in the extreme bitter cold when we would have to break up the ice to get the boat thru the bays and harbors, and sea spray would freeze to your gun, we might keep a small flask of " anti freeze ", but never enough to get drunk, and that was when we were young and foolish, no more. guns and alcohol are just an accident waiting to happen. after the hunt absolutely. sorry don't mean to preach or rain on anyones parade, but hunting can be dangerous enough without tempting fate.
Don't worry Nacho,that was a long time ago,in a galaxy far far away.
think I traveled thru that galaxy a time or 2 back in the day, I don't go there anymore
I duck hunt right now 7 days a week in Illinois, Arkansas and Southeast Missouri. I would be happy to take you out if you wanted to travel as we smacking ducks nonstop daily and the migration south just hit the areas I hunt. Two words of advice about duck hunting that will be very effective, learn to feed chuckle which is basically blowing the call saying ticka-ticka-ticka-ticket-ticket-ticka-ticka and then a soft quack, quack, quack. High balling is good to catch thier attention but the ducks have heard good and bad callers high balling, we kill most of our ducks over the feed chuckle and a few quacks along with a whistle all blown fairly soft.
My offer is open to all as I love to shoot ducks, watch them work and just enjoy being on the water or in the rice fields.
are you standing in that cold water, or in a blind with a propane heater? I've heard some of you folks up there in ark realy go all out and do it right. all my hunts were real bare bones types, just what you could carry on your back or boat, never a heater. sounds like your having a real good time, enjoy.
