dante322
*Supporting Member*
I don't waterfowl myself. Don't need another expensive hobby. But I kept seeing this old thread pop up in new posts. Figured something was up. If the GW was to write up everybody that disturbed snow setting up a spot. They would never get anything else done. Besides, how is anybody able to tell the difference between an actual feeding site and one that was made to look like one. Guy is just mad because he didn't think of it.
If a pic did that then this will be like a porno and I will not be held responsible for any damages of electronics or self.
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Just so everyone is clear, FF has been banned for a week. If/When he decides to come back, it'll be on a 1" leash. Part of what makes this place function so smoothly is the lack of BS. We've been accused of "group think" and I say that's a fair assessment, but we do have our differences. This group knows how to express and discuss differences like adults. And when we agree, there are a bunch of us to agree! So if that is group think, so be it.
When it comes to situations where differences cannot be conveyed in a tactful and respectful manner, Joe and I look to you guys to speak up and let these kind of guys know what's up. Especially the "newer" members. We've gained a ton of great members in the last 18 months and you guys have earned, and deserve your say in how we maintain the culture around here. The aim is not to run people off who don't agree with the masses. Its to keep the assholes out because they can ruin a forum if left unattended to.
Just because this place exists on the internet for free, does not mean you're owed a spot here. I see TOO as a privilege, not a right.
When it comes to situations where differences cannot be conveyed in a tactful and respectful manner, Joe and I look to you guys to speak up and let these kind of guys know what's up. Especially the "newer" members. We've gained a ton of great members in the last 18 months and you guys have earned, and deserve your say in how we maintain the culture around here. The aim is not to run people off who don't agree with the masses. Its to keep the assholes out because they can ruin a forum if left unattended to.
Just because this place exists on the internet for free, does not mean you're owed a spot here. I see TOO as a privilege, not a right.
Every time I hunt in snowy cornfields, I pull a big sled filled with snow. That way if I kick any snow up, I have extra snow to fill in the holes I made. I thought this was standard practice!?!
Jim is right it is up to the discretion of the GW, but I highly doubt any GW would ever site you for clearing some snow to make it look like birds have been feeding there. This is as common as setting decoys and is a must if you want to have successful hunts.
This reminds me of a tip some friends in MD told me last year, but I am not sure if it is legal. They are bringing a bail of hay with them, and spreading it on top of the snow, to make it look like a large area of dry ground. And the birds come off the river and dive bomb strait in. I don’t think birds are feeding on hay/straw, so I am not sure if that is considered baiting. Any thoughts as to if this is legal?
Jim is right it is up to the discretion of the GW, but I highly doubt any GW would ever site you for clearing some snow to make it look like birds have been feeding there. This is as common as setting decoys and is a must if you want to have successful hunts.
This reminds me of a tip some friends in MD told me last year, but I am not sure if it is legal. They are bringing a bail of hay with them, and spreading it on top of the snow, to make it look like a large area of dry ground. And the birds come off the river and dive bomb strait in. I don’t think birds are feeding on hay/straw, so I am not sure if that is considered baiting. Any thoughts as to if this is legal?
I would think the act of bringing in an outside resource specifically to attract birds would make it illegal. I don't see disturbing snow, which you can't avoid, ever being deemed illegal.
Not sure about the hay either since it is not what was already in the field.
They do make corn pile decoys you could add to a field. Corn cobs and dome shaped piles made of what looks like vinyl could be set out in different spots among the decoy spread. I wouldn't think it would be that hard to make your own either.
They do make corn pile decoys you could add to a field. Corn cobs and dome shaped piles made of what looks like vinyl could be set out in different spots among the decoy spread. I wouldn't think it would be that hard to make your own either.
Big_Holla
Senior Member
I'm sure we will find out the legalities of it all in....say....about a week...... :smiley_coolpeace:
I would thing a garbage bag of leaves spread out would look pretty good from a birds eye view and not be considered baiting but I'm not a water fowler or WO either. It would be light to carry in I would think.
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Big_Holla
Senior Member
Screw that.....a wood chipper and a few bushels of cobbed corn........ohhh.....wait a minute.........isn't that how this all got started?!?! LOL
That actually sounds like a good idea FS!
Just take a yellow plastic chain and toss it out. Makes it look like spread out corn kernels. Cut 2 1/2" PVC into 4,6,8" pcs and spray paint it yellow and toss it out.
Strother23
Member
Wow.. Just seen all this going on. Seems like I missed out on some interesting conversations lol. Pretty crazy
Here's a tip: Clean your gun every so often 
I have put this Benelli through the ringer and other than my maintenance of it, old COB would be proud of would of the pile of birds its killed over the years. Dropped the first round in it this morning, dropped the bolt and it was clear she need cleaned today. Sat in the rain for 4 hours, so it left me no choice really. If I'm being honest, it hasn't been cleaned since 2019, maybe 2018, which was a good 500 rounds ago. But that's not the record. Pretty sure I went over 1K rounds between cleanings once I literally had to scrape gunk off with a screw driver before I could actually clean it...
My lack of care aside, Benellis go "boom" when you pull the trigger. Only had one duck work the spread today and he took a full load of #1s to the chest as he coasted into the hole landing gear down.
I have put this Benelli through the ringer and other than my maintenance of it, old COB would be proud of would of the pile of birds its killed over the years. Dropped the first round in it this morning, dropped the bolt and it was clear she need cleaned today. Sat in the rain for 4 hours, so it left me no choice really. If I'm being honest, it hasn't been cleaned since 2019, maybe 2018, which was a good 500 rounds ago. But that's not the record. Pretty sure I went over 1K rounds between cleanings once
I literally had to scrape gunk off with a screw driver before I could actually clean it... My lack of care aside, Benellis go "boom" when you pull the trigger. Only had one duck work the spread today and he took a full load of #1s to the chest as he coasted into the hole landing gear down.
