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Walkers Bay Synd
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:28 am Posts: 1913 Location: Southland, New Zealand
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 Duck kites? And update....
Any body tried duck kites? 2 weeks out from opening and I'm starting to get the s#@t what I forgotten, whats going to give us an edge? On advice we purchased a hidgon splasher flasher, I think it's going to be the ducks nuts. Going to check and top up the feeder this weekend and leave the pond alone untill the opening day.
_________________ Quote: We had a lot of hunters from down under. All a bunch of great guys that liked to drink, root, and shoot shit in the dark. My kind of people.
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Bayoublackhunter
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat Oct 02, 2010 4:55 pm Posts: 1192 Location: BAYOU BLACK
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
Opening for duck season? Where you from?
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:19 am |
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Quackhead62
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:47 pm Posts: 931 Location: Maurice,La
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
you lucky yall season is about to open we still have a few months until teal season is even colse. Yall tear them up for us boys in the south
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:27 am |
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Kmoppert
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:48 pm Posts: 2006 Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:35 am |
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Quackhead62
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:47 pm Posts: 931 Location: Maurice,La
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
I wouldn't mind going make a hunt up there. Cant they bait there ponds up there ?
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:37 am |
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Walkers Bay Synd
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:28 am Posts: 1913 Location: Southland, New Zealand
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
_________________ Quote: We had a lot of hunters from down under. All a bunch of great guys that liked to drink, root, and shoot shit in the dark. My kind of people.
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:57 am |
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DUCK HEARSE
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:48 am Posts: 3161 Location: Alabama
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
POST PICS during season
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:59 am |
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doubleBanded
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:26 pm Posts: 3084 Location: Down South
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
Hell yeh! Good luck wish my season was starting
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 12:32 pm |
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Quackhead62
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:47 pm Posts: 931 Location: Maurice,La
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
that is some good stuff right there
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:01 pm |
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Walkers Bay Synd
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:28 am Posts: 1913 Location: Southland, New Zealand
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
If anybody does make it this far south on holiday I'm always keen for a hunt, ducks, deer, goats, rabbits, I'm not a guild by any stretch of the imagination and the most I can guarantee is a hungover, still something different.
So nobody tried a kite?
_________________ Quote: We had a lot of hunters from down under. All a bunch of great guys that liked to drink, root, and shoot shit in the dark. My kind of people.
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:09 pm |
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Quackhead62
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:47 pm Posts: 931 Location: Maurice,La
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
thought about trying but never pulled the trigger on getting any. I figured since the ducks around where i hunt look at the robo-ducks so hard an flare sometimes it might hurt my spread more than helping it out
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:12 pm |
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whitson218
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Mon Nov 26, 2012 10:09 am Posts: 190
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
I wish we could shoot lead where I lived.The last day I took a turkey load out and lined up on a coot 60 yards out..stoned him dead  The ducks I hunt seem to be immune to steel. The geese take it like champs too.
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centxhunter
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:28 pm Posts: 357 Location: Austin, TX
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
Are you talking about a JackKite? If so, they work awesome for Geese. Never used it for ducks, but they do have a mallard version. Biggest problem is storing and transporting them. Unless you break them down flat, they will look like sh!t the following season.
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:22 pm |
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Walkers Bay Synd
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:28 am Posts: 1913 Location: Southland, New Zealand
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_________________ Quote: We had a lot of hunters from down under. All a bunch of great guys that liked to drink, root, and shoot shit in the dark. My kind of people.
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:56 pm |
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centxhunter
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:28 pm Posts: 357 Location: Austin, TX
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
You have to assemble them. Technically they snap together, but it would be a major PITA to take them apart each time. I used a large 3 X 2 cardboard box, and put them in it. I also used cane poles (for fishing) to fly them. Works very well, but cumbersome. Suggest you purchase ONE first and try it out before a major investment. I use 6 for goose hunting.
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:11 pm |
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msm8281
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:50 pm Posts: 9673 Location: New Iberia, La.
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
I bought some fatal flashers last year but never used them. They look real good on youtube, but sorta silly in person.
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Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:55 pm |
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Walkers Bay Synd
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:28 am Posts: 1913 Location: Southland, New Zealand
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
_________________ Quote: We had a lot of hunters from down under. All a bunch of great guys that liked to drink, root, and shoot shit in the dark. My kind of people.
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Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:27 am |
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dog walker
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 pm Posts: 5282 Location: Meraux,La.
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
I've never used the reel wings but I've been told they were hard to keep up in the air at times with certain wind conditions.
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Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:49 pm |
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CCC
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:25 am Posts: 1685
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
Seems like the wind don't blow in Texas during duck season lol don't think they would work too great
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Fri Apr 26, 2013 2:54 pm |
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Robn1020
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:09 pm Posts: 4232 Location: Cypress, TX
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
I have watched a ton of videos of New Zealand hunting. Do you really need kites? Thought they came in no matter what. IMO all that extra crap takes up space. Bought a higdon pulsator once. Worked one time and broke. Never again. Its just like fishing. All that gear is marketed for the hunter/fisher rather than the duck/fish. It lures more folks than game.
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Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:03 pm |
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CCC
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:25 am Posts: 1685
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Walkers Bay Synd
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:28 am Posts: 1913 Location: Southland, New Zealand
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 Re: Duck kites? And update....
_________________ Quote: We had a lot of hunters from down under. All a bunch of great guys that liked to drink, root, and shoot shit in the dark. My kind of people.
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Sat Apr 27, 2013 6:53 pm |
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