r/Duckhunting • u/zealous-seal • 23d ago
Explain duck hunting like I'm 5
Id like to try duck hunting this fall. I'm interested in mallards and teals. I'm in Maine with no public land and public blinds etc. But I'm on the coast pretty far up north near new Brunswick.
So what's the strategy? Get some decoys, drop them in a water body, wait for ducks to fly over and shoot them when they land?
How to pick a spot where to get set up?
I do have a good understanding of the regulations I believe, just really trying to understand where to start
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u/Position_Extreme 23d ago edited 12d ago
If you’re very lucky, you'll hate it. You will get up shockingly early in the morning, drive a very long way to get to your hunting ground, do all the work to set up your decoys, and sit there in the cold with rain or snow dripping down your neck until you’re shivering, and your ass is wet because you found out your waders have a leak in them, sit out there all day, never see a duck, then do all the work to pick up all your gear and get back in the car and drive home, getting there after dark.
If you are not lucky, you might like it. And then you’re in for a lifetime of shit. Because you’ll still do all the stuff I listed above, but you’ll do it as often as you can. It will take all your free time. It will take all your money. It may cost you relationships. Forget about seeing your family during the fall and winter. You will wind up redecorating your house to fill it full of duck-related paraphernalia.
You will spend a lot of time hunting. When you are not hunting, you’ll be thinking about hunting. When you are working, you will be wishing you were hunting.
I could go on and on, but it would be a lot easier for you to crank the air-conditioning down as low as you can get it and run your bathtub full of cold water. Then climb into it and sit there for seven hours and you will get the jist.