Minnesota Canvasbacks

[Matt Buckley]

I had a fun day hunting on a public hunting area in South West Minnesota this morning and bagging a limit of bull Canvasbacks. A flock of 8, all bulls or drakes, came into the decoys and my friend and I shot a limit of 2 a piece. I shot my 2 with one shot out of my EH 10 Gauge and 1 1/8 oz of #4 Bismuth being propelled by 3 1/2 drams of FF Goex. The bull Canvasback in my opinion is a trophy in the water fowling world.

[John Dallas]

And they eat real good also

[Jim Beilke]

Great shoot Matt. The big 10 has been good to you, beautiful birds.

[Chris Pope]

It's my vote for the tastiest duck.

[Stan Hillis]

Two bull cans with one shot. Outstanding!

[Dan Steingraber]

I love the big bull Cans and drake Blacks. We used to shoot some beautiful bull Cans in late January in Oklahoma.

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[Garry L Gordon]

Congratulations. Taking two cleanly with a special gun — it doesn’t get any better.

[scott kittredge]

Some day, its on my bucket list as is redhead and brant

[Keith Sirmans]

and what a ducker to hunt them out of too!

[Matt Buckley]

The Alumacraft Ducker is a great boat. Mine is one of the last ones built without the holes in the deck for stabilizing poles.

[Matt Buckley]

The Ducker after its new paint job.

[Matt Buckley]

Shot a drake sprig with the EH this morning.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Excellent

[Mills Morrison]

Looking good!

[Dean Romig]

What could be better than a Trojan as the perfect 'fowl' weather gun?!





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[Daryl Corona]

Shot a drake sprig with the EH this morning.

Mt favorite bird.:bowdown:

[Garry L Gordon]

The color on the wings is beautiful. It says Fall. That is Nature at her best.

[Matt Buckley]

I shot another Bull Canvasback with the EH yesterday on the same point we shot the 4 last year that started this thread. I had a pair come in and hit the bull and missed the hen. I grabbed a couple if my hand loads out of a box of ones that I thought were smokeless but to my surprise were black powder when I shot. I love making smoke with these older Parkers.

[Gary Kephart]

Congrats on a great hunt

[Rick Roemer]

Way to go! Nothing better than a great Can and a great Parker. What frame is your EH? I don’t know a lot about 10s.

[Matt Buckley]

3 Frame so it weights a little over 9lbs. The 3 frame is the most common on the 10 gauges.

[Rick Roemer]

Thanks
I use a three frame 12 gauge DHE.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

I'd take a pair of decoying canvasback over 20 mallards.

[Matt Buckley]

Another good day on Cans. A friend of mine and myself shot these three. It’s not a Parker but the W & C Scott is still a classy waterfowl double in my book.

[Rick Roemer]

I want to be where you are! NICE


I went to the opener on a nearby lake in Indiana yesterday. The fisherpersons there were as rude as possible to the duck hunters that were there nearly 2 hours before any of them. One of them even played their stereo full blast at 7 am just to aggravate us.

You are a lucky guy.

[CraigThompson]

Another good day on Cans. A friend of mine and myself shot these three. It’s not a Parker but the W & C Scott is still a classy waterfowl double in my book.

I’ve got a match for your W&C mine was inherited from my paternal grandfather . I’ve used my W&C to kill the first buckshot sluiced deer ever . It also did in the first Canada Goose I ever took and a few years back did nicely on a late late season dove hunt .

[Jim Beilke]

Great hunt with the WC Scott again Matt. You are bringing life back to the old classics.

[Victor Wasylyna]

Wow! Canvasbacks with a side-by-side. Matt, you are a lucky duck.

-Victor

[Mills Morrison]

Great pic! I would love to get a canvasback. Almost got one on Currituck Sound but they did not get close enough.